Technical Director

Job Description

The Mission

We are looking for a Technical Director for Content Pipelines to realize and follow-up on the technical vision & implementation for an ambitious unannounced project here in Stockholm, Sweden.

As our Technical Director, you will be responsible for unification and alignment of content pipelines across multiple technology stacks within the Company. You will work closely together with the Main Technical Director as well as other Technical Directors and other discipline leads to make sure the technology we use is evolving in a direction that is beneficial for our game devs and project as a whole. You will also collaborate with other Ubisoft studios, as well as external partners to share knowledge and identify existing technology that we should adopt and possibly adapt, and develop new technology as needed.

Our Plan

We know you're passionate about games, and for us it's important that you get to thrive and succeed in a creative environment. To achieve this, we are creating strong autonomous teams who make decisions independently, having the freedom to try out new things and show why they work. For us it is important that you get to shine by being creative in your role: to take deliberate decisions, poke holes in things, navigate through known pitfalls when required to and care for your craft by honoring your commitments.

In this role you will...

• Be responsible for unification and alignment of content pipelines across multiple technology stacks within the Company
• Lead, mentor and coach a team that can work across various areas of the project.
• Uphold our culture for collaborative innovation in the Stockholm Studio and in Ubisoft as a whole.
• Encourage our teams to navigate through ambitious and disruptive innovation.

Qualifications

We would love if you...

• Communicate well with a variety of staff at different levels to understand their needs and assist with technical issues, work well as part of a team to develop solutions.
• Think analytically to identify problems and come up with creative and efficient solutions, find new ways to overcome obstacles and achieve our vision.
• Have a good understanding of the jobs within game development pipelines, their roles, needs and the challenges that they face
• Have advanced knowledge of programming in Python and C++ with a very high level of technical ability using a variety of relevant software used across the project
• Offer guidance to more junior members of the team and give technical assistance to staff across departments, maintain a positive attitude
• Want to find the best fit solution to complex problems, finding compromises for stakeholders with differing needs.

Additional Information

Making good games takes effort, making great games takes a different type of thinking.

Are you a game designer, artist or engineer? Cool. How about a chemist, economist or social scientist? Let’s talk. At Ubisoft Stockholm, we feel different thinking comes from many places and that good ideas, no matter where they come from, are the key to unlocking our potential.

Located in the storied Östermalm neighborhood in Stockholm Sweden, we believe thinking of new ways to solve old problems is a cornerstone of innovation and we are looking for passionate people who follow their dreams to make the world a better place.

We know there is a better way to making great games.