Production Director

1 Month ago • All levels • Game Production

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Job Description

Mojang Studios is seeking a Production Director to lead cross-functional teams in game development. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and strategic guidance to ensure smooth project execution and alignment with creative vision. Experience in leading development cycles, managing roadmaps, and fostering high-performing teams is essential.

Must have:

Project Management
Cross-functional Teams
Strategic Guidance
Game Development

Good to have:

Agile Methodologies
Risk Mitigation
Process Improvement
Collaborative Leadership

Perks:

Hybrid Working Model
Global Collaboration

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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.

Are you passionate about leading cross-functional teams to create incredible game experiences? As a Production Director within our Games Expansion organisation, you will be at the heart of game development, ensuring the smooth operation of one of our projects. You will have the opportunity to provide leadership through influence, guiding and collaborating with teams to bring the game’s creative vision to life. In this position, you will work closely with a diverse group of craft leads, ensuring the successful design, implementation, and polish of compelling game experiences that align with the overall creative goals. You’ll be the key liaison between lead producers, cross-disciplinary teams, and stakeholders, driving collaboration to manage roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, mitigate risks, and align project timelines

Key Responsibilities:

Product Development & Strategy:

Drive the development process within specific projects ensuring alignment with the broader product vision and strategy.
Promote and evolve best practices for product development and project management across the team.
Partner with external teams and stakeholders to optimize production strategies and build strategic relationships.
Lead development cycle planning, aligning producers to ensure seamless execution of the project.
Evaluate and implement the right project management tools and frameworks to enable high-performing teams to excel.

Process Improvement:

Develop and refine new processes that support the evolving needs of the development teams, fostering efficiency and adaptability.
Participate in shaping the organizational structure of the project, ensuring that team members’ talents are utilized to their fullest potential.

Collaborative Leadership:

Act as the central link between leadership groups and development teams, translating high-level strategies into actionable steps.
Ensure clear communication flows between leadership and teams, ensuring guidance and feedback are effectively translated into tangible actions.
Lead through influence, creating an environment where cross-functional teams feel supported, motivated, and aligned with the game's vision.

What We’re Looking For:
This is not a traditional people management role at this point but one that requires strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and a deep understanding of how to inspire and guide talented teams. We’re looking for someone who can bridge the gap between vision and execution, someone who thrives on collaboration, and can provide strategic guidance while fostering a positive and high-performing team environment.
Your ability to work holistically with both people and processes will be essential in ensuring the success of the game’s development. Flexibility and empathy are key traits in this role, as you’ll need to adapt to changing needs while maintaining a cohesive and productive team.

About the position:
This is a full-time position based in Stockholm with a hybrid working model. You will be required to be onsite a minimum of 2 days per week. As part of this role, you will collaborate closely with studio teams in Redmond, USA, which may occasionally involve off-hour meetings, primarily with West Coast USA representatives.
If you're a strategic thinker who enjoys building bridges between teams and leaders, and you are ready to contribute to the development of world-class gaming experiences, this could be your next exciting opportunity!

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.