Product Manager, Meta Systems - VALORANT Mobile

About the Position

Join Riot Games as a Product Manager for VALORANT Mobile, shaping the out-of-match experience for players.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product direction and execution support for VALORANT Mobile meta systems, including progression, social, party-up, asset display, player identity, and other out-of-match player experiences.
• Partner closely with Quantum Studio to define product goals, feature requirements, user flows, experience principles, and acceptance criteria for new and existing meta system features.
• Review and refine Quantum Studio’s feature implementation throughout the development cycle, ensuring the final player experience is intuitive, polished, and aligned with VALORANT’s product quality bar.
• Use player behavior data, research insights, competitive references, and product intuition to identify opportunities that improve engagement, retention, social connection, and long-term player motivation.
• Collaborate with Riot VALORANT teams, publishing stakeholders, and other product owners to ensure meta system direction aligns with broader VALORANT product principles, version planning, live operations, and player needs.
• Support the planning and prioritization of meta system improvements across patches, balancing player impact, development cost, business goals, and delivery timelines.
• Act as the voice of VALORANT Mobile players in the meta system space, ensuring features serve both core tactical shooter players and broader mobile audiences.
• Monitor post-launch feature performance and player feedback, then build actionable optimization plans with Quantum Studio and relevant Riot stakeholders for future iterations.
• Contribute to cross-functional discussions on how meta systems connect with gameplay, monetization, content, social, and live service strategies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management, game operations, system design, or live service games, preferably with experience in mobile games.
• Experience owning or supporting player-facing systems such as progression, social, party, profile, collection, achievement, mission, onboarding, or other engagement-related systems.
• Strong product judgment and player empathy, with the ability to identify player needs and translate them into clear product requirements and experience improvements.
• Ability to work through moderately complex product problems, evaluate trade-offs, and propose practical solutions within defined constraints.
• Strong data literacy, with experience using engagement, retention, funnel, social, or feature usage data to evaluate product performance and guide iteration.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with experience working closely with design, engineering, publishing, analytics, research, or external development partners.
• Experience working in a co-development or distributed team environment, including aligning stakeholders across different teams, cultures, or regions.
• Fluent in Mandarin and English.

Desired Qualifications

• Deep passion for competitive multiplayer games, tactical shooters, or mobile live service games.
• Experience working on meta systems for a major live service title, especially systems related to progression, social connection, player identity, or long-term engagement.
• Strong understanding of mobile player behavior and how meta systems support retention, session motivation, social play, and content discovery.
• Familiarity with VALORANT, its player motivations, competitive ecosystem, cosmetics culture, and overall product identity.
• Experience using player research, community feedback, and market references to shape product direction.
• Experience working with co-development partners, external studios, or large-scale distributed development teams on feature delivery and quality review.

About the Company

Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who believe that player-focused game development can result in great games. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world, over 100 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience.

We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a healthy disregard for constraints.