External Development Manager

As an External Development Manager, you will work with the talented teams behind RETURNAL and SAROS to help drive the next evolution of Housemarque games.

Partnering closely with Production, Directors, Leads, and external development partners, you will participate in planning and will lead the execution and successful delivery of external development, for a AAA project. Your focus will be ensuring that our teams have the right resources, expertise, and partnerships in place to deliver high-quality player experiences.

This role combines partner management with hands-on production ownership. You will be responsible for forecasting internal needs and managing a project's external development budget, balancing workload across Housemarque-internal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and external teams, and identifying opportunities to improve how we collaborate with partners.

As a member of the External Development team, you will also help shape how Housemarque approaches co-development and outsourcing, contributing to the continued evolution of our development practices across future projects.

You will report to the External Development Director and work across all disciplines involved in the project.

What will your day-to-day look like?

• Partner with Producers, Leads, and Development Managers to plan and execute co-development and external content production initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with external partners, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and successful delivery of project goals.
• Manage budget, and support long-term resource planning.
• Identify production risks and work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues before they impact delivery.
• Improve ways of working to support effective collaboration across teams.
• Support partner onboarding and integration with our IT, and to some degree manage contractual or information security processes in collaboration with Sony teams.
• Contribute to the long-term growth and development of External Development at Housemarque.
  

What will help you be successful in this role?

• Experience organizing External Development, Outsourcing, Co-Development, Production, or Project Management efforts within AAA game development.
• Proven ability to manage external partners and build productive, long-term working relationships.
• Strong understanding of game development pipelines, production methodologies, and project delivery.
• Experience managing budgets, not just headcounts, to support project project goals and business objectives.
• Ability to build alignment across stakeholders from different disciplines and levels of seniority.
• Comfortable working with international teams across different cultures and time zones.
• A collaborative approach to solving complex production challenges and driving work forward.
• Experience contributing to the successful shipment of at least one AA or AAA PC or console title as a developer, content creator or as a member of a quality assurance team.

We recognise that no candidate will meet every requirement. If this role excites you and your experience is broadly aligned, we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer to you?

• Competitive salary, benefits, healthcare & Nordic work-life balance
• Tailored immigration and relocation package to help you get settled into Finland
• State-of-the-art studio facilities in the heart of Helsinki
• Freedom, flexibility and openness in a collaborative culture
• Brilliant, diverse and empathetic colleagues to work with
• Exciting and ambitious projects executed with the best tools
• Access to PlayStation Studios collaboration, games and more!
  

This is a permanent, full-time position based in Helsinki, Finland. We aim to start interviewing promising candidates from September 2026.