Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager - Development Services

Job Description

Enterprise teams at Riot create the culture, systems, and environment that allow Riot to be the best place to imagine and deliver the impossible for players. Enterprise collectively is made up of important corporate teams like Finance, People, Legal, Corporate Affairs, IT and Infosec, D&I and Corp. Strategy that creates the ecosystem for Riot's different product Pillars to operate and collaborate. To be effective, Enterprise Rioters must foster a trust forward culture to empower product Pillars, act as true partners to product teams and create simple and customer-centric systems that unlock collaboration across Riot.

Strategic Sourcing Managers at Riot help to find, source, and maintain important external relationships through expert relationship management, craft expertise, curiosity. You'll be the driving force in making sure large deals are properly vetted and negotiated to ensure the highest possible level of quality, service, and cost, while aligning with the needs of team members, other functional support teams, and executive leadership.

As Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager - Development Services, you'll support the Games Pillar as a dedicated sourcing manager focused on driving sourcing negotiation and strategy for the Engineering, Co-Development, and Creative external development needs of the Game Pillar. Engineering and Development services spend includes disciplines such as Game Design, Game Engines, Console/Mobile/PC programming, Graphics, Gameplay, AI, UI, Tooling, Porting, Software Testing and Quality Assurance. You'll need to navigate important areas of spend and find opportunities to improve external partners across different product and centralized support teams in a non-mandated sourcing environment. You'll also be embedded within the Games Pillar and represent the strategic sourcing function by providing best practices and advisory for vendor strategy.

Responsibilities:
• Use requirements and development team forecasts to develop strategic partnerships and scalable contractual agreements.
• Craft and conduct bid and evaluation processes (RFI, RFQ, RFP) and vet applicable vendors.
• Communicate cross Business Units, Pillars, and Enterprise-wide to develop holistic strategies and find commonality among product teams.
• Be the escalation point for important commercial relationships
• Structure and negotiate vendor agreements across all areas of game development, and providing insight to best practices for structuring services deals.
• Draft business cases, including internal vs external development analysis, for reaching the best possible strategic outcome across our vendor portfolio
• Maintain vendor databases of key partners and strategic relationships
• Conduct market research on existing and new trends across the industry.
• Mentor and lead other Rioters
• Promote a one team mentality, focused on holistic Riot-Wide solutions
• Use success criteria and metrics as guides to adapt efforts and ensure the trust and satisfaction of Rioter and development partners

Required Qualifications:
• 8+ years experience in category sourcing focused on engineering and development services within the games industry
• Facilitation experience with the ability to bring different teams together to move in the same direction
• Quantitative analysis (financial and price modeling)
• Vendor relationship management experience in large non-mandated organizations
• Knowledge of industry trends across multiple game development sub disciplines

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working in game development
• Experience leading teams of sourcing associates to create high-impact projects across the games landscape
• CPSM or similar certifications

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and choices that focus on your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
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.

(Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $140,100 USD - $194,900 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

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, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.

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