Senior Game Product Manager - Teamfight Tactics, Sets

Posted:
11/7/2024, 7:24:00 AM

Location(s):
Los Angeles, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

Pay:
$71/hr or $147,680 total comp

As a Game Product Manager, you’ll lead passionate cross-functional teams to create innovative internal and external tools that unlock Riot’s ability to deliver player value. By leading engineers, you’ll drive development, smash through obstacles, and push projects across the finish-line. You’ll meet and exceed expectations by helping concept, deliver, enhance, and influence projects at every stage of production. You’ll do all of this in service of an ambitious transformation of Riot’s company infrastructure into a highly adaptable, efficient and effective machine that multiplies Riot’s ability to deliver player value.

As Senior Game Product Manager on the Teamfight Tactics team, you will be responsible for overseeing TFT set development. You will partner with cross-functional teams and work closely with the product and design lead to align on set goals, ensure a strong player-focused strategy is in place for each set, and set a course to achieve those goals. Your role will be to define TFT set strategy, establish a roadmap, and contribute to the overall gameplay strategy. You’ll also ensure that the team is working healthily and effectively, while collaborating with publishing and other partners to ensure alignment towards set goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and shape the strategic vision and multi-phase roadmap for TFT set development, ensuring alignment with Riot's broader product goals and long-term objectives.
  • Influence cross-functional teams to ensure consistent, high-quality player experiences and foster alignment across product, design, insights, and technical teams toward common goals.
  • Establish KPIs and success metrics that not only drive project success of each set, but provide insights that influence team-wide strategic decisions.
  • Identify cross-functional opportunities for growth and innovation within sets, pushing the game forward in alignment with Riot’s and TFT’s broader strategy, establishing TFT as a pioneering product within the genre.
  • Define measurable goals and translate them into product requirements that guide design and technical specifications.
  • Monitor overall game health and performance, regularly updating stakeholders on progress and be solution oriented when needed.
  • Leverage data-driven insights from testing and experimentation to shape strategic product initiatives, guiding high-level decisions across teams to optimize player engagement and business impact.
  • Champion team health and productivity by establishing sustainable work practices optimized for efficient, impactful delivery.
  • Shape and maintain a long-term vision for TFT set development, balancing immediate release goals with sustained player engagement and growth strategies.
  • Drive a culture of end-to-end ownership within the team, ensuring that each set is delivered with accountability from concept through execution and is aligned with strategic goals.

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of product management experience in games, live operations, and system/feature design, with a proven track record of strategic influence and impact.
  • Passion and deep familiarity with Teamfight Tactics and strategy games, with proven experience applying player-centric insights to drive product innovation.
  • Experience shipping products with cross-discipline teams, demonstrating the ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to partner across multiple disciplines.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Understanding of growth, retention, and mobile gaming strategies to create player value.
  • Ability to analyze large data sets to identify actionable insights that guide decision-making.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in competitive analysis, using industry insights to inform product strategy and ensure TFT’s market position remains strong.

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.


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.

 

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. 

 

Riot Games

Website: http://www.riotgames.com/

Headquarter Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 2006

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown

Industries: Computer ⋅ Developer Platform ⋅ PC Games ⋅ Video Games