Senior Manager, Game Production

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

Riot Games seeks a Senior Manager of Game Production for its Shanghai studio to lead cross-functional teams in developing exceptional experiences for League of Legends: Wild Rift. Responsibilities include defining production standards, providing transparent updates, mentoring the production team, optimizing work processes, and facilitating collaboration with remote teams in China and Los Angeles. This role requires a minimum of 8 years in game development, 6+ years as a Producer/Product/Program Manager, and 3+ years of direct people management. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, negotiation, and change management skills and be fluent in English and Mandarin. Travel to Los Angeles and Shenzhen may be required.
Must have:
  • 8+ years in game development
  • 6+ years as Producer/PM
  • 3+ years people management
  • Strong analytical & negotiation skills
  • Fluent in English and Mandarin
  • Define production standards
  • Mentor and lead production team
  • Manage remote teams & collaborations
Good to have:
  • MOBAs experience
  • Experience teaching software development methodologies
Perks:
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance, parental leave
  • Retirement benefits with company match
  • Charitable donation matching
  • Open paid time off
  • Play fund

Job Details

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

Join Riot Games as the Senior Manager of Production at our Shanghai studio and lead dynamic cross-functional teams to create exceptional experiences for players globally. In this role, you'll inspire collaboration and drive development to overcome challenges and deliver high-quality products directly to our players. Your expertise will guide the production of League of Legends: Wild Rift, ensuring sustainable practices that uphold team well-being and foster a culture of high performance and inclusivity.

Your work may involve travel to Los Angeles and Shenzhen China.

As a Rioter in China, you'll join a team of internationally and culturally diverse professionals that share our prioritization of player experience, rejection of convention and maniacal passion for gaming. 

To reinforce Riot’s collaborative culture in our China offices, we’ve decided to do away with the constraints of traditional hierarchical title structures that are more common in the region. Titles don’t really matter at any of Riot’s offices, but we chose to take this extra step in our China offices to foster a space where teamwork thrives. We believe that removing this constraint will promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and a focus on results. We promise you won’t need a title at Riot to make an impact.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and exemplify production standards for Wild Rift at the Shanghai Studio, focusing on delivery excellence, adherence to Riot’s values, and team health.
  • Provide transparent updates on the production pipeline's status and health, identifying potential risks and coordinating stakeholder escalations.
  • Mentor and lead a production team capable of owning significant features for Wild Rift, incorporating strategic workforce planning and recruitment.
  • Develop and optimize work processes and communication channels for managing projects with remote teams in China and Riot’s Los Angeles office.
  • Facilitate collaboration and alignment on production schedules and priorities with Riot Los Angeles and our partners in China, ensuring accountability and timely delivery of commitments.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 8 years in game development, with comprehensive experience across various project phases and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Lean, Waterfall).
  • 6+ years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Program Manager on medium to large teams
  • 3+ years of direct people management experience
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on systems-based thinking and root cause analysis.
  • Proficient negotiation abilities, combining patience and determination to manage complex intercultural, technological, and product challenges.
  • Effective change management skills across diverse teams and cultures.
  • Business-level fluency in English and Mandarin.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Genre affinity for games in the mobile free-to-play space, especially MOBAs
  • Ability to teach teammates to practically apply software development methodologies (Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc) to game development.

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive a lot of applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you take play seriously.

Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

 

 

 

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