International Operations Manager

Roblox Corporation; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 211,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Job summary

Roblox is seeking an International Operations Manager to drive the operational cadence supporting its international structure across local country teams. You will lead cross-functional execution, plan resources, and implement reporting rhythms to keep global workstreams aligned and delivered on schedule.

The role focuses on coordinating with Marketing, Comms, Trust & Safety, Legal, and Finance, with strong emphasis on executive-level metrics and playbooks for scalable workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in operations, program management, business operations, or cross-functional project coordination.
• Experience supporting international or multi-region teams is a plus.
• Strong project management fundamentals (planning, tracking, risk management, stakeholder updates).
• Comfortable driving clarity across multiple stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and simplify.
• Analytical and organized, with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Familiarity with tooling such as spreadsheets, dashboards, and project trackers (Airtable, Asana/Jira) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cadence & Operating Rhythms: spearhead internal cadences and reporting, including quarterly business reviews and regional alignment.
• Work Item & Resource Planning: prioritize work items, plan projects, and allocate resources across cross-functional teams.
• Execution Management: manage master project plans, timelines, and dependencies, ensuring on-track delivery.
• Define and track core operational metrics and resource utilization for executive reporting.
• Gather inputs from country teams and partners, producing clear status updates and next steps.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Airtable

Asana

Jira

Dashboards

Job description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

We’re looking for an International Operations Manager to drive and manage the operational cadence supporting our international structure across local country teams. You will spearhead cross-functional execution, lead end-to-end work item and resource planning, and operationalize group reporting, goal-setting, and performance tracking. In this role, you’ll build, own, and optimize the rhythms (such as QBRs, regular business reviews, and scorecards) that keep global workstreams aligned, resourced, and delivered on schedule.

This full-time, hybrid (in-office on Tues/Wed/Thurs) position is based in our San Mateo office and reports to the Head of International Strategy & Ops.

You Will

• Lead Cadence & Operating Rhythms: Spearhead and own internal operating cadences and reporting, including leading quarterly business reviews, establishing regular review rhythms with local international teams, and driving core alignment across regions.
• Work Item & Resource Planning: Lead work item prioritization, project planning, and resource allocation across cross-functional teams (Marketing, Comms, Trust & Safety, Business Development, Finance, Legal) to ensure local market initiatives are properly scoped and supported.
• Execution Management: Oversee master project plans, timelines, and resource dependencies, actively driving follow-ups and hold owners accountable to keep all global deliverables on track.
• Define and track core operational performance metrics and resource utilization, creating executive reporting for leadership.
• Gather inputs from country teams and XFN partners and synthesize into clear status updates, risks, and next steps.
• Lead recurring operational cadences (regional check-ins, QBR prep, scorecards, resource allocation, and annual/quarterly planning cycles).
• Identify recurring operational gaps and implement process improvements.
• Maintain and improve playbooks for repeatable workflows within local country teams across the world.
• Serve as an operational point of contact between country teams and HQ partners for planning, execution, and issue triage.
• Coordinate with external vendors/agencies as needed.
• Flag execution risks early (dependencies, resourcing, approvals, timelines) and help coordinate escalations to the right owners.
• Partner with Legal/Compliance/Trust & Safety to ensure required steps are followed for market initiatives.

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in operations, program management, business operations, or cross-functional project coordination.
• Experience supporting international or multi-region teams is a plus.
• Strong project management fundamentals (planning, tracking, risk management, stakeholder updates).
• Comfortable driving clarity across multiple stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and simplify.
• Analytical and organized, with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Familiarity with tooling such as spreadsheets, dashboards, and project trackers (e.g., Airtable, Asana/Jira) is a plus.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range

$210,930—$251,230 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.