Senior Manager, Game Production, Distributed Development - VALORANT

Riot Games in Sydney is looking for an experienced Senior Production Manager to join the Sydney-based VALORANT group. VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!).

As a Senior Manager, Game Production, you will lead and grow Riot Sydney’s production craft across several VALORANT studio initiatives. You’ll work closely with producers, product managers, and cross-discipline leaders to guide teams from feature conception through launch and live operations. Your leadership will help ensure that teams align with product vision, deeply understand player and customer needs, and consistently deliver at a high-quality bar.

You’ll report to the Sydney Studio Director of Operations VALORANT studio and collaborate across multiple areas to support distributed co-development efforts between Sydney-based teams and partners in the US.

Responsibilities:

Directly manage and grow team-level producers' craft and capabilities
Drive strategic work alignment between area and project objectives
Provide essential product feedback and insight to the team and leadership
Accountable for the evolution of the Sydney hub production craft
Each team has a predictable and measurable capacity to work through
Ensure team health, culture, and efficiency
Elevate our Co-development distributed environment

Required Qualifications:

8+ years experience in software/game development
4+ years in a leadership position
4+ years of direct people management experience
Experience leading teams through feature development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support)
Experience with Agile development methodologies and frameworks
Strong communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders across disciplines and time zones.

Desired Qualifications:

Previous experience in game development, live service operations, or related entertainment fields.
Experience in creating metrics and data-driven improvement processes
Agile certifications concerning scaling Scrum and Kanban methodology
Proven ability to work using established prioritization methods
Strong analytical and strategic planning skills.
Experience fostering collaboration across distributed global teams.

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:

At Riot we strongly believe in work / life balance, and we encourage that with our open paid time off policy, paid parental leave (for both primary and secondary carers) and flexible work schedules to fit your lifestyle. We also believe that work should be fun, we have co-op gaming areas, a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your knowledge of players and community, and all the snacks you would ever need to power through your day (even healthy snacks!). And that’s not all we offer, there’s also:

Medical Insurance that covers you and your dependents
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness fund
Donation matching of time and money to registered charities
Learning and Development opportunities

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.