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As a Senior Game Producer supporting the Metagame Systems (MGS) organization on an unpublished R&D product, you will partner across disciplines and other production leads to drive intake, planning, prioritization, and execution for around game work that spans multiple teams and initiatives. Additionally, you will help establish and run a centralized model for UI/UX development across the product. This role is accountable for creating clarity in a high-volume, fast-moving environment - ensuring Metagame efforts are visible, properly scoped, and aligned to product priorities. You will build the systems that allow the team to scale, reduce fragmentation, and deliver cohesive, high-quality player experiences across gameplay, front-end, and platform surfaces. You will report directly to the Sr. Manager of Game Production for the MGS organization.

• In partnership with MGS leads, own the development roadmap, aligning work across gameplay, front-end, platform, and feature teams to product priorities 
• Design and operate a centralized intake and triage system for UI/UX work, ensuring visibility, prioritization, and effective staffing across initiatives
• Partner with UX, Visual Design, Operations and Engineering leads to balance resources across competing priorities, including feature work, tech debt, and emergent needs
• Drive cross-team coordination for MGS deliverables such as HUD, first-time user experience, settings, accessibility, localization, and platform support
• Work within the existing team tools to establish and maintain production systems (roadmaps, tracking, rituals, reporting) that enable clarity across a distributed team embedded in multiple pods
• Oversee execution by managing dependencies, mitigating risks, and tracking progress across a broad and often ambiguous problem space
• Create clear visibility for stakeholders into feature scope, tradeoffs, and progress
• Facilitate alignment across teams when priorities conflict, ensuring the right work is done at the right time
• Build strong partnerships with publishing and central Riot groups (e.g., localization, accessibility, publishing, platform) to support feature delivery
• Establish a sustainable operating model, including team rituals, communication cadences, and continuous improvement loops

• 5+ years experience in a production role (producer, product manager, program manager, or similar)
• Experience leading cross-functional development across design, engineering, and art
• Proven ability to create and scale work systems in ambiguous or fast-changing environments
• Experience managing high-volume intake and prioritization across multiple stakeholders
• Strong understanding of game development workflows and team health dynamics
• Excellent communication skills; able to align diverse stakeholders and drive clarity
• Experience with production methodologies (Agile, Kanban, etc.) and tools (Jira, Airtable)

• Experience supporting UI/UX development in games or interactive products
• Familiarity with player-facing systems such as HUD, menus, onboarding flows, or platform UX
• Experience with accessibility, localization, or platform certification requirements
• Experience working with distributed teams embedded across multiple initiatives
• Passion for crafting intuitive, high-quality player experiences, especially in competitive games

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 the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

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.

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• 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.