Senior Game Product Manager - Riftbound

Riot Games; Mercer Island (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Job summary

Riot Games is seeking a Senior Game Product Manager for Riftbound on Mercer Island, WA. You will report to the Product Design Director and define the game direction, collaborating with design, insights, and production to enhance player experiences.

You’ll contribute to live game health through data-driven decisions and prototyping across disciplines. Success comes from craft, collaboration, and a passion for games.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a professional game product manager.
• Broad product design experience and knowledge.
• Demonstrated experience serving audience needs on live games.

Responsibilities

• Understand audiences for the game and calibrate expertise to suit these audiences.
• Use data and sensemaking to identify opportunities to improve health of the game through design.
• Articulate scope and depth of possible solutions and collaboratively reach the best one.
• Discover solutions conceptually through prototyping and collaboration.
• Improve existing design frameworks and create new ones.
• Collaborate with designers, insights, product, narrative and art to deliver holistic solutions.
• Share work openly and seek feedback from colleagues and players to calibrate design direction.

Skills

Audience insight

Product design

Live game experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Game Product Managers at Riot lead passionate teams to create and evolve products and experiences for our players. We seek to deeply understand our product’s audience and drive strategy to create value for players and for Riot. We help concept, build, and influence projects at all stages of production.

Riftbound is our new physical trading card game (TCG) where you battle to control locations with famous League champions. As a Senior Game Product Manager on Riftbound, you'll report directly to the Product Design Director and be front and center in defining the direction of our game. You will work with design and insights to maintain and improve the health of the game through the primary content lens: cards! Your analysis, player insight, and creativity will help craft in-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and work with every tool at hand to iterate our live environment to delight millions of players around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the relevant audiences for the game, and from this, calibrate your expertise to reflect appropriate taste for these audiences
• Use data and sensemaking to identify opportunities to improve the health of the game through product design
• Articulate and consider a scope and depth of possible solutions, including possible effects, and collaboratively reach the best solution
• Discover solutions conceptually through prototyping and collaboration
• Improve existing design frameworks, our approaches to design, and create new ones
• Collaborate with other designers, insights, product, narrative and art to deliver the best holistic solutions
• Openly share work and seek feedback from other developers, combining co-worker and player feedback to calibrate design direction

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a professional game product manager
• Broad product design experience and knowledge
• Demonstrated experience serving audience needs on live games

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of CCGs and their features
• Experience working with or playing PvP strategy games
• Experience developing a competitive or multiplayer game
• Experience managing direct reports or mentoring

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes the delight of players. We will look at your past studies and experience, but for this role, we also look for dedicated people with a personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this is the role for you!

Our Perks:

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, 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.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the SanFrancisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.