Development Director

Job Description

Development Director (12 months Contract)

Your Team

Welcome to the world of Quality Engineering where our group has one vision; guide quality 'by design.' We are a team of accomplished software engineers applying creative solutions to challenging problems. We help produce stronger and cleaner code, reliable tools, and improve processes that lift our development and testing teams, and our games, to new heights. 

Your Role 

As a Development Director in Quality Engineering, you will lead a team of software engineers on multiple game titles such as FIFA, NHL, and UFC. You will report directly to the Senior Development Director, working with peers and partners across the company. You can collaborate, communicate, and motivate, often across departments. Your greatest strengths are building relationships, strategic understanding, and execution. You like to be challenged and thinking about the future excites you.

You will be successful in this role if:

Leadership and Team Building:
• You can provide solutions with a quality mindset, improving our delivery through root cause analysis, retrospectives and the ability to really listen
• You foster a creative and supportive team environment where careers flourish
• You build and grow teams, applying resources across a portfolio of products and projects
• You build working relationships with peers and partners, with regular communication and collaboration to meet shared goals

Project and Program Management:
• You create project and program plans that align with organizational needs, with a focus on success criteria, tracking and managing dependencies that may span across multiple teams
• You understand project management principles and adapt appropriate levels of process for given situations
• You can challenge and work with a variety of stakeholders. You are incisive and can quickly get to the heart of the matter, with the ability to moderate the level of detail for specific audiences

Execution and Delivery:
• You have a track-record of delivery with impact to the organization and know how to keep things moving forward
• You are comfortable creating and operationalizing organizational strategies

Qualifications
• Minimum of 8 years project management and team leadership experience
• Expertise working within multiple project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
• You can keep stakeholders informed and engaged across all levels
• Education requirement: Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn5ebk-3-144-251-72-42 in your application.