Riot Games Los Angeles , CA 90009
Posted 4 weeks ago
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 Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends.
Game Producers lead teams, initiatives and products from conception through launch and operation inside of the gaming space. They create and align teams to product vision, have a deep understanding of player needs, competitors and market conditions, and are able to balance scope, quality and time to predictably deliver at a high quality bar for players.
As a Senior Game Producer on the VALORANT Central Tech Art team, you will be responsible for helping Riot build and maintain a central technical art production pipeline for VALORANT across multiple platforms and future games. You will keep the players' experience, as well as the experience of dev teams within Riot, in mind as you track progress, deliver products/features, and organize priorities and goals. You will also work with artists, producers and engineers to support the team in delivering genre-defining experiences to our players. Your group will consist of Rioters across the globe, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sydney. You will report to a Senior Production leader supporting VALORANT studio.
Responsibilities:
Create and manage the day-to-day product and sprint backlog for a distributed team across Sydney and Los Angeles
Partner with Tech Art leadership to drive the creation of a Central Tech Art roadmap in support of product priorities
Identify and collect needs and requirements from development teams
Facilitate all team meetings and enable team communication across multiple time zones
Ensure optimal team health, culture, efficacy, and efficiency
Communicate team staffing needs as they arise
Continuously improve work systems to push toward development best practices
Support team by removing roadblocks and managing distractions
Responsible for the execution of risk management, velocity tracking, progress reporting, and quality validation processes at both sprint and milestone levels
Collaborate across teams and products to deliver a unified experience
Maintain stakeholder relationships and keep them informed of progress, risks and pivots
Provide essential product feedback and insight to the team and leadership
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of experience as a Producer or Product Manager
2+ years experience working with teams building software for internal users
Experience using Agile tools and practices to drive the development process for a distributed development team
Experience partnering with central and distributed development teams to improve the developer workflows
Experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
Desired Qualifications:
3+ years of experience working with art and content pipelines
Experience working with teams building content creation tools
Mastery of production tools like JIRA for tracking and reporting
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
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 has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.
Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.
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