Producer - Minecraft Gameplay

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Game Production

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Mojang Studios seeks a Producer for Minecraft Gameplay to lead cross-functional teams (C++ and Java developers, designers, audio designers, artists) working on a game with over 100 million players. Responsibilities include backlog prioritization, agile planning, scope setting, metric creation, and success measurement. Collaboration with other producers and stakeholders is crucial for roadmap coordination, risk management, and timeline alignment. The role demands strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to inspire and motivate teams, adapt processes, and connect with various crafts. The position is full-time, hybrid (requiring weekly on-site presence in Stockholm), and relocation services are not offered.

Must have:

Lead cross-functional teams
Prioritize backlog & tasks
Agile planning & execution
Strong communication & leadership
Risk & dependency management

Mojang Studios is best known as the creators of Minecraft, but we’re also on a mission – to build a better world through the power of play.

Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.

As a producer at Mojang, you will lead two cross-functional teams of C++ and Java developers, game designers, audio designers and artists, all working together on a game enjoyed by over 100 million players worldwide. You will be reporting to the senior product manager for the specific product area.

Joining our team means valuing collaboration, creativity and passion while leveraging your knowledge and experience to foster healthy and high performing teams. The team focuses on evolving the Minecraft gameplay experience across multiple platforms by delivering new and improved features regularly.

You will own and prioritize the backlog and continuously prioritize tasks for the team. Working with an agile mindset, you will help plan scope, set up metrics, and measure success. You will collaborate with other producers and stakeholders to coordinate roadmaps, manage risks and dependencies, and align timelines.

To succeed, you need to inspire and motivate the team, evolve and adapt processes, and connect with all crafts. Attention to detail, self-motivation, flexibility, and strong communication skills are essential, as well as strong organizational skills.

As a producer, you are responsible for:

Driving production, planning, prioritization, and resource management to meet the roadmap, milestone deliveries, and releases.

Driving operational and tactical aspects of the team’s work, creating transparency on progress, risks, and mitigations.

Collaborating with your senior product manager, as well as the teams’ creative and engineering managers to build high-performing and healthy teams.

Requirements:

Experience in gaming and/or tech companies (Producer, associate producer, or similar role).

Experience leading cross-functional teams including developers, designers, and artists.

A servant leader and team player with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Excellent self-leadership skills, thorough and analytical, confident, and able to say no.

Confident in speaking and writing in English, even on production details, technical and business terms.

About this role:

This is a full-time role based in Stockholm with a hybrid remote working model that requires you to be onsite every week. Kindly note that we are currently unable to offer relocation services.

Mojang Studios

Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game developer. The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden and has offices around the world, including Stockholm, Redmond, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. We’re always working on new and exciting ways to expand the Minecraft universe.

Our community is global and incredibly diverse. We keep this in mind when developing anything, as we want people to feel included in Minecraft. And in recruiting, our goal is to make Mojang Studios as diverse as our community.

We got started as a tiny indie developer, and part of our culture still reflects that heritage. But we’re also proud to belong to Xbox Game Studios, which creates unique opportunities to grow and develop.

To help us achieve amazing things, we have built an equally amazing studio space. Situated right on the water by Söder Mälarstrand, it’s filled to the brim with all the tools, toys and caffeine required to create world-class entertainment.

But in the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!

Important note on resumes
Please make sure that all the information in your resume is accurate because we will conduct a thorough background check. Any discrepancies will lower your chances of getting to the next interview stage and we’d hate to miss out on an awesome candidate! Double check that any gap years are reflected in your history, and that your education and work experience are completely accurate. Good luck!

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About The Company

Mojang Studios

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Mojang Studios is a Microsoft-owned game studio based in Stockholm (Sweden) and Redmond (WA) with additional locations in London, Shanghai, and Tokyo as well as a partially remote workforce. We created Minecraft, the sandbox video game turned franchise that now includes two more games, novels, board games, apparel, and much more.

We believe in the power of play and our mission is to build a better world through our work. At our studios, you’ll meet passionate and welcoming people with the same goal: to create games and products with a positive impact. Four core values guide everything we do:

Fuel Passion.

Minecraft encourages players to stay sharp and constantly evolve. We mirror that by bringing together enthusiastic people who are eager to innovate in their fields and giving them the resources to reach their goals. We’re passionate about our industry and strive to empower our employees and future generations of gaming professionals.

Create Fun.

We aim to create fun, enriching experiences for our players, whether they’re playing our games, learning in Minecraft Education, or discovering a new product. Thanks to our incredibly talented creator community and Minecraft Marketplace, the fun is virtually endless and there’s something for everyone in our blocky universe.

Celebrate Creativity.

Creativity is at the core of Minecraft, whether you’re making art in Creative mode or finding clever ways to get through the night in Survival mode. Fresh ideas, out-of-the-box thinking, and new perspectives are what allows us to evolve the franchise and keep surprising our players after more than a decade of Minecraft.

Craft together.

Minecraft welcomes everyone because we believe that we’re better together. Our players’ feedback and the work of our community creators have made Minecraft what it is today. To support collaboration in our studios, we’ve built comfy, connected spaces that allow our local and remote teams to work closely together.