Manager, Game Production

Job Description

Manager, Game Production - Unpublished R&D Product

The Manager, Production is responsible for ensuring the members of the teams can effectively move products and features through the development cycle and out to players. This includes developing and executing the operational strategy of your product, driving the ''how'' of the work that happens on its various teams. You're obsessed with understanding how the needs of the audience, the health of the team, and the critical elements of its products are translated into action. In R&D, you'll work closely with the leadership team to make sure the approach to work on the business is well-defined, that its talent systems are effectively adhered to, that resources are allocated appropriately, and that the product vision is being delivered via thoughtful milestone planning.

As a Manager, Production on a Research & Development team, you will help organize and deliver one of Riot's new game projects through to production. You will work closely across all disciplines to ensure the project team is highly adaptable, efficient, and effective. You will be responsible for a range of activities from being a scrum master, JIRA owner to helping design the work system for an initiative or product. You will need to be adaptive and engaged to meet the changing needs of the product. You will report to the Senior Manager, Production of the team.

Responsibilities:
• Accountable for developing and executing the operational strategy of the product
• Help develop how your team is structured and how multi-team work is coordinated
• Develop accountability rituals wherein teams review their commitments, delivery and hold each other accountable for them, celebrating successes and learning from failures
• Maintaining efficient work practices like owning JIRA and performing scrum management
• Develop systems to ensure problems with delivery are regularly and quickly diagnosed and addressed
• Ensure stakeholders and customers are always up-to-date on what's going on in terms of what commitments have been made and how the delivery is going
• Understand the capabilities of the business unit and how those match to its strategies in order to plan for current work and future needs
• Inform the other members of the leadership team in choosing how to grow and allocate the workforce of the business unit
• As necessary, partner with the Talent organization to ensure that Riot's talent processes are implemented effectively on the business unit (e.g., performance management, compensation, and promotion systems are consistent and applied based on Talent and Department standards)
• Ensure that conflicts within and between teams are resolved effectively
• Ensure psychological safety, healthy feedback culture and conflict management within and between teams

Required Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in a dynamic professional environment such as games, tech, entertainment/media, law, finance, consulting, medicine, advanced degree programs, etc.
• 3+ years of game development experience, in a leadership position, working directly on the production of the game (not only supporting services or features).
• 2+ years of experience managing teams at the initiative level
• Experience with various development methodologies and their applications (e.g. Agile software development, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of games, relevant gaming audiences, and the game industry
• Experience leading and functioning in ambiguous, collaborative environments with team members of several levels and disciplines
• Experience maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability in product management and using prioritization schemes

Desired Qualifications:
• 7+ years of experience in game development experience
• 4+ years of experience in a leadership role shipping games
• 2+ years of experience managing a co-development or outsourcing relationship

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!
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. 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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