Technical Project Manager

Role: Technical Program Manager III

Location : Los Angeles ,CA

Duration: 9 months+

JOB DESCRIPTION

In this contingent role as a Technical Program Manager III (TPM), you will coordinate development projects and support the integration of  ***games with the Infrastructure Platform suite of products. As a TPM supporting the Infrastructure Platform team, you will collaborate with teams that maintain critical services powering Riot's games and experiences.

Must Have:

infrastructure

JIRA

Operations

Key Deliverables & Responsibilities:

Align cross-functional teams towards complex cross-pillar programs centered around 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 ceremonies and processes for large or team-of-team 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, dependencies 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.

Improve team work systems and processes

Required Qualifications:

6+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or a relevant role on medium to large technical teams

Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional technical programs in infrastructure and operations environments

Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, and stakeholder management

Experience with iterative development methodologies like Scrum & Agile, and have used supporting software (i.e. JIRA)

Experience in software development, infrastructure, or live operations management

Understanding technical components of projects including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development teams employ.

Desire to improve ability to make the impossible happen for players.

Excellent knowledge of agile and waterfall methodologies, and ability to adapt as needed

Expert with JIRA

Familiarity with Atlassian tools, including Jira Product Discovery and Jira Plans

Desired Qualifications:

Experience managing hardware/software/video game products through the entire life cycle – from conception, development and launch to maintaining and operating a live service.

Experience working on a variety of software products in the gaming or entertainment space.