Senior Manager, Technical Production - Cross VALORANT Experience

As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams to create products and experiences that want to achieve maximum developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while making sure that our teams are sustainable and have a great collaborative environment.

As a Senior Manager, Technical Production for Cross VALORANT Experience, you drive the area in delivering high quality solutions to some of VALORANT’s most challenging technical challenges. You will oversee the delivery of features and improvements across multiple teams, spanning technical areas, such as performance, compatibility, and client reliability. As a key member, you will ensure that teams are reliably delivering content on time and in a sustainable manner, closely partnering with team and area leadership to ensure success. You will report to the Director of Production.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support multiple engineering teams across Los Angeles and Seattle
• Own the teams ability to reliably deliver in a sustainable, yet reliable manner (rituals, tracking, reporting, and partner management)
• Directly manage the team level technical producers in the area, coaching them on craft and career
• Assess the organization’s maturity, health, and composition and improve any identified areas for improvement
• Collaborate with leadership peers, across the teams and Area to ensure that the work is being completed on time and quality especially across multiple customers of VALORANT
• Represent team direction and capabilities to area leadership
• Partner with leaders across VALORANT to ensure the game’s strategic priorities are met
• Partner with leaders across Riot’s platform teams to deliver against VALORANT and Riot’s strategic priorities
• Help support VALORANT’s priorities with our China publishing partner Tencent

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills
• Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Development Manager on medium to large teams
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing leaders of teams
• Experience applying Agile or Lean development methodologies at scale

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with SRE, DevOps, or software operations engineering teams
• Experience working with teams building software tools or engines for game developers
• Experience working with teams building software for game performance and reliability
• Experience in game development or a good understanding of how artists, engineers, and game designers build assets and game features for a modern game

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!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking f