Senior Technical Program Manager, Publishing Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Parental leave

Open PTO

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams in the Publishing Platform program. You’ll coordinate major development projects, align initiatives with Riot’s priorities, and translate complex platform and game development work into clear milestones.

You’ll drive Agile ceremonies, manage risks, report on progress, and maintain roadmaps while safeguarding partner relationships and budgets.

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 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

Scrum & Agile

JIRA

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Operations management

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Riot Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams in the Publishing Platform program. You’ll coordinate major development projects, align initiatives with Riot’s priorities, and translate complex platform and game development work into clear milestones.

You’ll drive Agile ceremonies, manage risks, report on progress, and maintain roadmaps while safeguarding partner relationships and budgets.