Sr. Manager, Game Production - VALORANT, Maps

As Producers at Riot, we lead passionate teams to create products and experiences that deliver maximum player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while making sure that our teams are sustainable and have a great collaborative environment.

As a Senior Manager, Game Production on VALORANT Maps, you will lead production planning and execution for a multidisciplinary pod building the map experience. You will partner with level design, environment art, engineering, technical art, creative, product, and QA to translate product and milestone goals into clear plans and demonstrable progress. You will help the team establish and improve the workflows, technical foundations, and cross-discipline partnerships needed to develop map sustainably. You will connect day-to-day pod execution with broader VALORANT goals: aligning on priorities, surfacing risks and dependencies early, and helping the team make informed tradeoffs as maps and their production pipelines evolve. This role will report into the Sr. Director of Game Production for VALORANT.

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain multi-discipline work systems and support project wide efforts
• Drive planning and creation of product and feature roadmaps
• Hold teams accountable to predictable delivery of commitments
• Ensure strategic alignment between team work and VALORANT goals
• Ensure teams are structured, staffed and funded appropriately
• Ensure psychological safety, healthy feedback culture, and conflict management within and between teams on your Initiative
• Iterate on the production processes to continuously improve our velocity, collaboration, and visibility

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience in software/game development
• 4+ years in a leadership position, working directly on the production of a game
• 2+ years direct people management experience
• Experience leading teams through art production and feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
• Experience project managing production work for a cross functional development team of over 20 people, with dependencies on other teams
• Experience leading teams with long term content development pipelines
• Experience working with environment art workflows and various disciplines (Level Design, Env Art, Lighting, VFX, Tech Art)
• Experience in working with live content/ops
• Experience working on in-game levels and maps

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in game development or a good understanding of how artists, engineers, and game designers build assets and game features for a modern game
• Experience in FPS games and shipped FPS projects
• Experience handling large seasonal content changes
• Experience working with builds and technical support for art teams
• Experience working on console, mobile & PC games
• Familiarity with VALORANT

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.