Lead Game Designer
CCP Games
Design
Reykjavík, Iceland
Posted on Feb 20, 2026
CCP Games is seeking a Lead Game Designer to help our EVE Online design team grow, align, and deliver impactful gameplay and system as we build EVE into its third decade.
This is primarily a leadership role. While design judgment is essential, your greatest impact will come from mentorship, communication, and enabling designers to do their best work within complex, long-running live systems.
- Application Deadline
- March 08, 2026
- Department
- Game Design
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Reykjavík
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
What You'll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and support senior designers, with a focus on growth, feedback, and long-term career development
- Improve team effectiveness by strengthening communication, collaboration, and clarity across disciplines
- Partner with the Game Design Director to evolve and uphold EVE Online’s design process
- Guide feature teams through exploration and development, encouraging a solution-oriented mindset while preserving momentum
- Foster a culture of empowerment, experimentation, and learning within a live service environment
- Identify and address team health issues early, helping teams navigate alignment challenges
- Act as a trusted design leader for stakeholders, aligning goals and constraints into shared understanding
What We're Looking For:
- 6+ years of game design experience, including 2+ years in a people-focused leadership role
- Proven ability to mentor and grow experienced designers
- Extensive experience with gameplay systems and live game design, with the ability to give high-quality feedback
- Clear, empathetic communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills
- Experience shipping features in live service, MMO, sandbox, or similarly complex products
- A leadership mindset focused on enabling others and team outcomes, not individual ownership
- Bonus Experience: Familiarity with EVE Online, sandbox games, or player-driven economies
What We Can Offer You:
- The challenge of working on ambitious projects with amazingly smart and creative co-workers
- A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity and innovation
- Double work station setup and flexible work environment
- An active fun division that hosts regular events
- An excellent canteen that offers a weekly breakfast and lunch menu as well as drinks and snacks
- Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan
- Annual sports grant
- A mobile phone as well as a mobile usage package
- Home internet
- A conditional monthly transportation grant
- Work environment that focuses on employee well-being
- On-site doctor, free of charge as well as other on-site services at a discounted price
- Relocation Package
Please submit your application in English.
About CCP Games
CCP Games is an innovative company in the field of interactive entertainment, established in 1997 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company gained worldwide recognition and numerous awards with the launch of their flagship product, EVE Online, in May 2003. Since then, CCP has been dedicated to developing cutting-edge games that push boundaries and break new ground. CCP believes that games are virtual realities, offering unrivaled experiences and true human interaction. The company values respect, dialogue, interaction, and cooperation, fostering a unique environment for employees and players alike. This approach enhances the quality of their products and creates a challenging and inspiring space for talent to flourish. As a Pearl Abyss company since 2019, CCP continues to prioritize innovation and is at the forefront of pioneering work in virtual reality. They envision virtual reality playing an increasingly significant role in gaming and beyond in the future. Choose CCP Games for immersive virtual reality experiences, empowering players with freedom, choice, and success.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Screening Call
Stage 2:
Hiring Manager Interview
Stage 3:
Assessments
Stage 4:
Creative and Production Interview
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