Technical Product Managers combine deep technical knowledge and experience with product leadership capabilities to enable Riot Games to deliver critical products and supporting systems to players. You will develop and execute development strategies on Riot's products and technologies while leading diverse teams to deliver creative solutions to our most difficult technical challenges.

As a Senior Technical Product Manager on Riot's Social SDK team, you will lead the vision, strategy, and product discovery for game-agnostic social capabilities that power every Riot game globally. Working closely with engineering and cross-functional partners, you will drive the planning, development, and integration of core platform features-including voice and text chat, player presence, and shared social interfaces-enabling teams to bring innovative social experiences to players faster. In this role, you will help shape the next generation of Riot's social platform and support the launch of future games with scalable, player-focused solutions, reporting to Product Leadership within the Social Platform team.
Responsibilities:

• Develop the technical product vision and development strategy for Riot's Social SDK team and collaborate with other platform teams in the social space
• Manage all essential customer and partner relationships including game teams and other internal Riot teams that will integrate with Riot's social systems
• Manage the product team backlog, create a product roadmap, foster a culture of improvement, and facilitate development practices for the team
• Actively manage project scope as a result of customer and partner communications and ensure the product team is aligned with Riot's objectives
• Review and develop service-level agreements and goals with all core customers
• Partner and collaborate with the Engineering Manager, Technical, Design, and Quality Leads on the Riot Social SDK team to align on the product and technical plan the team executes against.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience, preferably on services / API technical product teams
• Understand API-based products, primary components, and customer experience (developer experience)
• Excellent team leadership, ability to refine technical product vision
• Understand operational and development challenges and conflict resolution techniques

Desired Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience leading agile (scrum) teams
• Familiarity with social systems and platforms
• Understand product management and how to navigate around constraints while finding balanced solutions

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.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you're working directly on a new player-facing experience or you're supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we're better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.