Technical Producer II - VALORANT, AI

As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams to create products and experiences that want to achieve maximum developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while making sure that our teams are sustainable and have a great collaborative environment.

As a Technical Producer II on the VALORANT AI team, you will drive the delivery of the systems, tools, and workflows that power the machine learning workflows. You will partner closely with engineers and cross-disciplinary collaborators to ensure the team delivers high-quality AI systems that meet the needs of players and developers. You will help the team operate effectively and sustainably, facilitating planning, prioritization, and execution across a wide range of AI initiatives, from bot behavior development to emerging ML-based features. You have a strong understanding of technical development workflows and a proactive mindset for identifying opportunities to improve team efficiency, clarity, and delivery. You will support the ongoing needs of a globally distributed development organization, helping ensure our AI systems are reliable, scalable, and aligned with VALORANT’s gameplay goals. You will report to the Senior Manager, Technical Production for the Cross VALORANT Experience Area.

Responsibilities:

• Run day to day team production operations and development processes
• Partner and collaborate with stakeholders across VALORANT to align on project goals and technical plans for your team to execute against and share completed work with stakeholders
• Partner with Product and Engineering Leadership to manage the team’s backlog, roadmap, and development processes, ensuring the scope of work is aligned with VALORANT Leadership’s goals
• Align commitments and deliveries across organizations to ensure that features are delivered on time and with appropriate levels of quality.
• Collaborate across VALORANT and Riot stakeholders to ensure we’re delivering AI in the best way possible

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills
• 4+ years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Development Manager on medium to large teams
• 4+ years of experience managing complicated project deliveries across multiple business unites
• Experience managing and operating games in a live service environment, spanning multiple platforms, and publishing partners
• Experience working in technical environments delivering features through ambiguous and iterative development
• Hands-on experience applying Agile and Lean development processes such as Scrum, Kanban, or similar
• Excellent team leadership skills and experience working with engineering leadership to institute best practices and principles that continue to mature a high functioning team
• Experience driving stakeholder management, gathering and aligning on requirements across service development teams, and funneling work back to the team
• Experience juggling multiple projects in-flight, understanding high level scope while navigating around constraints and appropriately prioritizing team’s efforts
• Understand operational and development challenges and conflict resolution techniques
• Experience in working in an AI or other machine learning environment

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.

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.

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. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

• (Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $150,000.00 - $209,600.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.
• (Mercer Island only) Base salary range between $150,000.00 - $209,600.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.