Licensing Manager
As the Licensing Manager, you will lead Paradox’s licensing business.
Are you ready to drive the future of Paradox’s licensing business? As our Licensing Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact by building high-value partnerships and delivering exceptional licensed products that expand our franchises into exciting new realms.
Your mission
This role is all about ownership and self-leadership. You’ll run with the business plan, driving sales activities to hit ambitious revenue targets and seize every growth opportunity. You’ll be the force that helps partners bring top-quality licensed products to market, bringing Paradox's worlds to life for fans everywhere.
We need a Licensing Manager with a get-it-done attitude who’s hunting for new partnerships and cross-brand collaborations that can elevate our franchises. With your proactive mindset and strategic vision, you’ll lead our licensing business, making sure our franchises excel across diverse product categories with a primary focus on mobile games.
Key Responsibilities
Own the business plan and execute on sales activities to achieve annual revenue targets for our licensing business
Empower partners to launch high-quality licensed products, with a primary focus on mobile games, while also exploring opportunities in PC/console games, tabletop games, and other product categories.
Be on the constant lookout for new partnerships and cross brand collaboration opportunities that could benefit our franchises
Set the direction and develop our Merchandising business
What we’re searching for…
Bachelor’s degree in economics, business or other relevant field
A minimum of 3+ years of experience in licensing, preferably in the games industry
Strong sales and negotiation skills
Exceptional collaboration and relationship building skills
Excellent English, both written and spoken
This position requires travel to fairs, exhibitions and events to network, build relationships and promote our licensing initiatives.
Practical information
Full time and permanent
Reports to: Chief Business Officer
Location: Stockholm
- Department
- Sales
- 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.
Stockholm, Sweden
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.
Licensing Manager
As the Licensing Manager, you will lead Paradox’s licensing business.
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