Riot Games

Sr. Manager, Game Production (Production Lead) - Unpublished R&D Product

Los Angeles, USA · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 5 days ago

Product StrategyBudgetingLeadershipCommunication

About the role

You will help move games from early ideas through production, launch, and live operations.
You will help the team scale from a small, adaptive group into a larger production organization without losing momentum, accountability, or care for players and team health.
You will report to the Director, Game Production.

Own the game's production approach through each phase of development, helping the team make strong decisions today while preparing for future launch and live-service needs.
Partner with game leadership and discipline leads to align scope, quality, staffing, timelines, and delivery expectations.
Lead cross-functional production across design, art, engineering, product, QA, analytics, publishing, and external development.
Build scalable planning, dependency, risk, and accountability systems as the team grows.
drive resolution with the appropriate leaders and teams.
Manage production relationships with vendors, outsourcing teams, and co-development partners.
Maintain clear visibility for stakeholders on progress, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions.
Identify delivery risks, organizational gaps, and execution constraints early; drive resolution with the appropriate leaders and teams.
That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player.
Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday.

10+ years of professional experience working in game production.
6+ years of in production leadership roles on cross-disciplinary game teams.
Experience shipping at least one game or major game initiative with production responsibility from pre-production through launch.
Familiarity with studio operations, business planning, workforce planning, budgeting, player insights, economy, content operations, release management, or liveops planning.
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players.
Experience as a Lead Producer, Principal Producer, Production Director, or equivalent senior production owner on a shipped game.
Shipped and operated multiple cross-platform, multiplayer, or live-service games.
Experience building production practices for a new game, new team, or ambiguous development environment as it scaled.

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.
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.
If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.

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