Senior Game Product Manager - Unpublished R&D Product

Wwshemi; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

401k Match

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Game Product Manager for an unannounced R&D project. You will define strategic plans, translate them into direction, and operationalize development to deliver outcomes.

You will collaborate with production, insights, research, and analytics to build live service strategy, drive core gameplay systems, and ensure player empathy informs decisions. This role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong problem solving, and a passion for great player

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years in a Product Management or Strategy role.
• Deep knowledge of game development, live service games, and how games get to market.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional teams with strong collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Ability to use first-principles thinking and generate decision frameworks.
• Experience designing and shipping core gameplay systems.
• Familiarity with Revenue Strategy, Engagement Systems, Gameplay Mechanics and Experiences, Live Service & Lifecycle Management, Analytics, and Research.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of player needs and translate it into the vision, strategy, and roadmap for core gameplay mechanics and systems.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver player-focused gameplay elements including progression, gameplay dynamics, and live-ops.
• Maintain audience empathy to identify opportunity spaces, especially in competitive PvP genres.
• Contribute to the live operations strategy and ensure team work streams align with the game plans.
• Operationalize impact by aligning team efforts with the overall product strategy and production.
• Collaborate with insights, research, and analytics to ensure development is hypothesis-driven and measurable.

Skills

Product management

Strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Game development knowledge

Live service experience

Analytics

Job description

This listing's locations Los Angeles, USA

Department: Riot Discovery Studio

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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.

As a Senior Game Product Manager on an unannounced R&D project, you will be a key product contributor for the game’s core gameplay initiative. You will be responsible for defining strategic plans; working cross functionally to translate those plans into clear direction, and then operationalizing development to deliver outcomes. You will report to the Director of Game Product Management of the initiative.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of player needs and behaviors and use it to drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for core gameplay mechanics and systems in order to achieve player, product, and business impact.
• Work with project and craft leaders to deliver player-focused gameplay elements including skill and mastery progression, creative execution, match dynamics and systems, and more.
• Maintain deep audience and player empathy to inform your strategic understanding opportunity spaces, specifically in competitive PVP genres.
• Contribute to the development of the game’s live operations strategy, while ensuring your team’s work streams are tightly aligned with the game’s plans for sustainable and best-in-class live operations.
• Operationalize your impact by ensuring your team's efforts and capabilities support the holistic product strategy, working closely with production.
• Partner tightly with central and game-team insights, research and analytics to ensure development in your area is informed hypothesis driven, supported by a wide range of player signals, and can be effectively validated and measured to inform learning and iteration.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of professional experience, of which 3+ is in a Product Management or Strategy role
• Deep understanding about the process of game development, the business of live service games, and how games get to market
• 3+ years experience leading or influencing cross-functional teams with excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management
• Ability to solve complex and ambiguous problems using first-principles strategic thinking, generating frameworks to enable rapid and effective decision making
• Experience conceptualizing, designing, and shipping core gameplay systems
• Meaningful familiarity with several of the following crafts: Revenue Strategy, Engagement Systems, Gameplay Mechanics and Experiences, Live Service & Lifecycle Management, Analytics, and Research.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working on a AAA game with global reach through development and launch
• Experience working on a live service game with significant live operations

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!

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, 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.

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 San Francisco 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.