Product Manager - VALORANT Mobile
On-siteShanghai, Shanghai, China
Job Summary
Drive product direction and execution for VALORANT Mobile meta systems, including progression, social features, party-up experiences, and player identity. Partner with Quantum Studio to define feature goals, user flows, and acceptance criteria, then review implementations to ensure polished player experiences aligned with Riot standards. Leverage player data, research, and intuition to identify opportunities that boost engagement, retention, and long-term motivation. Collaborate with Riot teams and publishing stakeholders to align meta system direction with broader product principles and live operations. Prioritize improvements across patches by balancing player impact, development cost, and delivery timelines. Represent the mobile player voice to ensure features serve both core tactical shooters and broader audiences. Monitor post-launch performance and feedback to build actionable optimization plans.
Required Qualifications
- 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.
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