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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, developing and publishing games for consoles, mobile, and PC under franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield.
Electronic Arts currently has
41 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$141,400–$204,400
across 28 roles with salary data.
The Executive Producer, Head of Production (Apex Legends) leads live service operations for a popular battle royale game across PC, console, and mobile platforms. Reporting to the Franchise GM, this leader oversees full-scale game production, manages the seasonal content roadmap, and drives development strategy for global teams and publishing partners. Key responsibilities include managing multi-million dollar budgets, milestone forecasting, resource allocation, and optimizing development workflows to improve velocity and release stability. The role requires mastery of Agile methodologies, iterative development, and industry-standard tracking tools like Jira and Confluence. The successful candidate will partner with creative, technical, and QA leaders to remove bottlenecks and ensure coordinated execution for a large-scale, multi-platform FPS live service, while mentoring senior production leaders across distributed studios.
Lead live service production and drive the multiyear roadmap for seasonal content and long-term feature development.
Manage the business rhythm of the franchise including milestone forecasting, resource allocation, and budget management.
Optimize development workflows and design scalable pipelines to improve team velocity and release stability.
Establish clear KPIs and remove development bottlenecks through cross-functional alignment with QA, Engineering, and Publishing.
Oversee the end-to-end execution of the seasonal content roadmap across PC, console, and mobile platforms.
Manage and mentor senior production leaders across distributed global studios to ensure career development and team growth.
Present production plans and drive consensus with senior executives and global publishing partners.
What we're looking for
Must have 10+ years of experience in AAA Live Operations leading development and post-launch operations for large-scale, multi-platform FPS live service games.
Must have progressive strategic production leadership experience designing development pipelines and managing multi-million dollar budgets.
Must have experience leading distributed, cross-functional teams through complex release cycles.
Must have success in building structure and driving operational alignment for large-scale game development teams of 100+ members.
Must have mastery of Agile iterative development methodologies, feature scoping, risk mitigation, and tools like Jira and Confluence.
Must have a track record of driving consensus and presenting plans clearly to senior executives and publishing partners.