Director of Product Management, Electronic Arts
CA$160.2k
Salary shown for British Columbia, other locations may vary
Video game company
Job no longer available
Video game company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$160.2k
Salary shown for British Columbia, other locations may vary
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to play, by creating games and experiences for the global player community that are a reflection of our diverse world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in technical product management or leading software development teams
- You have experience managing a portfolio of products/technologies that relate to game creation, development management, and general process optimization
- Experience leading a multidisciplinary Development team in planning and execution
- Experience assessing the performance and quality of the products
- Willing to travel as required
What the job involves
- To manage the scope and depth of our Game Development Workflows (GDW) team within Creative Technologies, we are looking for a Director of Product Management who will report directly to the Head of Product Management for Creative Technologies and will lead the product management function within the team
- You will guide the future of Game Development Workflow product offerings and will ensure our game creators have the best available tools in the industry
- This includes; Defining objectives and key results and owning prioritization of the backlog of initiatives and milestones for a portfolio of product areas with significant impact
- Communicating and aligning the roadmap with the user community, key stakeholders, and senior leaders
- Building partnerships with engineering, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive long term vision and strategy
- Lead the product management team and align their contributions with the overall strategy and roadmap, and act as a trusted thought leader in the field and the practice of product management
- Set product objectives and key results that align with the company strategy to anchor the team
- Formulate a cohesive product strategy for a portfolio of products by leveraging the team
- Create and drive initiatives that grow the portfolio of products by enabling the team
- Enable the team to leverage cross-functional expertise to build defensible points-of-view and become subject matter experts
- Build strategic options and roadmap using analytical rigor
- Prioritize initiatives using a sound and defensible decision criteria
- Empower the team to create a compelling story rooted in usable design
- Ensure the design story explains the Product Strategy to a broad set of audiences from executives to engineers
- Leverage cross-functional teams of Product Managers, Designers, and Architects to distill the design story into a Product Spec
- Manage high-level stakeholder relationships to ensure appropriate engagement and satisfaction regardless of roadmap and delivery timing, prioritization, or level of investment
- Resolve most conflicts by coaching the team to self-resolve
- Ensure appropriate return on investment for all activities, new capabilities, and existing platforms
- Optimize delivery across the portfolio through coaching to ensure an effective flow of value to the customer base
- Remove organizational or other significant blockers to ensure speed, predictability, and quality of delivery for the product team
- Communicate the Strategic Roadmap of key initiatives to various stakeholders including execs and senior stakeholders
- Collaborate, partner, and align with other teams across EA. Influence stakeholders via thought leadership and artifacts
Our take
EA is a leading global game company, responsible for developing and publishing some of the biggest games of the last 20 years. Its publishing successes include giants like The Sims, Battlefield, and Mass Effect, while EA's titles, such as Fifa, Madden, and NBA Live, have also seen market-leading success.
A series of acquisitions in 2021 marked EA's push into mobile gaming, which has become the driving force behind the rapid growth of the global video gaming market, and has remained a clear focus for the company, despite the cancellation of its popular Apex Legends Mobile game. The company also expressed interest in NFTs and "play-to-earn" games, going so far as to label them "the future of the industry", but has since taken steps to distance itself from the idea, as it proved unpopular with gamers.
This combined model of publishing and development has allowed EA to put its name to a huge range of products, making the brand iconic in the gaming world. It has formed major partnerships with the likes of Disney, giving it full control of creating in-demand games, such as within the Star Wars franchise. In the upcoming years, the company plans to focus on games-as-a-service, as it embraces the evolution of the gaming world.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 1982
$2m
SERIES A
May 1982
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Andrew Wilson
(CEO, not founder)Joined EA as Vice President and Executive Producer in 2000, and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO.
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