Technical Director for the Star Stable franchise

Do you want to set the technical vision for the future of the Star Stable franchise? Are you excited about driving the envisioning, strategy and general direction for the tech in Star Stable Online and its family of related products? Great! Come join us on this journey!

We want you to help us make great decisions and build sustainable tech for many years to come. This is a new role in a growing team, giving you the amazing opportunity to shape the role. You will work with a holistic view, ensuring we have a vision for tech across the entire franchise. And the role will focus on driving a strategy to achieve the vision and guide teams as they execute it.

What we think this role is about

The Technical Director for the Star Stable Franchise role will set up a vision for tech, one that is aligned with the business needs, supports decision making, and provides inspiration for our teams. Establishing strategic steps towards making the vision a reality, ensuring buy-in, supporting decision-making, driving accountability towards results, facilitating the solutioning process, and maintaining an overall view are critical responsibilities for this role.

The Star Stable Franchise currently encompasses our cross-platform MMO, Star Stable Online, companion apps, and all the support tech and backend necessary to sustain our live operations. A network of teams drives the delivery of new systems and features across all the products and functions. The Technical Director for the franchise will ensure that we have the vision that helps everyone moving in the same direction.

What we think is needed to succeed in this role

We think that your significant experience in the tech industry has given you confidence to make decisions, communicate effectively, and drive results. You bring deep knowledge on ‘what good looks like’ and can lean on best practices to navigate a complex technical landscape, while also recognizing that fast learning and experimenting are skills we need to drive innovation and stay successful in our industry. You can confidently provide leadership to a network of teams and drive accountability towards outcomes; never afraid to speak your mind when needed, and at the same time you know when to reach out for support.

It is essential for this role that you can inspire, mentor and motivate our people to do their best work, always keeping our mission top of mind. You share our core belief of valuing our journey, meaning we can fail sometimes but the learning is priceless and supports our efforts to drive resilience and innovation.

It is an extra plus if you have experience from mobile development since this is one of our growing areas.

About Star Stable:

Star Stable Entertainment AB offers an international and fun workplace driven by passion and innovation. Our game Star Stable Online (SSO) is a vast online multiplayer adventure game designed to encourage girls to work together to solve problems and complete challenges as well as explore a large-scale, complex magical world from horseback. With over 15 million registered users, Star Stable Online is one of the most popular MMO’s in the world, and one of the few online games targeted specifically towards girls.

Over the years we have extended our product line to music, publishing, and several apps, continuously working to improve, grow and fulfill what’s at the heart of our mission - to inspire, to celebrate the power of sisterhood, and to have a meaningful global impact, transforming the gaming industry into a more open-minded and inclusive environment.

PS. It turns out that we are one of the most diverse gaming companies in Stockholm, and of course we like to keep it that way. So no matter who you are, apply now! We’re keen to hear more about you!