Design Manager i Stockholm

Are you a creative and dedicated tech industry professional that wants to help evolve and shape our Design department? Are you a humble and learning focused manager that wants to coach people through their career? Are you interested in Paradox Development Studio and our brands and eager to help us take them to the next level? Then you may be the one we’re looking for!

As a Design Manager at our development studio in Stockholm, you will be a functional manager of our Designers with the overall responsibility for making sure our teams have access to the best people for each game project. You will be part of a team of managers who continuously work together on innovating our Design department, as well as be part of the wider organizational development of a growing company. The department includes Game Designers, Content Designers, and UX Designers. You will not work directly with designing our games but rather focus on managing, growing and coaching employees.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach and support our designers
• Continuously work on shaping and improving the Design department and make sure it’s aligned with organizational goals
• Fostering an open and trusting environment
• Assure staffing needs are met on our Projects
• Performance evaluations & feedback
• Assume employer responsibility handling employee issues that affect the work of employees to ensure a positive work environment

Required qualifications

• Manager experience within a team or department
• Passion for leadership, mentoring and coaching, as well as organizational development
• Experience working in a role that requires a mix of a mind for strategy as well as excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

As a person, we think you are the type who enjoys seeing the people around you improve and who gains satisfaction from helping others overcome their obstacles. As a manager you are attentive and humble and are able to coach your team members to develop on a professional level. You understand the importance of building trust and you know how to be open and approachable. You are not afraid of conflicts and you are able to navigate them in a constructive manner.
You are comfortable in decision making and can easily anticipate the impact and consequences it will have. You also have experience working in a large organization, and understand the organizational challenges and processes associated with company growth.

Practical information

Scope: Full time and permanent

Reports to: VP Development

Location: This position is based in Stockholm.

If you think that this description matches your background, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously for this position. In your application, please show us why your previous experiences and skills would work for this role and why you are interested in working at Paradox. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

Since we strive for a more even gender distribution we highly encourage women to apply to this role.