Senior Manager, Game Production, Distributed Development

In this position you will accompany producers & product managers as they take their products from conception to launch and beyond. You will ensure that teams align with product vision, have a deep understanding of player/customer needs, and consistently deliver at a high-quality bar for players. You will work with designers and engineers to provide genre-defining experiences to our players. You will ensure a smooth co-development effort between Sydney-based teams and our studios globally.

As a Senior Manager, Game Production in Sydney you will operate across League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Wild Rift as well as central technical teams, operating across the company and get to work on a diverse portfolio of projects. You will have half a dozen direct reports, will interact daily with your colleagues overseas, and will work closely with studio management on broader operational topics. 

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage and grow team-level production and product management craft and capabilities, working with other Senior Production Managers
• Drive strategic work alignment between areas and project objectives
• Provide essential product and production feedback and insights to the team and leadership
• Foster a healthy co-development distributed environment
• Ensure team health, culture, and efficiency

Required Qualifications: 

• 8+ years experience in software/game development
• 4+ years in a leadership position
• 4+ years of direct people management experience
• Experience leading teams through major feature development (planning, execution, release, post-release support)
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and frameworks

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in creating metrics and data-driven improvement loops
• Proven ability to work using established prioritization methods
• Video game industry a plus

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!

Working closely with Riot teams globally, Riot Sydney is a powerhouse of talent, and experts in global development. Our team works on VALORANT, League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, alongside exciting R&D and Tech projects.

If you believe that the Player Experience comes first, we want to hear from you. Our players are a diverse group from different backgrounds, and we want to see that reflected in the people who make our games, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment

Our Perks:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!).And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

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.