About the company
As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams to create products and experiences that maximize developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while helping our teams operate sustainably and maintain a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead DEW's day-to-day production practice, including planning, team rituals, commitments, risks, dependencies, and delivery visibility
- Translate agreed product direction and technical plans into executable work, milestones, and release or transition plans
- Maintain a clear execution backlog and capacity plan across KTLO, emergent support, planned work, and discretionary investment
- Coordinate dependencies across DEW and partner teams, surface delivery risks early, and drive issues to clear owners and decisions
- Partner with Product and Engineering on intake and tradeoffs, while communicating status, decisions, changes, and risks to stakeholders and customers
- Improve DEW's operating system and team sustainability using production and service health metrics
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Development Manager delivering technical tools, services, workflows, or complex software initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience partnering with engineering leadership to clarify scope, manage dependencies, resolve risks, and deliver against commitments
- Experience managing execution backlogs across planned work, operational work, defects, and emergent requests
- Experience working across disciplines, organizations, and time zones using Agile or Lean practices such as Scrum or Kanban
- Proficiency with Jira, Notion, or similar planning and collaboration tools
- Experience in game development or familiarity with Unreal Engine is a plus
Conditions
- Reports to the Senior Manager, Technical Production for VALORANT Foundations
- Location: Los Angeles, USA; additional location: Mercer Island, USA
- Open paid time off policy, flexible work schedules, medical, dental, life insurance, parental leave, 401k with company match