Project Manager - Game Development

Hacksaw Studios is seeking a Project Manager to lead the game development process in their Stockholm-based studio. The role involves ensuring efficient development, communicating with clients, resolving bugs, managing tasks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will have project management experience, strong English skills, and a proactive approach, collaborating with a cross-functional team to create high-quality gaming experiences for a global audience.

Must Have

• Ensuring all parts of the game development process run efficiently to minimize delays.
• Communicating with clients to understand requirements, feedback, and deadlines.
• Investigating bug reports, coordinating fixes, and ensuring timely resolution.
• Tracking, organizing, and prioritizing tasks in our ticketing system.
• Ensuring our games comply with regulatory requirements.
• Staying up to date with industry trends and player preferences.
• Participating in development reviews and providing feedback on progress and implementation.
• Producing documentation and reference materials for clients as needed.
• Project management experience, ideally managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Highly structured, organized, and proactive approach to work.
• Ability to take ownership of processes and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable communicating professionally with clients.

Good to Have

• Experience in the gaming industry.
• A personal interest in gaming or iGaming.

Perks & Benefits

• A modern office in central Stockholm.
• Work with experienced, passionate colleagues in the gaming industry.
• The opportunity to create games with a global audience.
• Real influence, ownership, and personal growth opportunities.
• Wellbeing perks including wellness allowance and regular in-office massage.

About us

Hacksaw Studios is a Stockholm-based game studio focused on creating innovative, high-quality gaming experiences. With a focus on performance and precision, we bring ideas to life through technical expertise and creative collaboration. We have wide distribution, and our games are played by millions of people every month by players all over the world.

We are currently looking to expand our design team with a project manager who will lead the development process of our game studio. You will be part of our game development team and work in a tight knit team involving many roles, including artists, front-end developers and back-end developers. We have multiple games in development at all times and are now looking for a project manager who can work full time on ensuring that our development process works as smoothly as possible.

The Role

Your key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all parts of the game development process run efficiently to minimize delays.
• Communicating with our clients to understand requirements, feedback, and deadlines.
• Investigating bug reports, coordinating fixes, and ensuring timely resolution.
• Tracking, organizing, and prioritizing tasks in our ticketing system.
• Ensuring our games comply with regulatory requirements (full training provided).
• Staying up to date with industry trends and player preferences.
• Participating in development reviews and providing feedback on progress and implementation.
• Producing documentation and reference materials for clients as needed.

What We’re Looking For:

• Project management experience, ideally managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Highly structured, organized, and proactive approach to work.
• Ability to take ownership of processes and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable communicating professionally with clients.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in the gaming industry.
• A personal interest in gaming or iGaming.

What We Offer

• A modern office in central Stockholm.
• Work with experienced, passionate colleagues in the gaming industry.
• The opportunity to create games with a global audience.
• Real influence, ownership, and personal growth opportunities.
• Wellbeing perks including wellness allowance and regular in-office massage.

Practical Details

• This is an on-site position.
• Unfortunately, we cannot assist with relocation or visa sponsorship.

Ready to Join the Game Makers?

Apply now! We review applications on a rolling basis.