Operations Coordinator, Riot Games
Esports Event Technology, 12 Month Contract
Office located in Remote Broadcast Center, Swords, Dublin
Player-focused game development platform
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Player-focused game development platform
1001+ employees
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Office located in Remote Broadcast Center, Swords, Dublin
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most player-focused game company in the world.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, and thrives in a fast-paced, technical environment
- Success in this role means being dependable, communicative, and efficient, someone who can keep parallel threads organized, follow up proactively, and help ensure our technical teams are able to deliver world-class events and projects on schedule and within budget
- 2-4 years of experience in operations, project coordination, purchasing, or vendor management in a technical, engineering, or production support environment
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple simultaneous threads of work
- Experience coordinating with vendors and cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, finance, legal)
- Excellent communication, follow-up, and interpersonal skills, especially when working with busy and distributed technical teams
- Proficiency in tracking tools such as Airtable, Jira, Google Sheets, and similar platforms
What the job involves
- The Operations Coordinator is a contractor role working with the Riot Games Esports Event Technology team
- In this role you will support operational workflows that enable our global technology teams to succeed
- You will work closely with engineers, vendors, and internal teams to track projects, drive procurement processes, and ensure tight follow-through on logistical and purchasing efforts
- The role spans two core areas: (1) managing circuit procurement communications with our global telco partners to ensure reliable venue connectivity for our international esports events, and (2) supporting our internal purchasing processes by coordinating and processing quotes, contracts, and invoices with our legal, finance, and vendor management teams
- Support circuit procurement process with telco vendors worldwide, including publishing RFPs, quoting, committing, tracking, and delivery of venue connectivity
- Maintain project schedules and timelines for circuit installs, supporting busy engineers with updates, escalations, and follow-ups
- Assist with internal purchasing workflows, ensuring accurate quote submissions and timely processing through internal systems
- Coordinate with vendors and Riot’s legal and finance teams to ensure timely execution of contracts and invoice processing
- Track purchase requests, delivery statuses, and forecast spend across multiple overlapping projects
- Keep detailed tracking documentation up to date across Airtable, Jira, and other internal tools
- Proactively flag blockers, delays, or risk areas, and help ensure resolution by following through with the right stakeholders
- Maintain strong documentation and handoff practices to improve repeatability
- Identify inefficiencies or bottlenecks in circuit procurement or purchasing processes
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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