Technical Director – AAA Games – Hybrid / Stockholm, Sweden

One Player Mission is proud to be working with an award-winning developer of premium games that entertain millions of gamers across the globe with amazing and immersive gaming experiences.

An exciting position has opened up for a Technical Director. you will be expected to have knowledge of leading edge game and other related technology and to continually update this knowledge so that it can be applied to their strategic decisions. Reporting to the CTO, you will work closely with technical and creative stakeholders across the organisation to understand and capture requirements from game teams and create a strategy and roadmap to satisfy these needs. 

This role will act as a Product Owner, defining goals and development initiatives in the form of a backlog. The Central Technology team has five subteams and you will be responsible for the vision and guiding the execution of the subteam responsible for runtime engine systems.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Worked from start to finish on at least one AAA console game, understanding of its architecture, middleware, and their constraints
• Strong technical background with solid professional experience in C/C++ programming
• Practical experience from different areas of game development, as well as industry experience working as a Technical Director.
• Extensive knowledge in software development methods
• Strategic mindset and ability to manage stakeholders at all levels
• Has worked in Product Owner / Product Management related roles, capturing requirements and translating them into a roadmap
• Proven team management and inter-discipline communication skills.
• Must possess excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of game technologies and future technology trends

• Responsible for the runtime systems and underlying architecture of the engine.
• Be responsible for the vision and guiding the execution of the subteam responsible for runtime engine systems
• Reporting to the CTO, you will work closely with technical and creative stakeholders across the organisation
• Join other technology stakeholders, from across the entire organisation, in setting technical standards, driving innovation, identifying synergies between teams and supporting collaboration in evolving the technology both centrally and on game teams.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214426!