Sr. Manager, Game Production - VALORANT, Maps
About The Position
As a Producer at Riot, you lead passionate teams to create products and experiences that deliver maximum player value. You guide development, clear blockers, and drive projects to completion while helping teams work sustainably and collaboratively. As Senior Manager, Game Production on VALORANT Maps, you will lead production planning and execution for a multidisciplinary pod developing the map experience. You will partner with level design, environment art, engineering, technical art, creative, product, and QA to turn product and milestone goals into clear plans and demonstrable progress. You will help establish and improve the workflows, technical foundations, and cross-discipline partnerships needed to develop maps sustainably. You will connect day-to-day pod execution with broader VALORANT goals by aligning priorities, surfacing risks and dependencies early, and supporting informed tradeoffs as maps and production pipelines evolve. This role reports to the Sr. Director of Game Production for VALORANT. Success in this role calls for craft expertise, collaboration, and decisions that prioritize player delight. Riot will consider your studies, experience, and personal relationship with games, including your empathy for players and care for their experiences.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software or game development.
- 4+ years in a leadership position working directly on game production.
- 2+ years of direct people management experience.
- Experience leading teams through art production and feature development, including planning, execution, delivery, and post-release support.
- Experience managing a cross-functional development team of 30 people.
- Experience leading projects with large outsourcing and co-development teams.
- Experience leading teams with long-term content development pipelines.
Nice To Haves
- 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 working on console, mobile, and PC games.
- Familiarity with VALORANT.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain multidisciplinary work systems and support project-wide efforts.
- Drive planning and creation of product and feature roadmaps.
- Hold teams accountable for predictable delivery of commitments.
- Ensure strategic alignment between team work and VALORANT goals.
- Ensure teams are structured, staffed, and funded appropriately.
- Promote psychological safety and a healthy feedback culture, and manage conflict within and between teams on the initiative.
- Iterate on production processes to continuously improve velocity, collaboration, and visibility.
- Lead production planning and execution for a multidisciplinary pod developing the VALORANT map experience.
- Partner with level design, environment art, engineering, technical art, creative, product, and QA.
- Surface risks and dependencies early and help teams make informed tradeoffs.
Benefits
- Open paid time off policy.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Parental leave for employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children.
- 401(k) with company match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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