Game Producer - Unpublished R&D Product

Riot Games; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance

Wellness fund

Donation matching

Learning and Development

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Producer II to lead production on a new, unpublished R&D product. You will guide a cross-functional team across engineers, designers, and artists, aligning to a shared vision while mentoring junior producers.

You’ll balance scope, quality, and timelines to deliver engaging player experiences. You’ll collaborate across global teams, including Sydney and North America, ensuring clear priorities and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Producer, Project Manager or similar role in game development.
• Ample experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading teams through all feature development phases (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support).
• Experience applying Agile and Lean development processes such as Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day production efforts for a cross-functional development team
• Drive sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and milestone execution
• Ensure strong team health, culture, and efficiency
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and align on goals
• Track progress, manage risks, and ensure delivery of high-quality tools and features
• Promote best practices in planning, estimation, and documentation
• Coordinate across teams to unblock dependencies and align technical solutions
• Communicate clearly and consistently with partners in multiple time zones
• Identify opportunities to improve developer workflows and system scalability

Skills

Cross-functional

Stakeholder mgmt

Producer experience

Agile/Lean

Distributed teams

Tools

Jira

Job description

Riot’s mission is to put players at the center of everything we do. We do this by continuing to create, evolve and deliver new experiences to players with games like Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends.

Game Producers lead teams, initiatives and products from conception through launch and operation inside of the gaming space. They create and align teams to product vision, have a deep understanding of player needs, competitors and market conditions, and are able to balance scope, quality and time to predictably deliver at a high quality bar for players.

As a Producer II on an Unpublished R&D Product, you will be responsible for driving production efforts on a features team, supporting the development of player-facing systems. You will provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced producers. You will keep the players' experience, as well as the experience of dev teams within Riot, in mind as you track progress, deliver products/features, and organize priorities and goals. You will work within a cross functional team of engineers, designers and artists to support the team in delivering engaging experiences to our players. Your group will consist of Rioters across the globe, including Sydney and North America. You will report to a Senior Manager of Production supporting the R&D Game Teams.

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!

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:

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day production efforts for a cross-functional development team
• Drive sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and milestone execution
• Ensure strong team health, culture, and efficiency
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and align on goals
• Track progress, manage risks, and ensure delivery of high-quality tools and features
• Promote best practices in planning, estimation, and documentation
• Coordinate across teams to unblock dependencies and align technical solutions
• Communicate clearly and consistently with partners in multiple time zones
• Identify opportunities to improve developer workflows and system scalability

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Producer, Project Manager or similar role in game development.
• Ample experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading teams through all feature development phases (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support).
• Experience applying Agile and Lean development processes such as Scrum or Kanban.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with the video game industry, in either live or multiplayer games. A background in digital project management/Agile project management/Scrum Master in a technology setting will also be considered.
• Experience working with teams building metagames or core gameplay systems.
• Mastery of production tools like Jira to track development and create accurate reporting.

Our Perks

• Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness fund
• Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
• Learning and Development opportunities

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.