Senior UX Manager | Candy Crush Soda Saga

Xbox Media Solutions (Formerly Activision Blizzard Media)
Full-time•Barcelona, Spain

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Senior UX Manager | Candy Crush Soda Saga

Company: Xbox Media Solutions (Formerly Activision Blizzard Media)

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Job Type: Full-time

Category: User Experience (UX) Design Management

Date Posted: May 22, 2026

Experience Level: 10+ years

🚀 Role Summary

  • Lead end-to-end creative vision and strategic design for key product initiatives within the Candy Crush Soda Saga franchise, ensuring exceptional player experiences.

  • Drive the development and implementation of scalable design systems and UX patterns to enhance consistency and efficiency across the product.

  • Manage, mentor, and empower a team of UX designers, fostering a culture of craft excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.

  • Act as a key design voice in cross-functional triads with Product Management and Engineering, influencing product strategy and ensuring design is a primary driver of success.

📝 Enhancement Note: While the input job title is "Senior UX Manager," the description and responsibilities clearly indicate a role focused on product design leadership within a specific game title, Candy Crush Soda Saga. This role requires a strategic, systems-thinking approach rather than pure individual design execution. The emphasis on "cross-craft collaboration" and "systems thinking" positions this as a leadership role within the product development lifecycle, aligning closely with Go-To-Market (GTM) operations by ensuring

Application Requirements

Requires significant experience in UX/product design and essential experience in line management of direct reports. Must demonstrate proficiency in systems thinking and the ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.