Game Producer II - Teamfight Tactics, Gameplay

As a Producer, you’ll lead passionate cross-functional teams in crafting creative content and incredible experiences for players around the world. By encouraging teams to collaborate, you’ll drive development, smashing through obstacles and driving products into players’ hands. You’ll exceed expectations by helping concept, deliver, improve, and influence creative projects at every stage of production.

As a Game Producer II for TeamFight Tactics, you will lead and drive work across TFT and partner teams to deliver a quality experience for players. You will own developing your pod’s roadmap, coordinating all work within Modes, and ensuring excellence in execution and delivery for all events on TFT. You will maintain a clear picture of the delivery status of all Modes work, resolve blockers, address risks, and provide TFT leadership with visibility on complex deliverables. You will partner with the Features Product Manager and lead a multi-discipline team to plan, build, and deliver Modes. You will report to the Gameplay Delivery Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Drive delivery of all features necessary to launch each mode in Teamfight Tactics
• Build, update and own the work schedule for the Modes team
• Clearly communicate progress to stakeholders using fit for purpose tools and methods
• Surface and manage dependencies to ensure teams aren’t blocked
• Facilitate prioritization conversations, aligning all parties on tradeoffs where necessary to meet project goals
• Run regular implementation & stakeholder rituals to minimize information asymmetries
• Create and maintain processes, and identify areas of inefficiency within your pod to drive improvements
• Evaluate and mitigate risk to your timelines, or secure appropriate support to mitigate

Required Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of experience in a producer role in the games industry
• Built strong relationships across a variety of disciplines, personalities, backgrounds, and goals to deliver on priorities
• Experience planning and executing in ambiguity
• Experience shipping games or game updates on PC and mobile
• Experience with development methodologies like Agile, Kanban,  have used supporting software (i.e. JIRA, Favro, Hansoft), and are able to identify appropriate methodologies/tools to fit your team’s and stakeholders’ needs
• You feel comfortable speaking to a broad spectrum of topics to multiple teams - art, design, features, timelines, etc.

Desired Qualifications:

• Additional experience or familiarity with a creative discipline in games like Art or Design
• Experience balancing work between regular updates to a live service and new development
• Experience leading development teams using Unreal Engine

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

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.