Business Owner - Grand Strategy

1 Month ago • 5 Years +
Business Development

Job Description

As a Business Owner at Paradox Interactive, you will lead and drive a specific franchise, focusing on business, growth, and innovation for new and existing Grand Strategy games. You will collaborate with publishing disciplines and development studios to achieve strategic goals, explore new business opportunities, and manage forecasts and budgets. The role requires a passion for gaming, a problem-solving mindset, and a commitment to maximizing player value.
Must Have:
  • Drive business, growth and innovation for Paradox Interactive’s new and existing Grand Strategy games.
  • Set strategic direction and collaborate closely with first- and third-party studios.
  • Actively seek and explore new business opportunities to foster revenue growth.
  • Lead experts from various Publishing disciplines to reach overall franchise goals.
  • Take ownership of forecasts and budgets.

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Are you an experienced and driven Product Owner or Business professional with a genuine passion for the world of video games? Join our team at Stockholm and make your mark in the gaming industry!

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

Some of our benefits include:

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.

Department

Business Development

Role

Business Owner

Our Culture

At Paradox, we place great emphasis on the value we create for our players, the trust we place in one another and our goal of making games that our players love to play forever.

We try to proactively solve the challenges of a rapidly changing industry, while always keeping in mind the longevity of our games and long-term perspective of our business strategy.

We focus less on job titles and more on the ideas, skills and attitude that every member of our small, autonomous teams brings to the table. We believe that helps us make each other better, and help realize our goals.

To get a fuller picture of how it’s like to work at Paradox, we invite you to watch the below video.

About Paradox Interactive

Today, Paradox consists of both publishing and internal game development. We have a broad portfolio of games and own the most important brands, including Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, Victoria, Age of Wonders and the World of Darkness catalog of brands.

Since 2004, the company has published its games all over the world, initially through physical distribution but primarily in digital channels after 2006. Paradox games are developed primarily for PC and console platforms, but the company also releases games on mobile. The largest markets today include the US, UK, China, Germany, France and Scandinavia. In total, Paradox games have over five million players each month.

Founded in 1999

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