Business Owner - Grand Strategy

7 Hours ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Business Owner, you will lead and drive business, growth, and innovation for Paradox Interactive's new and existing Grand Strategy games. You will collaborate with various departments within the Publishing department and with development studios to achieve set ambitions and targets for the franchise, ensuring its long-term success. This includes setting strategic direction and working closely with studios, seeking new business opportunities, and leading experts from various publishing disciplines to reach overall goals. You will share business and sales insights, take ownership of forecasts and budgets. The role is focused on maximizing revenue and player engagement by prioritizing player value.
Must have:
  • Senior experience in gaming product management or business development
  • Solid understanding of business management
  • Holistic understanding of marketing and brand planning
  • Passion for Grand Strategy games
  • Experience as a team lead or manager.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proficiency in English both written and verbal.
Perks:
  • 30 days paid vacation

Job Details

As a Business Owner you are a leader and driver of a specific franchise. You are tasked to drive business, growth and innovation for Paradox Interactive’s new and existing Grand Strategy games. To achieve this you work with a number of disciplines within the Publishing department as well as side-by-side with the development studios to fulfill set ambitions and targets for the assigned franchise ensuring the business to thrive over years to come.

This involves setting strategic direction and collaborating closely with our first- and third-party studios to achieve the company's overall growth targets and key performance indicators.

In addition, you will actively seek and explore new business opportunities, both internally and externally, to foster revenue growth for the franchise(s). Leading experts from various Publishing disciplines (no managerial responsibilities), you will work together to reach the overall goals of the franchise(s), sharing valuable business and sales insights with related teams, and taking ownership of forecasts and budgets.


The skills we’re looking for…

  • Senior experience in gaming product management and business development, or at least 5+ years of experience within product development, marketing or production.

  • Solid understanding of business management

  • Holistic understanding of marketing and brand planning

  • Passion for Grand Strategy games

  • Experience as a team lead or manager.

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • Proficiency in English both written and verbal.

You're all about playing to win and taking responsibility for success. You love finding new ways to boost revenue and keep players engaged. Setting big goals and tackling them with a problem-solving mindset? That's your jam. You're passionate about our products and committed to maximizing their success by prioritizing player value. Understanding what drives our players and delivering the best experience is your top priority.

Scope: Full time and permanent

Reports to: VP of Business, Grand Strategy Games

Location: This position is based in Stockholm

Some of our benefits include:

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If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.


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About The Company

Paradox Interactive is a leading, global publisher of deep, replayable games.

We create intellectually challenging games, with long lifespans and a vibrant player communities. Our heart and soul lies in strategy and management games but we occasionally make calculated bets in other genres where we believe there is break-out potential.

Our steadily-growing portfolio includes titles from established series like Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Europa Universalis, Stellaris and Hearts of Iron. Millions of people from all over the world play our games every month, and participate in their continuous development through their purchases and insights they share with us.

Paradox offices are located in Sweden, France, Netherlands, Finland and USA, and each houses creative staff, skilled in a wide variety of areas of expertise. No matter the specialization, each of us contributes to giving our players the best game experiences and value for their money and time.

Everyone at Paradox is expected to know our players, why they love our games and have an awareness of how their work impacts them in the end. We foster highly-engaged communities, where we encourage our fans to share their sentiment, and empower our colleagues to turn that feedback into action that benefits both our business and fans.

If that sounds good, and you share our vision, we’d love you to join us. Check out our career page: https://career.paradoxplaza.com/#jobs 

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