Sr. Manager, Insights - Central Strategic Insights Team

You’ll join the Insights discipline – the group of researchers, analysts, data scientists, and strategists responsible for solving problems and executing analyses that enable Rioters to make difficult decisions with confidence. You’ll be part of an interdisciplinary team and work closely with Rioters from other disciplines (designers, artists, producers, etc.) to conduct studies and analyses that will inform the features, systems, and experiences of our products. Your research and/or analytics background coupled with your deep understanding of data will ensure that you’re an effective advocate for players and can provide strategic guidance about their wants, needs, and behaviors.

As a Sr. Manager, Insights on the Central Strategic Insights Team for Games, you’ll report to the Sr. Director of Strategic Advisory. You'll be part of the broader Central Innovation Strategy & Insights team, partnering with leaders on game teams across the portfolio and lifecycle as well as executives overseeing Riot’s entire games portfolio. You’ll build and manage a research team that will conduct studies and analyses to help teams deeply understand their audience, opportunities, & product resonance in order to inform the direction, experience, systems, and features of Riot's new games across the lifecycle. You’ll also deeply study the overall games market and audience in order to inform our overall portfolio approach. Your team's scientific skill-set coupled with audience insight will ensure that we are crafting new games in a player-focused way.

• Oversee the research aspect of the Games Central Strategic Insights team that will work with Games pillar leadership and game teams across the Pillar to understand audience & opportunities, generate strategy, and facilitate continual learning by providing market studies and strategic audience research & competitive analysis
• Work with game team leads across the pillar and throughout the lifecycle to identify & meet their needs with regards to understanding their audience and competitors in collaboration with embedded Insights on the game products
• Advise leaders of game teams throughout the product lifecycle (prototype, pre-production, production, live, etc.) on product strategy and audience
• Drive work results efficiently and effectively (both through individual contribution and through your team), working in deep partnership with embedded Insighters where appropriate
• Communicate strategic recommendations in front of stakeholders and senior leadership; develop close partnership with EP, PMs, and GDs to help them turn insights into action & impact on the project
• Handle formal management, workforce planning, staffing, and hiring for researchers on the central games insights
• Lead, mentor, and support career growth for researchers on central games insights; developing Riot’s talent base

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Anthropology, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline or a related discipline plus at least 7 years of relevant experience (an advanced degree can account for up to 2 years of experience)
• 2+ years experience working in research or a similar field in the games industry
• 2+ years experience managing high performing individuals and teams
• Experience developing & advising on strategy for a product or business in a leadership capacity
• Experience building and leading teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to engage in healthy constructive debate
• Capable of building strong collaborative relationships with peers across Riot, and of influencing senior stakeholders

• Experience working game teams through the entire lifecycle of the product (development, launch, and live operations) in a leadership role

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to 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.