Senior Game Producer - League of Legends, Summoner's Rift Environment

As Producers at Riot, we lead passionate cross-functional teams to create innovative products and experiences that seek to deliver maximum player value. We drive development, smash through obstacles, and push projects across the finish line. We meet and exceed expectations by helping concept, deliver, enhance, and influence projects at every stage of production. 

As a Senior Game Producer on League of Legends, you will report into and work with the Game Production Lead. You will drive the execution of new iterations of League of Legends’ experiences and will partner with a Product Manager to deeply understand the player, utilizing relevant data, to ensure that the team is delivering maximum value, maintaining a singular focus on providing the best possible player experience. You will be accountable to understand the team’s definition of what success looks like, and you will lead the development team to achieve it.

Responsibilities:

• As the team leader, manage and improve the team’s maturity, performance, health, and happiness via continuous improvement with tangible measurements of progress and success
• Lead a game development team to own and deliver live services or features for League of Legends
• With the support of the Delivery Lead, own and improve the work system, team performance metrics and goals setting, product development processes, and delivery
• Lead product planning process, provide visibility and predictability with a focus on a solution mindset as problems and risks are identified
• Lead cross-team projects and programs, manage the team backlog, contribute to business prioritizations and planning

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 6 years experience in a Production role (i.e. - experience as a producer, product manager, project manager, program manager, or similar)
• A minimum of 2 years experience in cross-discipline game development teams within Art, Design, and Engineering focusing on setting up work systems, improving team effectiveness and health, and delivering projects
• Experience with crafting Agile and Lean development processes into practical application for ever-evolving production hurdles
• Experience in reinforcing the priority of team and/or product backlogs, writing user stories, and leading estimation and scoping

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience 
• Extensive knowledge of League of Legends
• Experience running a live microservice for large scale applications
• Experience working in a continuous delivery/deployment environment

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 for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the and . 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 and our ongoing work to build the .

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.