Paradox Interactive is looking for a Head of Legal to lead and shape the legal function across the group. If you have a strong background in business law, this is an opportunity to play a key role in a listed international gaming company.
You will act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, ensuring that legal considerations are effectively integrated into business decisions across the group. You will provide legal advice and support across areas such as:
Commercial agreements (development, publishing)
Intellectual property (trademarks, copyright)
Corporate governance and capital markets
M&A
An important part of the role is to lead and develop the legal team, setting direction, priorities, and ways of working. You will also manage and coordinate external legal counsel. You will be responsible for developing and improving legal processes as well as driving the strategy for the legal function, including leveraging AI and legal tech to improve efficiency and decision-making.
8+ years of experience working with business law, either as a corporate lawyer or at a law firm.
Strong skills in corporate law and commercial agreements are required.
Experience from a listed company or working with capital markets is highly valued, as is experience within media or gaming.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in law
Strong business judgement and ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives
Excellent communication skills
Fluent in Swedish and English, spoken and written
Experience in AI is a bonus
If you believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we review candidates on a continuous basis.
Scope: Full-time and permanent
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Remote status: Office-based
Paradox Interactive is a leading, global publisher of deep, replayable games.
We create intellectually challenging games, with long lifespans and a vibrant player communities. Our heart and soul lies in strategy and management games but we occasionally make calculated bets in other genres where we believe there is break-out potential.
Our steadily-growing portfolio includes titles from established series like Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Europa Universalis, Stellaris and Hearts of Iron. Millions of people from all over the world play our games every month, and participate in their continuous development through their purchases and insights they share with us.
Paradox offices are located in Sweden, France, Netherlands, Finland, and each houses creative staff, skilled in a wide variety of areas of expertise. No matter the specialization, each of us contributes to giving our players the best game experiences and value for their money and time.
Everyone at Paradox is expected to know our players, why they love our games and have an awareness of how their work impacts them in the end. We foster highly-engaged communities, where we encourage our fans to share their sentiment, and empower our colleagues to turn that feedback into action that benefits both our business and fans.
If that sounds good, and you share our vision, we’d love you to join us. Check out our career page: https://career.paradoxplaza.com/#jobs
