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About the Role
The Community Originals team at Twitch is seeking a Competition Operations Manager to lead the strategic development and execution of competition formats for Twitch Rivals. This role is crucial for ensuring events are balanced, operationally sound, and engaging for creators and viewers.
Responsibilities
- Create competition formats and game balancing strategies, seeking feedback from stakeholders.
- Proactively manage tournament and production vendors in producing Competition Execution Plans (CEP) and Pre-Morts.
- Define and execute team balancing rules and vetting processes.
- Coordinate and participate in playtests with vendors and manage the QA testing of custom builds.
- Define prize pool distributions and validate player payouts.
- Lead the creation and submission of legal rulesets for each tournament.
- Update, establish, and build competition related processes via team productivity tools.
- Oversee competition administration during events, participating in escalations and producing incident reports.
- Partner with Community Originals, Legal, Accounting, Partnerships, Business Development, and other cross functional teams.
- Optimize formats for scoring to streamline updates to broadcast and viewers.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in competition operations, esports, or professional sports management.
- 3+ years of experience in producing content creator/streamer focused content.
- Deep understanding of how to "min/max" games and adjust formats to meet specific product goals.
- Ability to vet team balance across various game genres in a sometimes skill-nebulous, streamer-focused landscape.
- Proven experience managing vendors and production timelines for high-stakes live or online events.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex competitive strategies through comprehensive documentation.
- Deep understanding of genre-specific game mechanics (e.g., tactical FPS vs. hero FPS).
- Experience working directly with high-profile creators and understanding their unique needs.
- Active member of the Twitch community and stays ahead of gaming trends.
Skills
- Competition Operations
- Esports Management
- Professional Sports Management
- Content Creator Focused Content Production
- Game Mechanics Analysis
- Team Balancing
- Vendor Management
- Project Management
- Communication
- Documentation
- Twitch Community Engagement
- Gaming Trends Analysis
Location
- US, CA, Los Angeles
- US, CA, San Francisco
Work Type
- Annually
Experience Level
- 6+ years
- 3+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $78,900—$138,100 USD
- $86,800—$151,900 USD
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
About the Company
- Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more.
- We’re about community, inside and out.
- We’re on a quest to empower live communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.