Product Marketing Manager (parental leave cover)

Attention marketing professionals with a passion for video games! We're looking for a skilled Product Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team in Stockholm on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

As a Product Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for strategizing and executing the marketing initiatives for assigned games. In this role, you will lead and coordinate a team of marketing specialists to develop impactful campaigns that drive both revenue and player engagement. As the marketing expert, you will align marketing and sales efforts to meet our business objectives, ensuring successful product performance. You will also represent the marketing team in fostering a strong, collaborative relationship with key stakeholders within our development studios, maintaining alignment to support shared goals and maximise our games' success.

In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping and executing marketing strategies that drive our business success. You’ll develop comprehensive plans that cover messaging, objectives, and budgets to meet our goals. By leading a team of marketing specialists throughout the product life cycle, you’ll ensure smooth coordination and execution of all campaigns. Additionally, you’ll oversee the marketing budget, providing regular spending forecasts to optimise resource allocation. Representing our product, you’ll present campaign reports and lead partner presentations, working together with the team to create a lasting impact in the market. Moreover, you will be part of the product team, participating in setting the long-term strategies for our games.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in video game marketing
• Proven experience in campaign planning and execution, particularly within a campaign or project management role in the video game industry.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to inspire and align team members effectively.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Familiarity with RPGs and management games is a strong advantage.

You’re someone who thrives on driving marketing campaigns and expanding our player base to achieve our goals. With strong stakeholder management skills, you understand how to motivate teams to deliver exceptional work, and you have a keen insight into what drives players to purchase games. You’re adaptable and hands-on, unafraid to dive into the details when needed. You maintain a calm, flexible approach under pressure and can tailor your plans and ambitions to fit each project’s unique needs. Most importantly, you have a passion for translating a game’s potential into engaging and impactful marketing messages.

Scope: Full-time, 12 month fixed-term contract

Reports to: Head of Business

If this description resonates with you, we strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements, we welcome you to demonstrate how your passion, attitude, and commitment to Paradox Interactive can make a difference.

At Paradox Interactive, we value diversity and inclusion. We encourage everyone, regardless of background, to apply if they believe they’d make a valuable addition to our team.

Department

Marketing

Role

Product Marketing Manager

Locations

Stockholm, Sweden

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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