Senior Technical Producer (Release Management) - Unpublished R&D Product

Technical Producers guide teams in creating player value through agile work systems and practices. While driving internal alignment and accountability for teams and development organizations, we focus on continuous improvement. We're interlaced on teams throughout the entire company, coordinating across different products and regions as we share goals, insights, and standard methodologies. It is through this communal learning, and sharing of information that we can help lead teams across Riot to delivery excellence.

As a Senior Technical Producer, Release Management (TRM) on the R&D team, you will be a part of the leadership bench overseeing engineering efforts on the releases studio, specifically focusing on defining and developing systems in the production stage. You'll work with producers and technical leaders across multiple products and central technology teams. You will be accountable for ensuring that the product teams follow the best practices of the stage. You will also be accountable for supporting them on their journey to launch. You will help launch new world-class products to players. Given the technical nature of the group’s work, a successful candidate combines a technical background with a broad production methodology toolkit. You will report to the Operations Lead of the Emerging Studios.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the full release schedule, setting the cadence for how internal builds become public updates and ensuring content reaches players consistently and reliably.
• Translate high-level business and product goals, such as live updates, betas, or showcases, into clear and actionable release plans in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Align engineering, QA, production, marketing, content, and platform partners on timelines, scope, dependencies, and expectations to ensure smooth execution.
• Coordinate across the product to confirm quality standards are met, work is properly tagged, and critical issues are resolved ahead of each release.
• Evaluate builds against goals, scope, and timelines to determine readiness as release candidates, with a focus on stability and player experience.
• Lead Go/No-Go meetings by presenting the current state of release readiness and facilitating clear decisions on whether to proceed or hold.
• Oversee packaging and deployment across platforms and environments, including submission processes and coordination with Central Services and partner teams.
• Analyze long-term trends in telemetry, stability, and player engagement across releases to connect performance data to business impact and inform future plans.
• Drive post-release retrospectives and continuous improvements to increase speed, reliability, and efficiency in the release process.
• Monitor CI/CD pipeline health, address automation issues with engineers, and ensure systems support a consistent and predictable release cadence.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience developing games as a technical producer / engineer
• 4+ years of experience using Agile methodologies
• Experience being part of a game team from pre-production to launch 
• Experience managing competing priorities to deliver the right value for customers
• Experience managing build and releases
• Strong communication skills that enable long term, sustained, healthy relationships

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with strong technical knowledge, problem-solving skills, and understanding of basic programming concepts 
• Experience developing live service 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 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.