Director, Publishing Product Management, Americas - VALORANT

Location: Los Angeles, USA As the VALORANT Publishing Lead for the Americas , you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the publishing strategy across one of VALORANT’s most critical and high-stakes global footprints. You will bridge global ambition with local execution, ensuring our strategy serves a diverse player base across North America & Latin America. With deep expertise in competitive FPS gaming, publishing, and cultural offenses, you will act as the voice of the Americas region. You will lead cross-functional publishing teams, manage subregional strategies, and advocate for Americas players in global leadership discussions to amplify the game’s success and propel VALORANT into its next era. Responsibilities: Define and execute a cohesive publishing strategy for the Americas that aligns with global objectives while tailored to the unique cultural nuances and player behaviors across the US, Canada, LATAM, and Brazil. Serve as the strategic authority for the Americas, with dedicated focus on driving growth, cultural resonance, and retention across North America and Brazil. Act as the primary regional voice in global publishing and game leadership discussions. Integrate regional player insights into global product, marketing, and content roadmaps. Lead cross-functional discipline leads (Brand, Creative, Community, Comms, and Content) to execute Category Offenses, product launches, and ecosystem beats across the region. Oversee the Americas publishing OpEx budget, driving efficient resource allocation across subregions, optimizing marketing performance, and balancing global bets with local activations. Align local agency retainers, regional programs (e.g., VCT Americas, local roadshows, community events), and go-to-market activations with central publishing strategies. Recruit, mentor, and lead a matrixed, regionally diverse team of managers and individual contributors across the US, LATAM, and Brazil, fostering a high-craft, growth-oriented culture. Required Qualifications: 12+ years of experience in video game publishing, entertainment, or tech, with a track record of driving product, marketing, and community strategy for major live-service titles. 5+ years of experience directly managing and leading multi-functional, multicultural teams across different international markets. Deep understanding of the gaming landscape, creator economy, and cultural nuance across North America and Latin America, with specific expertise in the US gaming and esports ecosystem. Proven ability to launch, scale, and sustain live-service game products or major content beats in a complex, multi-region territory. Demonstrated success navigating matrixed organizations, advocating for regional needs with executive stakeholders, and executing within budget constraints. Desired Qualifications: Professional fluency in English, with a strong benefit to proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese Deep familiarity with the VALORANT player base, VCT ecosystem, and the tactical FPS genre. Strong quantitative background with a track record of using data, player insights, and attribution models to optimize strategy and publishing outcomes. For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role! Our Perks: Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and 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. At Riot Games, we put players first . That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application. 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. 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