Senior Technical Program Manager

Job Description

Program Manager

Frostbite is EA's state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine. Our global team empowers game creators to shape the future of gaming by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. We are honored to have thousands of game developers all over the world using Frostbite to create some of the most amazing games and player experiences in the industry.

What does a Program Manager do?

As Program Manager, you will lead and motivate domains within the Core Systems and Flex product areas with a focus to ensure good Agile development practices. You will manage the development process, including project and capacity planning, progress tracking, risk management, process improvement and team-wide collaboration and communication.

You will report to the Senior Program Manager.

Responsibilities:
• Work with product owners, tech leads and engineering managers to understand product direction and plan and deliver projects
• Determine the resource requirements to meet project goals and establish success criteria
• Scenario planning and trade-off analysis
• Risk management
• Evaluate and resolve dependencies
• Complete projects using Agile development in a distributed development environment
• Coordinate collaboration between your teams, other Frostbite teams and game teams around EA
• Manage development tasks, and communicate progress against committed deliverables
• Manage support and other emergent work
• Support your teams and help keep them unblocked

Responsibilities: Team and Process Management
• Promote the Agile development process in teams
• Dotted-line manage the development team (in partnership with Engineering Manager)
• Monitor team health, workload and recognize extra effort
• Guide departmental planning (i.e. resource, initiative, sprint/program increment, release planning)
• Create and help implement process improvements across groups and advocate for the team

Qualifications:
• 5+ years of project/program management experience in software development
• Experience in project management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall

Bonus:
• Experience working as a software engineer
• Experience with distributed development across multiple locations
• Experience working on a tools or central technology team
• Game development experience
• Scrum Master or Agile Coach experience

Wondering if you'll meet all of our requirements? We know those dot points can't capture all that you might bring to our team, so consider the above a starting point. If you're interested, please reach out!

Creating amazing games starts with building a team that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We wholeheartedly celebrate that diversity, and are committed to fostering a workplace that is equitable and inclusive, where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. For more on our commitment and progress - check out our 2021 Impact Report.

What's in it for you?

We want EA to be the ultimate destination to make great content and experiences. Everything we're doing here is about creating a culture, environment, and company where you can do the best work of your career – so there's that. There's also:
• A health allowance, to cover the cost of private health insurance for you and your family
• Life and salary continuance insurance
• An employee assistance program, including coaching and therapy sessions to support your wellbeing
• An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers
• 17.5% annual leave loading – yes, we'll pay you extra to take a break!
• Bonus end of year leave days – time off between Christmas and New Years, no annual leave necessary
• Volunteer leave and charitable donation matching
• A fitness reimbursement program – $$ to go towards your fitness expenses (memberships and at home equipment)
• Free EA games, of course!

We also offer bonuses and exciting EA stock options, as well as access to our employee stock purchase program.

When it comes to flexibility – we're hybrid forward, so you'll have the opportunity to structure the way you work, to suit the way you work.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkzm58-3-137-222-67-42 in your application.