Senior Technical Program Manager - Gaming Platform

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, life insurance

Parental leave

401k with company match

Open PTO

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to coordinate large cross-functional programs and align with Riot's priorities. You will help integrate Riot's games with Publishing Platform products, distilling complex development into strategic focus, and report to the Manager, Program Management.

You will lead cross-pillar initiatives with teams from creative, architecture, operations, and tech, evangelize delivery processes, manage agile ceremonies, track milestones,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Experience with iterative development methodologies like Scrum & Agile, and have used supporting software (i.e. JIRA).
• Experience in software development, infrastructure, or live operations management.

Responsibilities

• Align autonomous teams towards complex cross-pillar programs centered around Riot's strategic priorities.
• Create program plans with cross functional teams such as creative, architecture, operations, technical teams, and leadership.
• Plan and scope cross team projects within Publishing Platform.
• Evangelize processes and delivery methodologies to ensure we accomplish our program goals.
• Facilitate and manage Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large or team-of-team project teams.
• Report on program performance, ensuring each program achieves milestones against its objective.
• Organize program-level planning, communication, and team member rituals.
• Standardize communications best practices, nomenclature, and tools between platform teams and their customers.
• Manage risks and issues across programs and within teams.
• Foster transparency and predictability by building and maintaining roadmaps for assigned programs.
• Maintain partner relationships, providing visibility into workstreams and maintaining partner satisfaction.
• Assist in the creation of product release and go-to-market plans.
• Understand fiscal practices and controls, recording, and reporting on program expenditures & ROI.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Scrum & Agile

JIRA

Software development

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to coordinate large cross-functional programs and align with Riot's priorities. You will help integrate Riot's games with Publishing Platform products, distilling complex development into strategic focus, and report to the Manager, Program Management.

You will lead cross-pillar initiatives with teams from creative, architecture, operations, and tech, evangelize delivery processes, manage agile ceremonies, track milestones,