As the Managing Design Lead for Stellaris, you will act as the creative and operational core of the design team in Stockholm. You will partner with the Game Director to ensure their vision is realized while managing the professional growth and performance of your team.
Key Responsibilities
Translate creative vision into concrete design strategies and actionable goals
Provide hands-on creative guidance and qualitative assessments of features
Organize feature production and coordinate work across various disciplines
Act as the primary point of contact for external partner studios
Manage personnel tasks including hiring and performance evaluations for designers
Coach team members to support their professional growth and wellbeing
Requirements Snapshot
Proven design experience with the depth to lead other designers
Experience in a leadership or management role within game development
Strong organizational skills for managing production and team priorities
Excellent communication skills for collaborating with internal and external partners
Fluency in written and spoken English
Expected Impact
You will bridge the gap between creative vision and execution, ensuring that design strategies are successfully implemented across the production cycle. Your leadership will foster a high-functioning team environment where designers are empowered to grow professionally while delivering high-quality content for Stellaris.
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Are you an experienced leader in game development with a strong background in design? Do you thrive at the intersection of vision and execution, guiding both a team and a creative direction toward the same goal? Are you passionate about Paradox's games and eager to help shape the future of Stellaris? Then you may be the one we're looking for.
Welcome to the galaxy.
As Managing Design Lead on the Stellaris team at Paradox Development Studio in Stockholm, you will be the creative and operational core of the Design team. Working in close partnership with the Game Director, you will ensure the Director's vision is understood, championed, and faithfully realized through your team's work.
This is a dual role that demands both design ownership and people leadership. You will set the design framework, make day-to-day creative decisions, assess features in progress, and guide your team through the full arc of production, while also owning their professional development, wellbeing, and performance.
Responsibilities
Translate the Game Director's creative vision into concrete design strategies, decisions, and actionable goals for the team
Provide qualitative assessment and hands-on creative guidance on designs and features throughout production
Organize and drive feature production: prioritize work, coordinate across disciplines, and support the team in delivering on schedule
Act as the primary point of contact for signed external partner studios
Assume personnel responsibility for the Designers on the team: hiring, staffing, performance evaluations, and structured career development
Coach team members in their professional growth and hold them accountable to cultural and performance expectations
Foster an open, trusting, and high-functioning team environment
Required Qualifications
Proven design experience, with the depth of craft to lead a team of designers and make clear, well-reasoned creative decisions
Experience in a leadership or management role within a game development team or department
Strong organizational skills with experience managing feature production and team priorities
Excellent communication and collaboration skills: comfortable operating across disciplines, with external partners, and at the leadership level
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Desirable Qualifications
Experience coordinating with external or partner studios
Previous experience in a Project Management or Producer role
Familiarity with Paradox Grand Strategy games, and with Stellaris in particular
As a person, we think you lead with both confidence and humility. You know when to make a call and when to listen. You have enough design experience to earn your team's trust and enough perspective to serve the vision of a director. You find genuine satisfaction in helping the people around you grow, and you bring the same care to the craft of the game itself. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing conflict constructively, and working across a large, complex organization.
Don't be discouraged if you don't meet every requirement. We encourage you to apply if you feel this role is right for you. Please tell us why your experience and skills would work for this position and why you want to be part of Paradox. We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis.
We strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage everyone — irrespective of ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, or age- to apply.
Scope: Full-time and permanent, witha 6-month probation period
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