Senior Game Production Lead

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Open PTO

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles, CA, seeks a Sr. Manager, Game Production to own the production approach from pre-production through launch and live operations on an unannounced R&D product.

You will partner with game leadership to build a scalable production operating model, align scope, and ensure timely delivery across design, art, engineering, and analytics, while maintaining player-centric focus.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in game production.
• 6+ years in production leadership roles on cross-disciplinary game teams.
• Experience shipping at least one game or major initiative from pre-production through launch.
• Background in cross-platform and live-service game development or live operations.
• Strong command of milestone planning, roadmap execution, dependency management, risk management, and launch readiness.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, scale, changing priorities, and complex production tradeoffs.
• Strong cross-discipline fluency across game design, art, engineering, product, QA, analytics, publishing, and external development.
• Vendor, outsourcing, or co-development management background.
• Deep understanding of games, player audiences, team health, modern development tools, production technology, and AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the game’s production approach through each phase of development, turning strategy into actionable plans and milestones.
• Translate product strategy and creative direction into rituals, plans, and decision-making systems.
• Partner with leadership to align scope, staffing, timelines, and delivery expectations.
• Lead cross-functional production across design, art, engineering, product, QA, analytics, publishing, and external development.
• Build scalable planning, dependency, risk, and accountability systems as the team grows.
• Identify delivery risks and execution constraints early; drive resolution with leaders and teams.
• Manage production relationships with vendors, outsourcing teams, and co-development partners.
• Maintain visibility for stakeholders on progress, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions.
• Foster healthy team dynamics, psychological safety, and productive conflict.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Milestone planning

Roadmap execution

Risk management

Launch readiness

Vendor management

Ambiguity leadership

Cross-discipline fluency

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles, CA, seeks a Sr. Manager, Game Production to own the production approach from pre-production through launch and live operations on an unannounced R&D product.

You will partner with game leadership to build a scalable production operating model, align scope, and ensure timely delivery across design, art, engineering, and analytics, while maintaining player-centric focus.