Principal Technical Product Leader, Commerce Platform

CurationsLA; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open paid time off policy

Flexible work schedules

Medical, dental, and life insurance

Parental leave for you and family

401k with company match

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles seeks a Principal Technical Product Manager to own large-scale storefront and inventory systems, guiding strategic direction and leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable platform solutions across Riot’s Commerce space.

You will partner with game studios and engineering leaders to build and operate distributed services, while aligning with a multi-year roadmap and delivering value to developers and players worldwide.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Technical Product Management or related tech field
• Experience leading backend teams to design, build, operate, and maintain large-scale microservice ecosystems
• Proven ability to operate at a Principal level with limited authority
• Strong technical background enough to debate tradeoffs with engineering leads
• Experience translating open-ended capabilities into concrete product roadmaps with milestones
• Track record owning platform or systems products with internal customers
• Experience integrating agentic AI tooling into product management processes

Responsibilities

• Define and align product strategy for cross-cutting platform areas with measurable value
• Bring structure to ambiguous initiatives for long-term success
• Lead engineers to design and operate critical microservices for store, inventory, and related systems
• Partner with engineering leads to ensure scalable, robust platform solutions
• Design, prototype, build, and ship new features with cross-team collaboration
• Ensure team execution excellence and align with multi-year roadmaps
• Participate in rotational on-call for live product support
• Work with technical and non-technical customers to tailor solutions
• Own and communicate product vision and multi-year roadmap with other Commerce leads

Skills

10+ years experience

Backend leadership

Principal level

CS or equivalent

Roadmap with milestones

Platform/product ownership

AI tooling integration

Education

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles seeks a Principal Technical Product Manager to own large-scale storefront and inventory systems, guiding strategic direction and leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable platform solutions across Riot’s Commerce space.

You will partner with game studios and engineering leaders to build and operate distributed services, while aligning with a multi-year roadmap and delivering value to developers and players worldwide.