Development Director - Advanced Technology (12-month contract)

- Minimum of 6 years of project management or production leadership experience, including 4+ years managing people and/or teams in a collaborative development environment. - Proven ability to manage complex, multi‑disciplinary projects using established methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall. - Demonstrated experience leading teams, resolving conflicts, developing talent, and fostering a healthy, motivated work environment. - Strong communication and relationship‑building skills, capable of partnering effectively across teams, disciplines, and external development groups. - Experience with project scheduling, capacity planning, and risk management. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience. - Lead project planning and execution by defining scope, establishing realistic schedules, and maintaining clear priorities across multiple disciplines. Ensure project plans reflect quality targets, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements. - Manage and develop high‑performing teams by providing clear goals, coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities. Apply situational leadership to support career development and ensure team engagement and health. - Oversee day‑to‑day project execution, monitoring progress, removing roadblocks, and driving alignment across internal teams and external development partners. - Manage partner relationships (outsourcing, co-dev, centralized teams) by defining expectations, maintaining communication plans, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities, and monitoring delivery against agreed‑upon milestones. - Identify and mitigate risks across schedule, quality, scope, and resourcing in close partnership with discipline leads (e.g., Technical Lead, Art Lead, Producer). Proactively escalate critical risks and collaborate with these partners to develop and execute mitigation and contingency plans. - Drive process adoption and continuous improvement by applying standard industry and EA methodologies, identifying gaps, and contributing to improvements in workflow, collaboration, and quality. - Contribute to hiring and talent planning by identifying staffing needs, participating in interviews, and supporting onboarding to ensure team readiness and long‑term capability.