Business Owner
Are you an experienced and driven Product Owner or Business professional with a genuine passion for the world of video games? Are you seeking an opportunity to excel in maximizing revenue, profit, and engagement within Paradox Interactive's unique portfolio of games? The next Business Owner we’re looking for is you! Join our team in Stockholm and make your mark in the gaming industry.
As a Business Owner, you are a leader and driver of a specific franchise. You are tasked to drive business, growth, and innovation for Paradox Interactive on live games. To achieve this you work with a number of disciplines within the Business and Marketing department as well as side-by-side with the development studio to fulfill set ambitions and targets for the assigned franchise ensuring the business to thrive over years to come.
This involves setting strategic direction and collaborating closely with our first-party studios to achieve the company's overall growth targets and key performance indicators (KPIs). You will share ownership of the profit and loss (PnL) for all live products within the franchise with Studio Manager(s).
In addition, you will actively seek and explore new business opportunities, both internally and externally, to foster revenue growth for the franchise(s). Leading experts from various Business and Marketing disciplines (no managerial responsibilities), you will work together to reach the overall goals of the franchise(s), sharing valuable business and sales insights with related teams, and taking ownership of forecasts and budgets.
The skills we’re looking for…
Senior experience in gaming product management and business development, or at least 5+ years of experience within product development, marketing, or production.
Solid understanding of business management
Holistic understanding of marketing and brand planning
Experience as a team lead or manager.
Excellent communication skills.
Proficiency in English both written and verbal.
You're all about playing to win and taking responsibility for success. You love finding new ways to boost revenue and keep players engaged. Setting big goals and tackling them with a problem-solving mindset? That's your jam. You're passionate about our products and committed to maximizing their success by prioritizing player value. Understanding what drives our players and delivering the best experience is your top priority.
Scope: Full time and permanent
Reports to: Head of Business
Location: This position is based in Stockholm
Some of our benefits include:
At Paradox you will be part of a result driven, high trust and player centric culture. Our games and players take center stage and our first priority is always to add player value. If you are someone who thrives from the opportunities that this culture brings and knows how to navigate the challenges that also come with it we highly encourage you to apply for this job and join our team.
- Department
- Business & Marketing
- Locations
- Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Working at Paradox
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Continuous personal development
To make and sell fantastic games we focus on continuous professional development of our employees. Education, career development and impact on decision-making are part and parcel of this endeavor.
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Freedom & Responsibility
Your contribution will count and you’ll see direct results of your input in our final products.We provide you with freedom in how to tackle ambitious goals and we strive to work in small autonomous teams where you have an impact on the decisions taken. However, we also expect every employee to be responsible for their work and the decisions they make.
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Explore, bond and be well
Our culture centers around the games we make and the bonds we form between the people who make and play them. In our experience, a healthy dose of nerdiness is often central in this, no matter what form it takes.
We encourage employees and teams to explore their nerdiness and connect with one another within and (if they wish) outside the company - be it in our strong board game and TTRPG community, over painting miniatures, in book circles, over karaoke, at our social gatherings and of course over video games. How far down the rabbit hole you go is up to you, nothing is mandatory.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
We strive for a good work-life balance for all employees and prioritize their personal well-being.
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Masters of our fate
We have stable long-term owners with skin in the game, decision making close to the games and the players and are stably self-financed, without debt. That gives us full ownership and control of our development. Our success or failure is up to us.
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Compensation
We offer competitive monthly salary and salary revision once per year with participation in our company wide profit share program.
You will be given 5+1 weeks of paid vacation per year. For international hires, we will provide relocation assistance (Visa application, Initial Home Finding, Settling in Service, and your flight).We offer flexible work hours, an open office environment and we encourage sharing and learning from each other.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
Our Culture
Paradox’s workplace culture has been shaped by our players, our knowledge of what they want and expect from us, and the lessons we’ve learned in over two decades of operation.
In our work, we place great emphasis on the value we create for our players, the trust we place in one another, our goal of making each other better, and on proactively solving the tasks and problems we face within an industry and a company that keep on changing.
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.
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.
Business Owner
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