Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.

That's where you come in.

As a Rioter in China, you'll join a team of internationally and culturally diverse professionals that share our prioritization of player experience, rejection of convention and maniacal passion for gaming.

To reinforce Riot’s collaborative culture in our China offices, we’ve decided to do away with the constraints of traditional hierarchical title structures that are more common in the region. Titles don’t really matter at any of Riot’s offices, but we chose to take this extra step in our China offices to foster a space where teamwork thrives. We believe that removing this constraint will promote individual autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and a focus on results. We promise you won’t need a title at Riot to make an impact.

As a Technical Producer, you will lead feasibility analysis, planning, and delivery of Riot esports experiences for players in China and around the world. You’ll drive effective collaboration between Riot (LA + Shanghai) and Tencent (China) through r&d and into the full software lifecycle. You will serve as a keystone to drive collaboration and coordination across multiple diverse teams throughout the discovery and development process. You will lead technical feasibility evaluations to aid in greenlighting analysis and to determine the best development path forward.

This role requires a unique combination of 5 competencies: business sense, technical knowledge, project management experience, interpersonal skills, and EN/CN fluency. This role will be based out of our Shanghai office but will have strategic accountability to our Global Esports Digital organization. You will partner with other Product and Technical Leads from Esports Digital to discover, define, evaluate, and deliver global esports opportunities that can be localized to benefit the Chinese market, and vice versa, you will evaluate and steward China-specific esports products that can be delivered to a global market.

Responsibilities:

Localize globally developed esports experiences for the Chinese market
Partner with other teams to steward bringing desired China-specific products to the rest of the world
Evaluate feasibility and development requirements to inform greenlighting and staffing plans.
Steward development and delivery of new esports experiences for China and the rest of the world
Align autonomous teams towards complex goals, a shared vision and roadmap, while meeting the operational needs of current customers
Manage and plan development schedules and workflows, while raising risks, managing trade-offs, and eliminating blockers
Assess a team's current situation and adapt planning tools, Agile methodologies, and communication channels to ensure successful, sustainable and reliable delivery that align with overall esports timelines and processes
Create transparency and predictability with road maps, planning, and active risk management
Drive consensus on technical decisions and ensure that appropriate resources are employed
Create, maintain and disseminate project information to partners
Engage with our customers and partners to learn about the needs of our ecosystem and to provide actionable priorities from customers
Lead collaboration across internal teams (engineering, delivery, product) and customers & partners to create feature priorities, product releases, and customer engagement
Lead the team in creating a process to ensure each new release has well-defined critical metrics and the proper tracking to measure essential product and business metrics
Continually improve the scalability and repeatability of Riot’s delivery pipeline to Tencent

Required Qualifications:

5+ years experience managing technical projects, through the full software lifecycle
Fluent in Chinese and English, and can drive effective collaboration across language
and culture
Managed software products through entire life cycle – from creation, launch, to
maintaining and operating a live service
Demonstrated ability to manage project/task prioritization, and development schedules
Broad technical understanding of common operational and development challenges
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong technical acumen and problem solving skills
Excellent teamwork and team leadership
Willingness to travel to China or LA, several times a year
Adaptable to change and comfortable with ambiguity
Worked with and led Agile software development teams

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelors in CS, Math or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience shipping games to China and/or collaborating with Tencent
Experience working with distributed teams + facilitating effective virtual meetings
Excellent knowledge of Agile worksystems (Kanban, Scrum, …)

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