About the Job
Technical Program Managers at Riot lead passionate, cross-functional teams to achieve player value through the delivery of large programs that are aligned with Riot's strategic priorities.
Our commitment is to empower our game teams to focus on creating and operating unique, secure, and scalable services from inception to global deployment. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Developer Connections (DevCon) team, you will coordinate important development projects and lead the integration of Ri...
Key Responsibilities
Align autonomous teams towards complex cross-business unit programs centered around Riot's strategic technology priorities.
Create program plans with cross functional teams such as, creative, architecture, operations, technical teams, and leadership.
Evangelize processes and delivery methodologies to ensure we accomplish our program goals.
Facilitate and manage Agile project management events and processes for medium to large project teams.
Report on program performance, ensuring each program achieves milestones against its objective.
Organize program-level planning, communication, and team member rituals.
Manage risks and issues across programs and within teams.
Foster transparency and predictability by building and maintaining roadmaps for assigned programs.
Maintain partner relationships, providing visibility into workstreams and maintaining partner satisfaction.
Assist in the creation of product release and go-to-market plans.
Understand fiscal practices and controls, recording, and reporting on program expenditures and ROI.
Required Skills & Abilities
6+ years of relevant industry experience
Agile certifications from Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, PMI, or ICAgile
Advanced Atlassian Power User (Jira Product Discovery, Jira Space Administration, Jira Plans)
Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices
Experience in software development, infrastructure, or live operations management
Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
Previous program experience in a large distributed organization.
Experience managing hardware/software/video game products through the entire life cycle – from conception, development and launch to maintaining and operating a live service.
Atlassian certifications
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and collaboration that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
Qualifications
Experience:
6 years experience
