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Game Design Director/Head of Games

11 Hours ago • 3 Years + • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

Relax Gaming seeks a Game Design Director/Head of Games to lead its slot game strategy, drive game creation, and mentor a team of Product Owners and Gaming Mathematicians. Responsibilities include implementing game roadmap strategies, ensuring high-quality game products, shaping new features, and contributing to broader company strategies. The role requires a proven track record of producing top-tier games, strong leadership skills, deep iGaming expertise (including responsible gambling), and a passion for slot game design. The successful candidate will collaborate extensively with other departments, including marketing, account management, and production, to ensure optimal game launches and ongoing success.
Must have:
  • Lead teams of Game Product Owners and Mathematicians
  • Produce top-tier iGaming slot games
  • Strong leadership & collaboration skills
  • Deep iGaming expertise & responsible gambling understanding
  • Game design passion & experience

Job Details

Join Relax as our Game Design Director!  


Relax Gaming is on a mission: to create the most innovative and captivating games the industry has ever seen, both today and for the future. As our Game Design Director, you’ll take the helm, steering our slot game strategy, driving game creation, and leading a talented team of creative innovators. Your leadership will be pivotal in ensuring Relax continues to deliver premium, industry-defining content. 

If you’re still reading, we’ve got your attention—let’s see if we can seal the deal! 

 

Your Role 
As a leader in iGaming, you’ll direct and mentor our team of Product Owners and Gaming Mathematicians while collaborating closely with the Production Director, who oversees studio and production teams. You’ll be responsible for implementing the game roadmap strategy, delivering high-quality, engaging game products, and shaping new game features that elevate player experiences. 

Beyond game development, you’ll contribute to broader company strategies, providing vision and direction to align our products with Relax goals. 

This is your opportunity to shape the future of iGaming by leading a talented team in a company that values creativity, innovation, and strategic vision. 

Are you the unicorn we’re looking for? Let’s find out. 

 

What We’re Looking For 
We’re seeking a passionate, creative, and detail-oriented leader with: 

  • Proven Experience: A track record of working with Game Product Owners and Mathematicians to produce top-tier games for key markets. 
  • Leadership Skills: The ability to inspire and motivate teams, confidently own decisions, and foster collaboration. 
  • Industry Expertise: A solid understanding of responsible gambling, game mechanics, and the latest trends in iGaming. 
  • Passion for Gaming: A love for slot game design and delivering unforgettable gaming experiences. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Your areas of responsibilities (don’t worry, it will grow as you grow):  
  • Creative Vision & Strategy: Define a cohesive creative vision for the Relax game portfolio, aligning it with market trends and business goals. Build and share strategic guidelines with teams to ensure consistent alignment in game development. 
  • Game Development Oversight: Approve games during the line-up process, guide game ideation, and ensure a steady flow of high-quality games to market. Provide constructive feedback to teams to balance creativity with strategy. 
  • Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and expand a team of game designers and mathematicians, ensuring alignment with the Relax hiring standards and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. 
  • Ideation & Feature Development: Facilitate workshops to generate ideas for games and features. Collaborate on feature concepts and cross-game functionality with the creative and UX teams to enhance the overall player experience. 
  • Partner Collaboration: Provide strategic direction for co-productions with partners like Casino Daddy and Casino Grounds, ensuring successful collaborations. 
  • Market Analysis & Data Utilization: Monitor competitive trends, player behaviour, and market needs to create games that resonate with target audiences. Use data and analytics to optimize game performance and engagement. 
  • Roadmap Management: Develop and present short- and long-term roadmaps to internal stakeholders, including Marketing, Account Managers, and Executives. Provide input on quarterly roadmaps for Relax and Silver Bullet games. 
  • Regulatory & Market Expertise: Maintain a clear understanding of business operations, regulated markets, and industry trends to maximize the potential of each game. 
  • Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with Marketing, Account Managers, and the Production Director to ensure optimal game rollouts and product updates, including jackpot designs. 

 

What You’ll Need 

  • 3+ years of experience leading teams of Game Product Owners and Mathematicians. 
  • Previous experience as a Game Product Owner or a similar role. 
  • Expertise in designing slot games for the iGaming industry. 
  • A strong understanding of game mechanics and player engagement. 
  • Fluency in English. 

 

About Relax Gaming  

Back in 2010, we kicked off our journey with a simple mission - to create outstanding games for the modern iGaming world. Fast forward to today, and we've grown to be one of the leading suppliers in the game, boasting an aggregation arm like no other. Despite our exponential growth, we've succeeded in staying true to our core values throughout the years, these are to be: Driven, Adaptable, Supportive, and Respectful. We live and breathe this ethos across our offices across the globe, namely in Malta, Estonia, Serbia, Finland, Sweden, and Gibraltar. Keen to find out more? Learn about us here

 

Life at Relax  

This role is placed in Stockholm or Malmö, Sweden. 

 

Relax is at a very exciting growth stage as a company; however, we cherish our informal and flexible core atmosphere where self-initiative, taking pride in what you do and ambition to deliver the best results are key components. For the right person, there are endless opportunities for personal and professional development.   
  

We are starting with interviews right away, so be quick to apply!   

 

All applications are handled in full confidentiality.  

 

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About The Company

Relax Gaming Group was founded in 2010 with the goal of simplifying B2B content delivery for the modern iGaming landscape. With standardised pricing and collaboration central to its ethos, its recent and rapid expansion has been conceived in order to deliver unparalleled global reach.


Via a quick one-time integration, Relax Gaming now provides access to a roster of 1000+ casino games and a diverse range of proprietary products, including Poker, Bingo and its own rapidly expanding slot portfolio. The high-quality aggregated content is provided through its selected Silver Bullet (commercially represented) and Powered By (commercially independent) partners.


Regulated markets are also at the heart of its growth strategy, with licences held in multiple jurisdictions including: the Malta Gaming Authority, the UK Gambling Commission and the Romanian National Gaming Office (ONJN). In addition to licensed operations, Relax Gaming fully supports regulated markets such as Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia.

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