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236,400.00 / yr - $354,600.00 / yr
As the Director, Music Operations for Riot Games Music (RGM), you will establish the operational foundation that empowers one of Riot’s most innovative divisions. Reporting to the VP of Global Music, you will lead the goal setting, strategic resourcing, team management, and production roadmapping necessary to ensure RGM delivers world-class music services to our partner teams. This role is integral to shaping RGM’s creative ecosystem, bridging artistry and structure to drive impactful, scalable results.
Your deep expertise in music and production, combined with your talent for mentoring creatives and streamlining processes, will play a pivotal role in aligning RGM’s creative operations with its future vision and business goals. This role demands a strong leadership presence, profound knowledge of creative craft, and a strategic approach to team operations, fostering healthy team dynamics while delivering world-class music.
Success in this position requires extensive experience in the production and management of music, including a comprehensive understanding of how music is conceived, produced, and integrated into content and games. Equally important is the ability to lead and inspire a diverse team of creative professionals, including producers and composers, while driving seamless collaboration with leaders across RGM’s key functions : Creative, Product, Music Supervision, and Label Operations.
Your operational leadership will unify RGM, fostering an environment where creative innovation and operational excellence thrive in harmony, enabling the organization to deliver impactful, scalable, and unforgettable music experiences.
Responsibilities :
Creative Operations & Team Leadership
- Strategic Team Building : Partner with VP of Music and RGM leaders to define the skills and expertise needed across RGM’s creative and production teams, ensuring a robust and adaptive talent bench.
- Leadership & Mentorship : Be a creative mentor to producers and composers, guiding them toward excellence while fostering their artistic and professional growth.
- Sustainable Team Health & Morale : Innovate and implement ways to sustain team well-being and collaboration, bridging the gap between creatives, music supervisors, business and label operations.
- Legislate Best Practices : Establish and socialize standards of excellence for music production processes, ensuring consistency in quality and creativity.
Production Management & Optimization
Cross-Team Collaboration
Required Qualifications :
This role offers a unique opportunity to bring operational mastery to a highly creative and innovative environment. If you’re passionate about empowering creatives and have a deep understanding of the music business, we’d love to hear from you.
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes your fellow Rioters, who are the customers of your work. Being a dedicated fan of games is not necessary for this position!
Our Perks :
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.
Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming .
It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games 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 San Francisco 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 :
These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust.
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