Technical Program Manager II – Devcon
| Company | Riot Games |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management
- Experience with iterative development methodologies like Scrum & Agile
- Advanced level experience as a Jira power user
- Experience in software development, infrastructure, or live operations management
- Familiarity with technical components of projects including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development teams employ.
- Desire to improve Riot’s ability to make the impossible happen for players.
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 & ROI.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
- Agile certifications (e.g. PSM, PSPO, CSM, CSPO)
- Atlassian certifications