Director of Development - Core Gameplay Delivery

Mojang-Ab; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mojang Studios in Stockholm is seeking a Director of Development to translate studio strategy into executable outcomes across design, engineering, production, QA and live operations.

You'll own the development operating system, drive delivery health, manage risks, and align multiple teams toward shared goals, delivering high-quality player experiences at scale.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, and a track record of delivering complex projects in live environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale game or software development organisations.
• Strong track record of delivering complex products and services in a live operating environment.
• Proven experience implementing or improving development systems, delivery frameworks, forecasting, and organizational operating models.
• Deep understanding of game development, production, engineering, and cross-functional execution.
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels.
• Exceptional communication, influence, and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Passion for games, player experience, and empowering creative teams.
• Experience building, leading, and developing inclusive, high-performing team

Responsibilities

• Representing delivery excellence on the Core Leadership Team
• Accountable for delivery excellence across multiple departments, ensuring the organisation has the clarity, structure, tools, and ways of working needed to execute effectively
• Owns delivery health across the full development cycle, including planning, progress visibility, risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and escalation paths
• Connects organisational priorities to execution, translating leadership direction into clear operating rhythms, decisions, and delivery plans
• Drives alignment across design, platform, engineering, production, QA, and live operations, ensuring teams are working against shared priorities and expectations
• Establishes scalable delivery models for complex game development, improving how multiple teams plan, collaborate, execute, test and playtest, and deliver together
• Provides leadership visibility on organisational readiness, delivery performance, key risks, dependencies, and strategic trade-offs.
• Leading people manager excellence by strengthening the group with the right tools and systems, modeling people management excellence, coaching managers through complex leadership situations, and helping build consistency in how teams are supported
• Promotes rituals, forums, and practices that strengthen team health, such as manager communities, craft communities, feedback loops, and spaces for learning, reflection, and continuous improvement

Skills

Leadership

Delivery management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Job description

Mojang Studios in Stockholm is seeking a Director of Development to translate studio strategy into executable outcomes across design, engineering, production, QA and live operations.

You'll own the development operating system, drive delivery health, manage risks, and align multiple teams toward shared goals, delivering high-quality player experiences at scale.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, and a track record of delivering complex projects in live environments.