Technical Producer II - VALORANT, Developer Experience

As Technical Producers at Riot, we lead passionate technical teams to create products and experiences that maximize developer and player value. We guide development, clear blockers, and push projects across the finish line while helping our teams operate sustainably and maintain a collaborative environment.

As a Technical Producer on VALORANT’s Developer Experience & Workflows (DEW) team, you will own team-level production for the team that makes VALORANT’s development inner loop fast, reliable, and increasingly self-service. DEW supports the developer workflows used to create, validate, and iterate on VALORANT content...

You will partner closely with the DEW Product Lead and Engineering Manager to turn agreed upon direction into executable plans, establish a reliable operating rhythm, coordinate dependencies, manage delivery risk, and create clear visibility into commitments and outcomes. Product owns product direction and roadmap p...

Lead DEW’s day-to-day production practice, including planning, team rituals, commitments, risks, dependencies, and delivery visibility
Translate agreed product direction and technical plans into executable work, milestones, and release or transition plans
Maintain a clear execution backlog and capacity plan across KTLO, emergent support, planned work, and discretionary investment
Coordinate dependencies across DEW and partner teams, surface delivery risks early, and drive issues to clear owners and decisions 
Partner with Product and Engineering on intake and tradeoffs, while communicating status, decisions, changes, and risks to stakeholders and customers
Improve DEW’s operating system and team sustainability using production and service health metrics, with the goal of making delivery more predictable and DEW workflows more reliable

4+ years of experience as a Producer, Product Manager, or Development Manager delivering technical tools, services, workflows, or complex software initiatives from planning through post-release support
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge and problem-solving skills
Experience partnering with engineering leadership to clarify scope, manage dependencies, resolve risks, and deliver against commitments
Experience managing execution backlogs across planned work, operational work, defects, and emergent requests
Strong judgment, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn ambiguity into plans, decisions, owners, and follow-through
Experience working across disciplines, organizations, and time zones using Agile or Lean practices such as Scrum or Kanban; technical education or equivalent experience is preferred
Experience managing stakeholders, gathering and aligning on requirements across service development teams, and translating them into prioritized, executable work for the team
Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams, understanding scope and dependencies, navigating constraints, and prioritizing team efforts based on impact and capacity
Experience identifying operational and development challenges, facilitating resolution, and driving issues to clear decisions
Proficiency with Jira, Notion, or similar planning and collaboration tools
Experience in game development or a strong understanding of how technical teams build game features for a modern live-service game
Familiarity with Unreal Engine and the workflows used by engineers, designers, artists, and QA
Experience using delivery metrics, operational data, automation, or AI-assisted tools to improve execution, reliability, or team efficiency

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!