Senior Game Production Lead: Cross‑Platform & Live Ops

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Manager, Game Production to own the production approach from concept through launch and live operations. You will translate creative ambition and product strategy into clear, healthy operating rhythms and shipped player value, coordinating with design, art, engineering, and analytics to ensure successful, scalable production systems.

You will lead through ambiguity, manage dependencies, and partner with leadership to scale a small team into a larger

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 with production responsibility from pre-production to launch.
• Background in cross-platform and live-service game development or live operations.
• Strong milestone planning, roadmap execution, dependency management, risk management, and launch readiness.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, scale, changing priorities, and complex production tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own the game’s production approach through each phase of development, translating strategy into actionable plans, milestones, rituals, and decision-making systems.
• Partner with game leadership to align scope, quality, 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 appropriate leaders and teams.
• Maintain clear visibility for stakeholders on progress, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions.

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Manager, Game Production to own the production approach from concept through launch and live operations. You will translate creative ambition and product strategy into clear, healthy operating rhythms and shipped player value, coordinating with design, art, engineering, and analytics to ensure successful, scalable production systems.

You will lead through ambiguity, manage dependencies, and partner with leadership to scale a small team into a larger