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Lead Community Manager

From critically acclaimed The Longest Journey and the very first sci-fi MMO Anarchy Online, to brutal survival in Conan Exiles, our 27-year history has set us uniquely up for a journey to the harsh planet of Dune.

Due to the growth of our Community and Customer Support teams, we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic professional to lead our community team across offices in Lisbon, Oslo and Durham, NC.

Your Mission in Funcom

Our community team handles communication between the company and its customers and fans on several platforms, provide internal teams with crucial knowledge to develop and market our products, and support and promote content creators and other contributors in our amazing and growing community. They work with development, customer service and marketing teams daily to help and engage players across all our games, most notably among these Conan Exiles and, in the future, our new open-world multiplayer game using the Dune IP from Legendary Entertainment.

As lead for this fantastic group of people you will own the success and development of the community team and each of its members. You shall help translate the vision of the company, the games, and the team into strategy and action, and inspire and coach staff to personal and professional growth. You can rely on the team for much of the planning and execution but are welcome to partake in every aspect of the team's work. And you will work shoulder to shoulder with stakeholders across the entire company to ensure success for everyone.

Ideally you bring in extensive expertise in community management and/or support, team management, and leadership, and a solid understanding of game development and business. Due to community, company and team sporting multiple nationalities, international experience is a great plus, and strong written and spoken English skills an absolute requirement. A passion for open-world survival games fits in well, and if you already play Conan Exiles or other survival games that is just about perfect.

How you can have an impact in your position:

• Manage, lead and develop the team and each team member
• Develop strategy and activities in collaboration with team and stakeholders
• Set team and individual goals, and report and present actions and results
• Ensure transparency, predictability and efficiency both within the team and between the team and others

We are looking for someone that has:

• Experience (5+ years) in community management and/or closely related profession(s)
• Experience (2+ years) in team and personnel management and leadership
• Excellent spoken and written English skills
• Strong understanding of communication across nationalities and cultures
• Understanding of game development disciplines and their interaction
• Understanding of the gaming market and business environment
• Passion for open-world survival games, and games in general
• Passion for the Conan and/or Dune franchises

This position is ideally located at the Funcom Oslo studio in Norway, but for the right candidate other solutions can be considered including other Funcom studios and remote work.

We evaluate candidates on an ongoing basis and recommend candidates to apply as soon as possible! Average response time is 1 week.

Why Funcom?

We are a Scandinavian company and follow Scandinavian work values. For you, that means a flat structure in which you can thrive, be yourself, and leave a mark in the studio and become an ambassador for our company values. We focus on Agile/Scrum methodology, and heavily value the importance of work-life-balance in employee culture. Funcom values close-knit, collaborative individuals who crave creative ownership, a drive for constructive input, and a never-ending pursuit of evolution and quality.

The Funcom Oslo studio is a professional working environment with an international work culture, close to 100 people from over 25 different nationalities in one of the happiest countries in the world. Funcom is an international and varied environment in which people has one thing in common – their love for making and playing videogames.

Located in central downtown Oslo, the studio is situated in a modern office building surrounded by a cozy area with lots of sights, restaurants, and cafés.

Working at Funcom Oslo offers a flexible 37.5h/week working schedule, relocation assistance, pension plan, healthcare package, social Fridays, free access to gym, and a long list of other benefits. Even more: working at Funcom means being part of a family of kind, skilled and professional colleagues that share a passion for games!

We have a dynamic, inclusive, challenging and engaging work culture, with a basis of continued training and career development opportunities. Come join us in a friendly environment of enthusiastic professionals willing to go the extra mile to deliver world-class games.