The Senior Manager, Strategic Advisory role defines and provides a reliable governance program focused on technology use and spend for Riot. You will have both a deep financial background, and direct experience working in highly technical organizations focused on Technology and Infrastructure usage. You will oversee the oversight, visibility, and education of our departments who consume technology services. Usage covers economics and financials, security and technology, and you will distill down large amounts of complicated data in a self-service and semi-real time way. You will drive reporting on usage for our department leaders, advisors and technology leadership teams, so they are informed when there are variations to plan, or when expectations are not being met observing Riot’s standards. This position will report to the director, Technology Business Operations & SA.

Responsibilities

Provide visibility and education to guide consumers resulting in Central Technology understanding the right things are happening with usage of Tech.
Provide and maintain self-service consolidated reporting across finance, security and technology services.
Create standardized usage reporting, reviewing it with each department’s leadership team on a monthly basis for follow ups and action items.
Cross-collaboration across the department leaders, finance, central accounting, technology, and advisory.
Lead quantitative analysis through others on early detection of variances to forecast, usage and usage patterns.
Manage from the front, prioritize, and guide the bigger mission forward by translating vision into results.
Improve the effectiveness of processes that are working well and build the next level of improvements, set standards for deployments at scale, infrastructure reliability, security, and scalability.
Ensure Governance’s strategic vision is aligned and consistent with Riot’s top-down strategy

Required Qualifications

B.S. in finance, related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience in a related field
Understanding of the constraints of project delivery across scope, time and budget and will have applied this knowledge previously.
Experience guiding teams down the right path even if it’s unpopular or difficult to traverse to ensure it provides value.
Expertise building agreement, can anticipate reactions from partners, and guide them on decisions based on facts and past.

Desired Qualifications

Experience as a coach, development manager, or people manager.

You use your suite of skills to level up creative ideas; you back up those with analysis, metrics, and stats. You know a thing or two about finances and accounting.

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!

Our Perks

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

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, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).

Don’t forget to include a resume and cover letter. We receive many applications, but we’ll notice a fun, well-written intro that shows us you Dare to Dream and Execute with Excellence.