Senior Technical Program Manager - Developer Connections, Build & Release
About The Position
Technical Program Managers at Riot lead passionate, cross-functional teams to achieve player value through the delivery of large programs that are aligned with Riot's strategic priorities. Our commitment is to empower our game teams to focus on creating and operating unique, secure, and scalable services from inception to global deployment. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Developer Connections (DevCon) team, you will coordinate important development projects and lead the integration of Riot's games with the DevCon suite of products. You will work with cross-functional Scrum teams and will be responsible for implementing and upholding standards for our delivery framework, as well as coach your team members on best practices for program delivery. You will report to the Senior Manager of Technical Program Management on the DevCon team.
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- Agile certifications from Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, PMI, or ICAgile
- Advanced Atlassian Power User (Jira Product Discovery, Jira Space Administration, Jira Plans)
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices
- Experience in software development, infrastructure, or live operations management
- Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
Nice To Haves
- Previous program experience in a large distributed organization.
- Experience managing hardware/software/video game products through the entire life cycle – from conception, development and launch to maintaining and operating a live service.
- Atlassian certifications
Responsibilities
- Align autonomous teams towards complex cross-business unit programs centered around Riot's strategic technology priorities.
- Create program plans with cross functional teams such as, creative, architecture, operations, technical teams, and leadership.
- Evangelize processes and delivery methodologies to ensure we accomplish our program goals.
- Facilitate and manage Agile project management events and processes for medium to large project teams.
- Report on program performance, ensuring each program achieves milestones against its objective.
- Organize program-level planning, communication, and team member rituals.
- Manage risks and issues across programs and within teams.
- Foster transparency and predictability by building and maintaining roadmaps for assigned programs.
- Maintain partner relationships, providing visibility into workstreams and maintaining partner satisfaction.
- Assist in the creation of product release and go-to-market plans.
- Understand fiscal practices and controls, recording, and reporting on program expenditures and ROI.
Benefits
- open paid time off policy
- flexible work schedules
- medical, dental, and life insurance
- parental leave
- 401k with company match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
