Electronic Arts is seeking a Production Director to lead the development of the next Mass Effect game at BioWare. As a Production Director, you will partner with creative leadership, studio teams, and internal and external partners to champion the game's vision and ensure its execution at the highest quality bar.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as a strategic bridge between creative intent and development execution, translating high-level vision into a clear direction that enables teams to deliver at AAA quality.
  • Provide leadership across the full development lifecycle, anticipating needs, setting executional direction, and ensuring teams are positioned to succeed at each phase.
  • Build and sustain strong coalitions across creative, technical, production, and partner teams, fostering alignment and shared ownership of outcomes.
  • Break down complex creative and technical goals into understandable, actionable components, ensuring teams understand both the why and the how behind their work.
  • Identify and mitigate risks early, drive resolution of cross-team challenges, and make informed tradeoffs that protect quality, schedule, and long-term franchise health.
  • Represent the project and production organization in communications with studio leadership, EA partners, and external stakeholders, including press as needed.
  • Establish and reinforce clear objectives, transparency, and accountability across teams to maintain alignment and momentum.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of game development production experience, including senior-level leadership on multiple large-scale AAA titles.
  • Proven ownership on multiple games delivered from early concept through launch and live support, demonstrating strong leadership accountability.
  • Deep expertise in ARPG and RPG development, including systems, content pipelines, player expectations, and competitive analysis.
  • Led complex, multidisciplinary organizations around a shared creative vision.
  • Strong executive presence with an influence-based leadership style that builds trust, resolves ambiguity, and enables decision-making at scale.
  • Experience partnering with external development teams, vendors, publishing, marketing, first-party partners, press and lead initiatives around game showcases.
  • A track record of mentoring senior production leaders, developing high-performing teams, and shaping production culture and best practices at the studio level.

Benefits:

  • EA offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports a healthy work-life balance, including medical insurance, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, and free games.