Development Director - Creative Innovation

Electronic Arts is seeking a Development Director to lead the delivery of complex, highly technical projects across one of their subteams. The role is hybrid and located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team is responsible for driving the delivery of cutting-edge capabilities, including DataLake infrastructure, Data Provenance frameworks, and emerging AI capabilities.

Requirements

• 6+ years of project management experience, with a strong focus on highly technical projects involving data infrastructure, data engineering, or AI/ML systems.
• 3+ years of team leadership experience, including direct people management and career development of technical staff.
• Experience leading complex, multi-workstream projects from start to finish.
• Strong understanding of data ecosystems, including data lakes, data pipelines, data governance, lineage, or provenance concepts.
• Familiarity with AI/ML development lifecycles and the unique delivery challenges of building intelligent systems.
• Proficiency with Agile and hybrid project management methodologies, with experience facilitating sprint planning, retrospectives, and quarterly goal-setting.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, able to translate technical complexity for non-technical audiences and vice versa.
• University degree (Bachelor's) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

Benefits

• Paid 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
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Bonus
• Equity