Principal Technical Product Manager - VALORANT, Developer Tooling

Company

Riot Games develops games and player experiences, including VALORANT.

What you will do

• Define product strategy for VALORANT Foundations and prioritize platform outcomes for developers and players.
• Lead ambiguous, cross-cutting initiatives across build and release pipelines, developer tools, engine capabilities, and core backend services.
• Guide cross-functional teams through influence, align engineering and product requirements, and drive decisions to completion without direct authority.
• Represent VALORANT’s needs with central technology partners and negotiate ownership of shared platforms.
• Partner with engineering leads to deliver robust, scalable solutions integrated into developer workflows.
• Introduce agentic AI tooling into product-management workflows to shorten the cycle from insight to execution.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Technical Product Management or a related engineering or technical field.
• Familiarity with the game development lifecycle, including engines, art and build toolchains, and live-ops workflows.
• Principal-level experience navigating organizational complexity and driving outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong technical background, including a computer science degree or equivalent experience, with the ability to discuss trade-offs with engineering leads.
• Experience converting ambiguous technical capabilities into product roadmaps with milestones and success metrics.
• Experience owning platform, developer-tools, or systems products for internal customers, including the use of agentic AI tooling in product management.

Nice to have

• Experience with developer experience, platform-as-a-product, internal platforms, SDKs, or CI/CD tooling.
• Experience working across studio and central-technology boundaries or in shared infrastructure organizations.
• Hands-on familiarity with Unreal Engine, Unreal Editor, and VALORANT’s engine.

Culture & Benefits

• Open paid time off policy and flexible work schedules.
• Medical, dental, and life insurance.
• Parental leave for employees, spouses or domestic partners, and children.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Collaborative environment focused on player-first decision-making and diverse perspectives.