Senior Manager, Game Production - League of Legends, Champions & Cosmetics

As a Senior Manager in Game Production at Riot, 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 Senior Manager in Game Production you will lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality champion-focused experiences for League of Legends. This role sits within the Champions & Cosmetics space, driving large-scale initiatives across gameplay, character development, and cosmetic content. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of champion production, including overseeing complex character pipelines, scaling content systems, and helping continue delivering visual efforts on League of Legends. You will report to the Director, Game Production.

Responsibilities:

• Lead production across champion-centric development, including gameplay and cosmetic content (e.g. skins, store systems)
• Drive execution across large-scale, multi-discipline character asset pipelines (modeling, rigging, animation, etc.)
• Contribute to long-term strategy for champion production and pipeline scalability
• Manage complex dependencies across teams-of-teams, including global co-development partners
• Continuously improve team health by identifying opportunities to define and refine how we work as a team
• Manage and mentor a mix of individual contributors and managers
• Partner with art, design, and engineering leaders to define quality standards and execution expectations

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 8 years of working in game development, with experience in the full game development life cycle
• A minimum of 4 years of direct people management experience
• Experience working with character or asset production pipelines (e.g. champions, skins, or similar content)
• Familiarity with League of Legends or similar MOBA/live-service games
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary production pipelines
• Strong systems thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment across teams

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver AAA gameplay experiences
• Ability to disambiguate product vision into gameplay requirements and appropriately sized features and functionality
• Ability to manage change across teams, organizations and cultures

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

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.

(Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $206,700.00 - $289,000.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.