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

Riot Games•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

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