Riot Games
Senior Manager, Game Production - League of Legends, Champions & Cosmetics
Los Angeles, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 76 days ago
Product StrategyLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- This role sits within the Champions & Cosmetics space, driving large-scale initiatives across gameplay, character development, and cosmetic content.
- You will play a critical role in shaping the future of champion production, including overseeing complex character pipelines, scaling content systems, and helping continue delivering visual efforts on League of Legends.
- You will report to the Director, Game Production.
Responsibilities
- Lead production across champion-centric development, including gameplay and cosmetic content (e.g. skins, store systems)
- Drive execution across large-scale, multi-discipline character asset pipelines (modeling, rigging, animation, etc.)
- Manage complex dependencies across teams-of-teams, including global co-development partners
- Manage and mentor a mix of individual contributors and managers
- Partner with art, design, and engineering leaders to define quality standards and execution expectations
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary production pipelines
- As a Senior Manager in Game Production at Riot, you'll lead passionate cross-functional teams in crafting creative content and incredible experiences for players around the world.
- By encouraging teams to collaborate, you'll drive development, smashing through obstacles and driving products into players' hands.
- You'll exceed expectations by helping concept, deliver, improve, and influence creative projects at every stage of production.
- As a Senior Manager in Game Production you will lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality champion-focused experiences for League of Legends.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years of working in game development, with experience in the full game development life cycle
- A minimum of 4 years of direct people management experience
- Experience working with character or asset production pipelines (e.g. champions, skins, or similar content)
- Familiarity with League of Legends or similar MOBA/live-service games
- For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver AAA gameplay experiences
- Ability to disambiguate product vision into gameplay requirements and appropriately sized features and functionality
- Ability to manage change across teams, organizations and cultures
Benefits
- 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.
- Continuously improve team health by identifying opportunities to define and refine how we work as a team
Company info
- 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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