Company Overview
Since 2006, Riot Games has stayed committed to changing the way video games are developed, published, and supported for players. From our first title, League of Legends, to 2020’s VALORANT; we have strived to evolve the community with growth in Esports, and expansion from games into entertainment. Players are the foundation of Riot’s community and because of them, we’re able to reach new heights. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 4,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide. Riot has been featured on numerous lists including Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” “25 Best Companies to Work in Technology,” “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” and “50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility.” Riot Games recruiters will never ask for money or request sensitive information, and they’ll always reach out from an @riotgames.com email address. You can learn more about Riot’s interview process here: https://www.riotgames.com/en/work-with-us/interviewing-at-riot/interview-process
About the job
The Product Management group performs internal and external analyses, makes insightful recommendations, designs solutions, develops products, and implements strategies that address complex business issues to achieve company goals. We’re a diverse group of consultants, business people, scientists, and at our core, a team of gamers. We are united by our desire to remain player-focused while maximizing our business outcomes. We support our recommendations with a myriad of sources to ensure we’re informed by data.
The LoL PC Cosmetics team serves to create all the cosmetic content within League PC which drives revenue and deepens affinity for the IP for the game. As a Senior Game Product Manager on the League of Legends PC Cosmetics team, you will help create a strategy for what new and existing cosmetic content we should invest in – and be accountable for bringing that strategy to life.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of long-term product strategy and work with analytics, product, and design teams to improve League of Legends’ cosmetic content ecosystem
- Partner with product teams to prioritize their efforts – accounting for delivery timelines, engagement impacts, and opportunity costs
- Communicate strategic recommendations and product outcomes to business leaders and decision makers
- Ensure that monetization opportunities are integrated seamlessly into the game’s content pipeline
- Analyze player data, feedback and product results to inform decisions in a test and learn iteration loop
- Analyze current spender ecosystem and game economy to make recommendations for new cosmetic content types
- Own and drive on development of said new cosmetic content types
- Partner with designers and product owners across the game to guide design and product strategy decisions in a way that supports player-focused monetization
- Strategize and optimize the roadmap of cosmetic content for a global audience with different tastes
Required Qualifications:
- At least 1 year experience in video game production, product management, consulting, or business strategy for consumer-facing products
- Experience advising teams by applying a combination of a broad & deep gaming background, game design craft, and product strategy thinking
- 5+ years of experience in product management or analytics for a gaming company
- Focus on data-driven decision making or solving problems with incomplete information in the absence of data
- Ability to break down complex problems and problem spaces using various business or product frameworks and crafting optimal solutions for our players and our business
- Self motivated, and has a desire to work with people to navigate through ambiguity
- Experience working with game teams, including designers, engineers, artists
- Experience conducting and socializing competitive analysis of game monetization design and distilling results into impactful recommendation
- Experience using data to aid in conceptualizing, designing, and shipping a brand new monetization product, distribution mechanism, or system within the games
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience conceptualizing, designing, and shipping a brand new monetization product, distribution mechanism, or system within the games industry
- Experience working for a games as a service type game model
- Experience leading complex efforts with multiple collaborators
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