Principal Program Manager, Partner Developer Relations - Minecraft

At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.   Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.   We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community.   In the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!   We are looking for a partner-obsessed Principal Program Manager to lead Partner Developer Relations for the Minecraft Marketplace’s most strategic creator partnerships. In this senior individual-contributor role you own the technical programs, developer-enablement systems, and cross-functional execution that scale how our largest studios build, publish, and grow on the platform.   You set the operating model, standards, and outcomes for partner-facing developer programs, and turn portfolio-wide creator and developer insight into roadmap influence with product and engineering leadership. You are the senior program owner our top studios rely on, driving the tooling, workflows, and feedback loops that anchor the majority of Marketplace ecosystem health. You blend deep program ownership with real technical fluency, and you are measured on the delivery, adoption, and health of the partner developer programs you own.

Own the strategy and delivery of the top-tier partner developer program portfolio: define scope, roadmap, milestones, and success metrics for the technical programs serving our largest, most strategic, franchise-defining creator partners. Define the developer-relations operating model and quality bar: set program standards, onboarding and enablement workflows, tooling requirements, and the KPIs and guardrails that keep quality, safety, and player trust non-negotiable. Serve as the senior voice of the creator and developer: synthesize portfolio-wide feedback into a prioritized, structured signal that shapes the Creator Success roadmap directly with product and engineering leadership. Act as the senior program advisor to top studios, driving cross-team resolution of the high-stakes blockers that put strategic launches at risk, and owning the programs behind special projects, featured placement, and platform enablement within defined thresholds. Own executive-level program reviews and escalations: run business/program reviews with our leadership and partner founders and executives, and act as accountable escalation owner during safety, payout, outage, or PR-sensitive events. Drive competitive and retention strategy at the program level, defending against competing platforms (Roblox, Fortnite/UEFN, Unity, Fab) through better developer experience, tooling, and enablement at portfolio scale. Direct vendor-delivered and cross-functional program work to clear, measurable outcomes by defining scope, standards, deliverables, the quality and safety bar, and review cadence, and mentor program managers to raise the craft across the discipline.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in relevant technical domain (e.g., cloud