Director, Data Engineering – Player Lifecycle & Personalization

Riot's Data Engineers harness petabytes of data and state-of-the-art processing technologies to build products that elevate the player experience at massive scale. Turning this data into meaningful insights is a complex challenge, and our engineers meet it by staying deeply player-focused and collaborating across diverse teams to improve the lives of millions of players worldwide.

As a Director of Data Engineering within the PubSports organization, you will define and lead the data strategy supporting Player Lifecycle & Personalization across Riot.

This role is responsible for building the data products, data foundations, and organizational capabilities that enable player understanding, segmentation, personalization, experimentation, analytics, and AI-driven experiences. You will partner closely with Product, Insights, Data Science, AI, and Engineering leaders to ensure Riot has trusted, scalable, and reusable data assets that support player engagement and long-term growth.

In addition to owning Player Lifecycle & Personalization, you will lead the modernization and evolution of PubSports' data ecosystem, driving adoption of Riot's data platform standards while establishing a long-term strategy for player intelligence and engagement data.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the data strategy for Player