Technical Product Manager, Riot Games
Accounts
$183.3-256.6k
+ Incentive compensation & equity
More information about location
Player-focused game development platform
Open for applications
Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$183.3-256.6k
+ Incentive compensation & equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience, preferable on services / API technical product teams
- Fluent Korean language ability, given direct engagement with teams based in Seoul, Korea
- If based in the US, willing to offset core working hours to closer alignment with teams based in Korea (e.g. 11:00am - 8:00pm PST core working hours)
- Able to travel internationally to Korea up to 25% of the time
- Understand API-based products, primary components and of customer experience (developer experience)
- Excellent team leadership, ability to refine technical product vision
- Understand operational and development challenges and conflict resolution techniques
- Hands-on experience leading agile (scrum) teams
- Background in development of cloud based services, operations, or infrastructure preferably in the space of authentication, single-sign on, and OAuth 2.0 related systems and services
- Understand product management and how to navigate around constraints while finding balanced solutions
What the job involves
- Technical Product Managers combine deep technical knowledge and experience with product leadership capabilities to enable Riot Games to deliver key products and supporting systems to players
- You will develop and execute development strategies on Riot's products and technologies while leading diverse teams to deliver creative solutions to our most difficult technical challenges
- As Technical Product Manager on the Riot Accounts team you will help pave the road for a new generation of games and entertainment experiences across the globe
- Your vision and leadership will help Riot Games to launch the next wave of games and expand the existing portfolio to new game platforms (Mobile and Console), unlock game development for new types of games (2nd party developers, independent Riot Forge game studios, and Partner region developers)
- You will report to the production lead for Riot Metagame Systems
- Work directly with an engineering team based out of Korea and work closely with in driving key products and dependencies across a core platform stack, as well as directly with internal game and publishing customers
- Develop the technical product vision and development strategy for Riot Accounts, Riot Sign-On and related systems and services based on game and player needs
- Manage all essential customer and partner relationships including game teams and other internal Riot teams developing vertically integrated customer-facing capabilities (Riot Client, Riot Internal teams, Riot Player Support, etc.)
- Manage the product team backlog, product road map, oversee improvement process, and scrum ceremonies for the team
- Manage important requirements, customer and partner communications, and ensure the product team is aligned with Riot's goals
- Review and develop Service Level Agreements and Goals with all core customers
- Partner and collaborate with the Engineering Manager and Technical Leads on Riot Accounts to align on the product and technical plan the team executes against
Our take
Riot Games has grown into one of the world’s most prominent online and mobile game developers, due in large part to the success of its 2009 flagship title League of Legends which hosts just under seventy million users every month.
Riot is riding the wave of online gaming growth, having made a well timed switch from PC-only into mobile-based gaming, as capitalising on the rising popularity of esports, with the League of Legends World Championships one of the most watched events in the space.
However, adding further titles to its resume will be key to building on its success, as League of Legends was its only offering for the best part of a decade. Since being acquired by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2011, the company has grown significantly in Asian markets, opening its Shanghai Game Studio in 2021 and expanding its China Game Studio Group in 2022. These two hubs will help Riot Games make further inroads in a country where PC gaming is already huge and continues to grow.
Regardless of League of Legends' success both online and in live arenas, the company nevertheless experienced a round of layoffs internationally that amounted to 11% of its workforce. Pair that with legal troubles in 2024 concerning the company’s partnership with now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and Riot Games appears to be in a period of transition. Thanks to the strength of its gaming products, however, Riot will no doubt maintain a comfortable position within the gaming world.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2009
$8m
SERIES C
Jul 2008
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
- Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available
- Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations
- Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Brandon Beck
(Co-Chairman)Having studied at the University of Southern California, they worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company. they left this role in September 2006 to co-found Riot Games, where they served initially as co-CEO.
Marc Merrill
(Co-Chairman)After a degree at the University of Southern California, they worked as a U.S. Bank Analyst and a Manager of Advanstar Communications. They co-founded Riot Games with Brandon in September 2006, alongside being a Principal of NaHCo3 since 2016.
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