Riot Games

Game Producer II - VALORANT, Narrative

Riot Games$135K — $188K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years industry experience in gaming for PC and Console platforms
  • 2+ years experience in delivering Narrative content
  • Proven track record of producing cross-functional teams (writers, designers, artists, QA)
  • Experience with live service games and managing post-launch content updates
  • Passion for or experience in the shooter genre

Responsibilities

  • Drive and improve team work systems to enhance production tracking
  • Facilitate clear communication and meetings to ensure alignment across teams
  • Monitor and maintain team morale, providing a safe environment for productivity
  • Ensure consistency in feature delivery tracking and adherence to definitions of done
  • Cascade best practices and work systems across different teams

Benefits

  • Open paid time off policy to support work/life balance
  • Flexible work schedules tailored to individual needs
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave for employees and their families
  • 401k plan with company match
Full Job Description
Game Producers lead teams, initiatives and products from conception through launch and operation inside of the gaming space. They create and align teams to product vision, have a deep understanding of player needs, competitors and market conditions, and are able to balance scope, quality and time to predictably deliver at a high quality bar for players.

As a Game Producer II on VALORANT, you'll help with the production efforts of the VALORANT Narrative team to successfully shepherd production of Narrative in support of all game content. You'll help manage delivery schedules on the day to day, and facilitate efficient team organization that leads to high team morale and output. You'll work with the Narrative leadership and liaise with all other teams to ensure Narrative runs smoothly and produces world class content.

Responsibilities:
  • Drive and improve team work systems
    • Teams have clear work systems that accurately track and deliver on production efforts
      • Help ensures all teams have clean, up-to-date work backlogs
      • Facilitate meetings, discussions, and decisions
    • Teams have predictable and measurable capacity for work through
      • Cross-functional work planning with accurate estimations
      • Velocity tracking on sprint and release basis
    • Teams track and communicate progress to stakeholders and rest of team
      • Track all work (planned, unplanned, emergent) consistently
      • Ensure stakeholders are consulted and informed on all team progress and brought in to discussions as needed for project success
    • End to end feature delivery tracking
      • Ensure teams set and meet definition of done for all work
      • Update and tracks against common delivery checklist for shipping all work
  • Ensure strong team health, culture, and efficiency
    • Team work systems are efficient and adopted by everyone on the team
    • Monitor team morale, ensure the team has a safe and supportive environment where they can succeed
    • Celebrate successes, make sure team-building happens regularly
    • Resolve team problems quickly
    • Cascade work systems and best practices across teams

Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years industry experience across both PC and Console platforms
  • 2+ years experience delivering Narrative content
  • Experience producing cross functional teams (including writers/designers/artists/QA) through all phases of content development
  • Experience with live service games or games that have had multiple post launch content updates
  • Experience working on a shooter, or personal affinity for shooter genre

Desired Qualifications:
  • Full Feature pipeline experience on character driven projects like Hero based games
  • Understanding of common design, engineering, and art pipelines relevant to character creation
  • Experience working within a large game organization (team of 50 or more developers)

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.

  • (Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $135,700.00 - $188,700.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

About Riot Games

Riot Games is a video game developer and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, and is best known for its flagship game, League of Legends. The game has become one of the most popular esports titles in the world, with millions of players and fans around the globe. Riot Games is committed to creating high-quality, immersive gaming experiences that bring people together and foster a sense of community. The company is also dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the gaming industry, and has launched several initiatives to support underrepresented groups.
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