About this opportunity
United States Digital Space LLC lists this Principal Technical Product Manager - VALORANT, Developer Tooling opportunity in bellevue, Washington. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Technical Product Managers combine deep technical knowledge and experience with product leadership capabilities which are needed to enable the company to deliver key products and experiences to make it better to be a player. You will develop and execute strategies on Riot's products and technologies while leading diverse teams to deliver creative solutions to our most difficult technical and experiential challenges.
As a Principal Technical Product Manager for VALORANT Foundations, reporting to the Director of Technical Product Management for VALORANT, you’ll identify and lead the highest-impact opportunities across the platforms that make the game predictable to build, release and operate worldwide. Foundations serves VALORANT’s engineers, artists and designers through build and release pipelines, developer tools and workflows, engine capabilities and core backend services. Working with engineering leads, game teams and central technology partners, you’ll bring independent product judgment to ambiguous problems, build support for a clear direction, and lead delivery across teams without direct authority. Your success will be measured in faster development workflows, more predictable releases, and platforms that let VALORANT grow sustainably.
Responsibilities:
Define and align product strategy for critical, cross-cutting platform areas, prioritizing outcomes that create measurable value for developers and players
Bring strategic structure and clarity to Foundations' hardest, most ambiguous initiatives so they're set up for long-term success
Lead cross-functional teams through influence, bridging engineering reality and product requirements, and driving decisions to closure across the groups that own build and release pipelines, the developer inner loop and editor, engine capabilities, and core backend services, all without direct authority
Serve as a strategic proxy for Foundations leadership, stepping in with autonomy to own high-stakes opportunities end to end
Partner deeply with engineering leads to ensure platform solutions are robust, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into developer workflows
Broker across the seam with central tech team partners, representing VALORANT's needs into shared platforms and negotiating what's owned where
Translate empathy for internal developers into infrastructure and tooling that solves genuine pain points; champion data-informed decisions
Champion AI-augmented ways of working: bring agentic tooling into the PM craft to compress cycle time and model what modern product management looks like for Foundations
Required Qualifications:
8+ years of relevant experience in Technical Product Management or a related engineering/technical field
Familiarity with the game development lifecycle: engines, art/build toolchains, live-ops workflows
Proven ability to operate at a Principal level, navigating organizational complexity to drive outcomes without direct authority
Strong technical background (CS degree or equivalent experience) sufficient to credibly debate tradeoffs with engineering leads
Experience translating open-ended or ambiguous technical capabilities into concrete product roadmaps with defined milestones and success metrics
Track record owning platform, developer-tools, or systems products with internal customers
Experience integrating agentic AI tooling into the product-management craft, using agents to shorten the loop from insight to execution
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with developer experience / platform-as-a-product domains, including internal platforms, SDKs, or CI/CD tooling
Experience operating across the studio/central-tech boundary, or in a shared-infrastructure org serving multiple teams
Hands-on familiarity with Unreal Engine and the Unreal Editor, VALORANT's engine and the primary environment its developers work in
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 the company, weput 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 the company, Inc. the company 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 SanFrancisco 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.
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Worksite address
bellevue, WA, 98009, US
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