Producer

Role Overview

Join King's New Games Studio and help shape Minecraft Blast, a new puzzle title created in partnership with Mojang Studios. This is a senior, hands-on role requiring the ability to move between the bigger picture and the detail required to deliver. You will combine deep production experience with strong product knowledge to help the team make sound day-to-day decisions while maintaining clarity, quality, and momentum. Working closely with the Executive Producer, Craft Leads, and the wider cross-disciplinary team, you will turn goals and designs into clear, executable plans.

Responsibilities

• Take production ownership of the Features area, guiding meta features from concept and scoping through implementation, release, and iteration.
• Partner with the Executive Producer and cross-functional leads to translate product goals and designs into clear, achievable plans, priorities, and actionable work.
• Lead the day-to-day production of multiple feature tracks, maintaining visibility across workload, progress, dependencies, risks, and quality.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and actionable production documentation, including Jira task creation and backlog management, ensuring plans, scope, decisions, and ownership remain visible and up to date.
• Ask the right questions to expose ambiguity early, resolve delivery challenges, and bring forward clear recommendations before issues become blockers.
• Build a high-performing and accountable team environment through effective communication, focused decision-making, and continuous improvement.
• Develop strong relationships across teams, contribute production expertise, and constructively challenge the wider team.

Skills to Create Thrills

• Significant game production experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams through the development, release, or live operation of at least one game or digital product.
• A highly organised and proactive problem solver, with strong production fundamentals and the ability to manage multiple priorities in an agile environment.
• Strong product judgement and commercial awareness, balancing player value, business goals, and development constraints to support effective decisions.
• Quality-driven, with a genuine passion for games and product development and the ability to inspire teams to deliver outstanding player experiences.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to expose ambiguity, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and form clear recommendations.
• A strong verbal and written communicator who builds trusted relationships, promotes open feedback, ownership, and accountability, and adapts their leadership style to the needs of the team.

Bonus Points

• Experience developing and operating mobile free-to-play games, particularly casual or puzzle titles, including live events, features, or social systems.
• Experience working with external IP partners.
• Experience in recruitment, mentoring, or broader team and talent development.
• Knowledge of the Minecraft IP.

Company Culture and Context

• About King: A leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history. Known for the Candy Crush franchise and other titles like Farm Heroes Saga, King reaches approximately 200 million players monthly. King is part of Microsoft.
• Mission: Making the World Playful; bringing moments of magic to everyday life.
• Values: The team blends intuition with analysis, art with science, and imagination with execution. They prioritize being "Seriously Playful"—a serious business that takes pride in having fun.
• Diversity: The company believes in nurturing diversity to achieve originality in games and employs people from all kinds of backgrounds.
• Locations: Kingsters are located in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta.
• Benefits: Information regarding culture, values, and benefits, including relocation packages, is available at the company careers site.