Development Director

Role Overview

As a Development Director for the Live Service Systems team at Maxis, you will partner with producers, craft directors and peers to ensure the project is delivered to spec, on time, to quality, and within budget. You will manage members of the development team, helping them grow their careers and skills within the studio.

What You Will Do

Collaborate with team members to establish and assign tasks across Engineering, Design, and Experience Design. Partner with Producers to navigate priority changes while managing scope and quality to deliver on commitments.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don't settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. You will be reporting to the Lead Development Director.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years of project management or team leadership experience in a software development environment
• 2+ years of applied experience managing direct reports, driving personal career development and work performance
• 2+ years of experience managing the workload for engineers
• Bachelor's degree in relevant fields or equivalent professional experience
• An understanding of game development, interdisciplinary dependencies, and associated development risks
• Effective in a collaborative cross-discipline team environment
• Experience with different project management methodologies, such as Waterfall and Agile

Benefits

• vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of sick time
• paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
• extended health/dental/vision coverage
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• retirement plan