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
Riot’s mission is to put players at the center of everything we do. We do this by continuing to evolve and deliver new experiences to players with games like Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot is also expanding into the world of music/multimedia with the release of our animated series Arcane and music from KDA and True Damage. In short – it’s an exciting time to be a Rioter.
As a Sr. Manager, Technical Product Management (TPM) at Riot, you will leverage your product management experience paired with your knowledge of game development to provide players with essential features and supporting systems. As a Sr. Manager TPM for League of Legends PC within League Studio, you will work on the around game experience for League of Legends PC. You will direct efforts to build approachable navigation, progression, social, identity, and shopping experiences. You will be accountable for new player retention improvement efforts, as well as improving engagement and monetization of existing players. You will manage a team of TPMs working on specific areas of the League of Legends PC around game experience.
Responsibilities:
Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for your team
Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, adeptly anticipating future challenges and orchestrating multi-team responses to meet the evolving needs of our players and development teams located throughout the world
Manage technical complexity, validating requirements and designs for cross-discipline projects, and communicating technical tradeoffs to a non-technical audience
Partner and collaborate with Engineering, Production, Art, Design, Quality, and Insights to align on the product and technical plans and ensure that the products are aligned with League of Legends’ and Riot’s goals
Manage relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers, in addition to direct management over other TPM’s
Develop and oversee product metrics and goals for your team, as well as SLAs with partner teams
Required Qualifications
A minimum of 8 years of technical product management or program management experience
A minimum of 4 years of leadership experience managing and building healthy, diverse, and inclusive teams
Experience leading product for at least one live-service game release on any platform
Experience working directly with creative disciplines and content creators
Experience creating 0-1 products in ambiguous product spaces
Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
Aligned to servant leadership principles and the value and importance of ensuring psychological safety, healthy feedback culture and conflict management within and between teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with player acquisition and retention methodologies
Experience with free-to-play game monetization systems
Experience with proprietary game engines
Experience with game engine tooling (e.g. UI, animation, 3d scene, audio)
For this role, you’ll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players’ experiences, this could be your role!
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