Electronic Arts - Release Manager (Build Support)

An EA Release Manager will have at a minimum, one of the following: 3+ years Project Management or Project Lead experience, 3+ years of experience in a software development environment, or generally 2+ years of leadership experience.

• Preferably at least 2 years’ experience in Release Management
• Bachelor's degree in any number of related fields including Computer Science, Game Development, Business, 3D Arts.
• Excellent knowledge of production life cycle, processes, and project planning.
• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment.
• Experience with Jira, Perforce, and UGS
• Proficient in DevOps practices and release pipelines.
• An understanding of interdisciplinary dependencies associated with Live Service teams
• Passion for games.
• A lover of lists

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Cliffhanger Games is a new Seattle Studio focusing on blockbuster action-adventure games and pioneering next-generation emergent storytelling beginning with Marvel’s Black Panther. Join us to pursue your passion to build unique groundbreaking, and inclusive games. Become a foundational part of a diverse team.

The Release Manager is the part of our Production & Operations team that is responsible for release schedules and coordination between partners like Producers, Development leads, Quality, and Marketing, Data Analyst and Product Managers to implement a successful Build Management process and Live operations strategies to increase performance and quality of our product.

Reporting to the Development Director, the Release Manager, will work with the team to manage the release process through the development cycle.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the build process, has a knowledge of build pipelines, and is eager to help our teams hit their development goals. If this sounds like you, we look forward to seeing your resume!

What you’ll do…

Responsibilities

• Develop release schedule and Communicate release plans, changes, and related tasks.
• Monitor release progress, performance, and tracking results
• Establish and manage continuous development & improvement process.
• Provide oversight to maintain build health and stability
• Develop the technical build to support automation and performance enhancement of release processes.
• Establish a continuous build process applying methodologies for configuration management and development of software
• Lead the deployment process for all project releases.
• Coordinate internal and external release notes