Principal Product Manager

Company: Electronic Arts
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Locations: Kirkland, Washington, United States of America

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      • CanadaRole ID207999Worker TypeRegular EmployeeStudio/DepartmentCTO - EA Digital PlatformFlexible Work ArrangementHybridDescription & RequirementsElectronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.The EA Digital Platform (EADP) group is the core powering the global EA ecosystem. We provide the foundation for all of EA's incredible games and player experiences with high-level platforms like Cloud, Commerce, Data and AI, Gameplay Services, Identity and Social. By providing reusable capabilities that game teams can easily integrate into their work, we let them focus on making some of the best games in the world and creating meaningful relationships with our players. We're behind the curtain, making it all work together. Come power the future of play with us.One of EA's top priorities is to make it easy to use and scale live services operations. EADP is an important contributor to that strategy, and you will play a central part as the product lead for Arrival. Arrival is a proprietary content delivery tool that enables live services operators to manage and deploy game content safely. In its end state, the product will be a cohesive suite of services, pre-integrated with EADP products, for content delivery and player lifecycle management that is easy to use by creatives and works end-to-end, empowering live services teams across EA.As Principal Product Manager for Arrival, you will report into a Director of Product Management, leading innovation and influencing EADP's product teams and EA's game development teams to develop a world-class live services toolkit. You will shape and implement platform capabilities that make it easier for game engineers to onboard and customize tooling within Arrival's tooling framework. You will also define and deliver streamlined workflows for game producers to scale live operations.Responsibilities:Define a compelling live services toolkit strategy to improve the developer experience on our Platform. To do this, you must understand diverse customer needs and internal product/service provider requirements and balance both from a live services platform owner's perspective.Represent the live services toolkit owner's perspective to influence EADP's product teams to make products easy to use by creating streamlined workflows across products, driving deprecation methodology, and other platform best practices.Collaborate with engineering teams to shape the technical architecture and design decisions, ensuring the creation of scalable platform capabilities and fundamentals.Set clear objectives and key results (OKRs) to align stakeholders across the organization, promoting unity towards shared goals.Collaborate across teams, providing clarity and ensuring effective decision-making.Use metrics and user feedback to guide ongoing innovation and refinement of live services toolkit offeringsQualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product management/program management/ software development (of which at least 5+ years are required in product management).At least 2+ years working with game developer or game producer-facing products in a product role. Demonstrated results driving innovation in game development technologies.Experience defining product and functional specifications to create customer value and impact while understanding the technical aspects.Experience designing and implementing game mechanics and monetization strategies (e.g. core loops, battle passes) through direct experience in a game developer role or as a game producer/engineerExperience integrating AI technologies to enhance product functionality and innovationDemonstrated results delivering large-scale enterprise solutions/services, including roadmap development, product launches, and driving innovation.Platform mindset, with an understanding of microservices architecture, REST and gRPC APIs, cloud technologies and developer platforms.Experience leading geo-distributed teams, partners, and cross-team leadership teams.COMPENSATION AND BENEFITSThe ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).PAY RANGES* Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane) * $172,100 - $271,200 USDIn the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including 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 to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.About Electronic ArtsWe're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
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