Riot Games

Principal Technical Producer, Account Management - Central Tech

Riot Games$206K — $289K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge.
  • 6+ years experience as a Technical Producer, Program Manager, or similar role.
  • Proven track record in leading cross-functional work requiring influence and operational rigor.
  • Strong communication skills to define plans and priorities for diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management expertise with senior partners.
  • Experience building and maintaining work systems for planning and tracking projects.
  • Strong technical fluency with the ability to facilitate planning and risk management.

Responsibilities

  • Lead customer-facing account management in the Duo model alongside a senior counterpart.
  • Evolve engagement mechanisms and rituals for Central Tech at scale.
  • Translate customer needs into standard offerings and determine bespoke work requirements.
  • Partner with stakeholders to create clear plans and priorities from customer goals.
  • Lead prioritization and trade-off discussions based on strategic outcomes.
  • Own initiative work systems including rituals, tracking, and communications.
  • Ensure visibility of asks, commitments, and decisions for stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Open paid time off policy to promote work/life balance.
  • Flexible work schedules to accommodate personal preferences.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and life insurance.
  • Parental leave for employees and their partners.
  • 401k plan with company matching contributions.
Full Job Description
As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams and initiatives to create products and experiences that maximize developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and help teams deliver in a sustainable way while creating a strong collaborative environment.

As a Principal Technical Producer on Central Tech's Account Management team, you will co-lead the Duo-model engagement system alongside a senior technical counterpart, serving as the clear front door for Riot's internal customers. In this role, you will streamline customer demand into actionable priorities through structured rituals and decision-making, while reinforcing the Product Menu to minimize bespoke, reactive intake. Partnering closely with engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders, you will build a predictable, scalable engagement model that enhances roadmap alignment, maximizes visibility, and drives successful delivery across the organization.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the customer-facing account management side of the Duo model, partnering with a senior technical counterpart to create a unified and high-trust interface between Central Tech and assigned customers.
  • Shape and evolve how Central Tech engages with customers by improving the mechanisms, rituals, and artifacts that support the Duo model at scale.
  • Help customers navigate Central Tech's Product Menu by translating needs into standard offerings where possible and clearly identifying when work is bespoke, cross-functional, or requires escalation.
  • Partner with stakeholders to translate customer goals, constraints, and dependencies into clear plans, priorities, and actionable work.
  • Lead roadmap alignment, prioritization, and tradeoff conversations so customer asks are grounded in strategic outcomes rather than reactive intake.
  • Own the initiative's work systems for the relationship, including rituals, tracking, reporting, decision logs, follow-ups, and stakeholder communication.
  • Ensure asks, commitments, dependencies, risks, and decisions are captured in the appropriate systems and remain visible to customers and internal partners.
  • Establish accountability loops and governance structures so stakeholders have clarity on status, ownership, and next steps.
  • Represent customer context and priorities in internal Central Tech conversations, helping engineering, product, and program partners stay aligned on what matters most
  • Assess stakeholder sentiment, relationship health, and engagement friction, then proactively drive improvements in trust, clarity, and execution quality.
  • Identify blockers, escalation needs, and cross-team gaps early, and drive them to resolution with the right level of urgency and leadership visibility.
  • Help create a more sustainable operating environment by reducing random pings, relitigation, and avoidable coordination overhead across Central Tech and its customers.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills.
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Technical Producer, Program Manager, Product Manager, Delivery Lead, or similar role supporting medium to large technical teams.
  • Experience leading cross-functional, initiative-level work in environments where success depends on influence, alignment, and operational rigor rather than direct authority.
  • Strong ability to define and communicate plans, tradeoffs, and priorities across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated strength in stakeholder management, including working with senior partners, navigating competing priorities, and maintaining trust through clear communication and follow-through.
  • Experience building or owning work systems that include planning cadences, tracking, reporting, decision-making rituals, and partner communications.
  • Strong technical fluency and systems thinking, with the ability to understand complex technical work well enough to facilitate planning, risk management, and customer conversations credibly.
  • Experience scaling Agile/Lean frameworks across large portfolios and utilizing enterprise project tracking tools.
  • Excellent leadership, organizational, and relationship management skills
  • Experience working with internal customers who have diverse needs, contexts, and levels of technical fluency.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience in technical account management, customer-facing production, strategic operations, partner management, or similar outward-facing roles.
  • Experience working with platform, infrastructure, developer tooling, live operations, or other Central Tech-adjacent domains.
  • Experience helping organizations move from ad hoc intake toward more product-led, service-oriented, or menu-driven operating models.
  • Familiarity with portfolio management systems, dashboards, and structured operating cadences used to manage complex technical work.
  • Experience improving engagement models, intake processes, or cross-functional planning mechanisms at scale.
  • Strong understanding of how engineering, product, and program functions partner together in a matrixed environment.
  • Experience balancing relationship management with execution oversight across multiple internal customers or business units.
  • Passion for games and an interest in building the technical capabilities that help Riot teams deliver for players.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!

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 $206,700.00 - $289,000.00 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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