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Development Director (12 month contract)

Please note - this role is primarily based in Stockholm, Sweden but can also be remotely in Europe, or from any of our European offices.

We are DICE, the award-winning studio with locations in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden, best known for creating the phenomenally successful Battlefield franchise.

We are now part of a set of global studios building a connected Battlefield universe, developing Battlefield’s one-of-a-kind multiplayer suite, while also building a team to support our new Seattle-based studio, Ridgeline Games, who are leading the development of a single-player narrative campaign.

We strongly believe our people are the backbone and driving force to our creative products, and are always looking for diverse game creators to join us in Stockholm, Gothenburg or working remotely, to help us build the best Battlefield experiences and make our studio the best in the industry.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced project manager who is passionate about games to provide daily production support for their team(s). You will create an environment that enables our excellent teams to focus on what they are good at and support them with administrative work and production support. The Development Director plans time, resources and tracking progress working closely together with the other leads in the team. You will be an essential person in the daily operation of the teams you work with.

What skills does DICE look for?

We believe you have the following:

• 5+ years project management experience in the games industry
• Some years of leadership experience and a desire to lead and help teams achieve their goals
• Experience in negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution in complex project setups
• Strong communication skills across all levels of the organization
• Focused on motivating and inspiring team(s) to work as one towards the project goals

We believe that you are comfortable and have experience working with:

• Agile development, using Scrum/Kanban/Lean
• Project roadmaps, sprint planning, retrospectives, day-to-day team management, dependency management
• Project development with emphasis on team empowerment
• Risk analysis and mitigation techniques
• Budgeting and resource planning
• Tools: e.g. Jira, Hansoft, Word/Google Doc, Excel/Google Sheets (create & maintain complex spreadsheets), PowerPoint, PowerBI or other project management, reporting and tracking tools.