Vp, Gm Live Service Franchise

**General Information**:
**Locations**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Location: Kirkland
- State: Washington
- Country: United States of America
- Location: Redwood City
- State: California
- Country: United States of America
- Location: Los Angeles - Del Rey
- State: California
- Country: United States of America
- Location: Los Angeles - Chatsworth
- State: California
- Country: United States of America
- Role ID
- 209290
- Worker Type
- Regular Employee
- Studio/Department
- Other
- Work Model
- Hybrid

**Description & Requirements**:

- Electronic 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.
- We are seeking an experienced VP, GM, for a Live Service Franchise to join the EA Entertainment team. In this role, you will oversee an exciting live service game and brand, reporting directly to the SVP, Group General Manager.

**Responsibilities and Attributes**:
**Creative / Strategic Leadership**:

- As the VP/GM, you will own the vision, strategic programs and roadmap that will drive the future of your game's franchise as a growing, live service platform with the mission to entertain and delight players. You will leverage the strengths of the franchise using a modern product strategy that results in ambitious yet achievable goals.
- You will partner with our Electronic Art Studios Leadership teams to develop a roadmap and vision that encompasses all facets of the franchise for a 3-5-year timeframe. You will work with stakeholders and enterprise partners to leverage the strengths of Electronic Arts, ensuring strategic alignment while driving the expansion of your franchise to reach more players, on more platforms, in more geographies.
- Understanding EA’s priorities as a company, you will cascade those priorities into your own business decisions, using business metrics to make tradeoffs needed to drive your P&L, your player community and your product roadmap.

**Operations/People and Culture**:

- You will be accountable for the talent strategy, building and driving an inclusive high performing team and culture where world class talent can thrive.
- You will set ambitious and achievable goals while driving the team to exceed expectations - using data for decision making while flagging risks, challenges and mitigation strategies.
- Understanding the game development creative process from ideation to production to product delivery, you will define and provide oversight on operation plans, execution and product resources, including transparent processes for delivering on time and on budget.

**Business Oriented Leadership**:

- You will optimize your P&L to achieve your 3-5-year franchise vision, including profit targets and managing expenses appropriately.
- You will drive the business metrics that inform your P&L, your player community and your product roadmap. You understand the combination of creative direction, product management and social design to create a platform that fosters community as well as features that drive positive monetization.
- In partnership with your franchise brand leader, you will develop player-first business and brand strategies, long term franchise roadmaps, strategic partnerships, and go to market campaigns that deliver business results.

**Who you are**:

- You have a mix of 10+ years of production and operations leadership experience in a AAA Game and Live Services Development environment.
- An effective communicator, you have a proven ability to lead constructive conversations in a complex matrixed organization and are able to cultivate effective relationships that have led to successful business results.
- You have experience with new IP's and developing games on multiple platforms.
- You understand the idea of a game as a platform anchored on a compelling core loop and how to leverage UGC/X and creators to evolve the platform in new and unexpected ways
- You are committed to balancing predictable delivery and risk management against ensuring delivery of high-quality games to delight players.
- A pioneer with a growth mindset, you inspire and mobilize the team to define new methods of delivery in a live service environment
- California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Redwood Shores) $300,000 USD to 360,000 USD
- Washington: $300,000 USD to 360,000 USD

In 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.
- Vancouver, Canada $315,00 to $355,000 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a pac