Assistant Producer - Football Data Automation

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Location: Cologne Reports to: Development Director Join us at Electronic Arts and help inspire the world to play. As Assistant Producer II

• Football Data Automation on our EA SPORTS FC Data Collection & Licensing team, you will ensure football data accuracy through created automation solutions, collaborating with our international teams to deliver authentic gaming experiences. The automated solutions and data pipelines you develop will directly create and validate the data we ship to the FC game, driving higher data accuracy and next-level authenticity. You will report to the Development Director and work in a hybrid model, three days per week onsite in Cologne.

Responsibilities

You will coordinate football data production for assigned leagues, ensuring accurate, standards-compliant data and on-time delivery. You will design and prototype data-driven modeling solutions, and local dashboards (Streamlit, Power BI) to automate, validate, and scale player, team and league data. You will manage delivery of assigned workstreams, track milestones, and provide clear status updates to us and our partners.

You will apply your technical skill set (SQL/Python) when delivering data, prototyping models and solutions, and performing testing. You will collaborate with Engineering, Analytics, Game Teams and external partners to manage dependencies and validate data accuracy. You will support process optimization - capture improvement opportunities, pilot changes to rituals/tools/dashboards, measure the impact, and help scale what works.

Required Qualifications: 2+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, football data editing, or data operations with exposure to project management or product coordination. Hands-on technical experience with SQL for database analysis, Python for data modeling, prototyping, and analysis, and Power BI (or similar) for dashboard creation.

Domain football knowledge and an understanding of global football leagues, teams, and player performance, combined with a familiarity with football event data structures. Experience processing and modeling real-world football event data and sports feeds. Demonstrated strength in planning, scheduling, execution, and supported by clear reporting.

Excellent collaboration & partner communication; effective at unblocking teams and driving accountability across time zones. Familiarity with EA SPORTS FC game modes; live service environments are a bonus. Proficiency in English; additional languages welcome. Take your career to the next level – apply today with a cover letter and CV in English in PDF format .