Senior Technical Producer, 1st Party Platforms - Central Compliance & Release

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, smash through obstacles, and push projects across the finish line while making sure that our teams are sustainable and have a great collaborative environment.

As a Senior Technical Producer on the Central Compliance and Release team, you will partner with Engineering and Tech Leads to align on the product technical plans against Mobile 1st Party Platform guidelines and collaborate with Publishing to develop best practices to maximize the marketing potential of titles. You will lead passionate, cross-functional teams to achieve player value through the planning and integration of 1st Party Best Practices and requirements into their products. Your strong vision and leadership skills will ensure we stay one step ahead of the needs of our 1st party partners and game teams by building trust and a deep understanding of their pain points. You will collaborate with teams across Riot to successfully integrate requirements against dependencies, risk factors, and success criteria. You will oversee delivery, build work systems, maintain execution, and provide initiative leadership with visibility on complex deliverables. You will report to the Sr. Manager of Production on Riot’s 1st Party Operations Team.

Responsibilities:

Develop 1st Party product and development strategies with tech teams across Riot

Plan technical brainstorm sessions between 1st Party Platform Partners (e.g. Sony, Apple, etc.) and Riot technical/game teams to overcome blockers and develop new features

Decompose requirements into technical execution plans for products to successfully launch and continually update on 1st party platforms

Provide actionable insights to product teams and drive impactful collaboration with cross-functional teams (i.e. Engineering, Marketing, Payments, etc.)

Drive discussions to integrate platform technical, legal, and business compliance (SDK/APIs, parity, etc) across workstreams

Investigate technical issues and deliver solutions towards 1st party standards, technical opportunities, and best practices

Partner with Publishing and Legal to review contract language and clearly disseminate obligations contained within each contract

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Technical Producer, Release Manager, Technical Account Manager, or Technical Product Manager working with 1st party platform development teams

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills.

Deep understanding of Mobile game development lifecycle and processes, gaming ecosystems or gaming platforms, technologies, and 1st party processes

Experience working with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony, and/or Nintendo

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate business impact and technical constraints tailored to any audience

Ability to understand and engage with technical teams on highly complex projects

Understanding technical components of projects including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development teams employ

Desired Qualifications:

Experience collaborating with channel partners, systems integrators, submissions teams, and developers to deliver high-impact solutions

Familiarity with TRC, XR, Lotcheck guidelines and 1st party toolsets

Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology and project management software such as JIRA, Trello, Airtable, etc

Experience creating product release and go-to-market plans

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 abo