Senior Technical Product Manager - League Studios, League Data Central

As a 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.

League Data Central (LDC) is a team within League Studios accountable for decision science, data products, data capture, and data warehousing and governance for League Studio. Our mission is to harness the power of data for player-centric decisions and AI/ML products that make it better to be a player.

As the Senior Technical Product Manager for LDC, you will partner with game teams on executing data initiatives, focusing primarily on Teamfight Tactics (TFT) and Fight for the Golden Spatula (FFGS). Your expertise in data and product will inform the advancement of data capabilities, guiding decision-making and fostering product innovation in partnership with the TFT and FFGS game teams. You will report to the Director, Technical Product Management of LDC.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the product roadmap for TFT and FFGS data products, aligning with game team needs and LDC's overall strategy
• Define data requirements for new TFT and FFGS features, ensuring data availability and quality
• Collaborate with Engineering (data engineers, software engineers, and machine learning engineers), Data Science (data scientists), and Production (product and delivery/program management) on LDC to align the product and technical plans
• Partner with the TFT and FFGS game teams to understand their data needs and translate them into actionable product requirements
• Validate requirements and designs for data-intensive projects, communicating technical tradeoffs to a non-technical audience
• Develop an understanding of and empathy for our development and data consumer customers, which you'll use to make player-focused decisions
• Build relationships with partner teams across Riot Games, particularly within the TFT and FFGS teams
• Analyze player data and identify opportunities to improve the player experience in TFT and FFGS
• Define and align OKRs, and KPIs with key partners, setting clear expectations for quantifiable impact and accountability. Secure buy-in from stakeholders through influence and partnership

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 6 years of relevant data product experience
• A solid foundation in AI/ML, data analysis, experimental design, and their application in product development, supported by a technical bachelor’s or master’s degree (or equivalent experience)
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Understanding of player/customer needs within complex audience segments and the ability to discern needs from wants
• Ability to clearly communicate complex topics to audiences with little-to-no context, conveying nuances effectively
• Experience leading and delivering successful analytics, data science, and machine learning projects
• Ability to understand and validate technical requirements and designs in the context of data projects

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with platform and infrastructure teams
• A history of partnering with creative stakeholders and technical teams in gaming, media, or similar fields.
• Experience with Teamfight Tactics (TFT) and/or Fight for the Golden Spatula (FFGS).

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 has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.