Data Science Manager, Riot Games

• M.S. in ML, AI, Statistics, Math, or related Computer Science/Quantitative field with 4+ years of industry experience or equivalent experience (i.e., Ph.D. with 2+ years relevant experience, or B.S. with 6+ years relevant experience)
• Proven ability to mentor and coach data science teams to success
• Hands-on programming experience in Python and SQL
• Deep knowledge of data science methodologies, including machine learning, statistics, deep learning, and optimization
• Experience in data science use cases and data engineering concepts (e.g., modeling, pipelines, distributed processing)
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of effectively engaging with multidisciplinary teams
• 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!

Desirable

• As a Data Science Manager, you will lead a team of 3-6 Data Scientists and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of Software Engineers, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists, focusing on delivering the best player journey possible
• You are responsible for hiring, performance management, professional development, and maintaining a healthy team environment
• Reporting to the head of LDC, your leadership will be instrumental in setting the vision for data science projects, ensuring alignment with the broader product vision, and nurturing a culture of excellence and continuous learning
• Ensure the delivery of player value through your team’s projects, being accountable for the team’s deliverables and technical design
• Lead the conceptualization and setting of a clear, actionable vision for data science projects within your team, aligning with and contributing to the broader objectives of LDC and Riot Games
• Act as a pivotal liaison between your team, stakeholders, and other organizational units, fostering a collaborative environment to ensure alignment around the broader data product vision
• Communicate clearly and often, ensuring your stakeholders and team are well-informed
• Build healthy, highly functional teams strongly aligned with Riot culture, keeping aligned with your leadership team on hiring needs and being a skilled and effective interviewer
• Understand and maintain good team health and resolve personnel issues quickly and effectively across organizations
• Hold a high bar for performance, grow and coach every team member, and build succession plans to backfill key roles and eliminate single points of failure effectively
• Ensure the team is building products/services meeting high data science, ML, AI, and data engineering standards and that products are well-tested and well-supported operationally
• Be a great career mentor/coach, partner with recruiting in hiring world-class scientists and engineers, and create a diverse and inclusive team environment

• 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

Total funding: $15m

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.