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Why Zynga

Our mission at Zynga is to connect the world through games by building games around core social experiences to deliver deep player engagement, organic acquisition and long-term retention. Our portfolio of games – Empires & Puzzles, Merge Dragons, CSR Racing 2, Farmville, Hit it Rich! Slots, Words with Friends and Zynga Poker span some of the fastest growing mobile gaming categories including Action Strategy, Casual, Social Casino and Invest Express.

Come join us, thrive, and take risks and dream big to shape the future of fastest growing gaming platform mobile.

Zynga India:

Zynga India is Zynga’s largest studio outside USA with 400+ people and growing rapidly. It manages some of Zynga’s biggest global games in the Casual Gaming, Action Strategy, Match-3, Slots, and Invest Express genres. The game teams are responsible for the long term-vision of the game, its entire Game Design & Tuning, Product Roadmap, Features, Content & Creative decisions, Art work (2D, 3D, Animation), Development, QA/Testing, Analytics & Performance Tracking, User Acquisition & Live Operations.

The Zynga India team is full of passionate gamers, who love to play, build great products, and have fun doing it. Studio I expects continued growth and is looking for strong leaders to expand the studio into this next growth phase.

Associate General Manager:

Zynga is looking for an Associate General Manager to join our growing team, and lead the studios for one or more of our hit games! The Associate General Manager leads Product and the multi-disciplinary team for their game studio. This position reports directly to the GM.

Responsibilities:

  • Driving the Commercial Success of your Game. Contribute to the strategy and business model for the product line, and take ownership of the roadmap. Besides being the Product visionary for a free-to-play business, you will also need to Coordinate and lead efforts across a large multi-disciplinary team, including Marketing, User Research, Localization, Business Development, Licensing, Legal, and other diverse groups.
  • Being Chief Product Evangelist and leading Predictable Delivery. Build a vision and long-term strategy for the game and align multiple teams to achieve that. Translate long term plans into effective and achievable tactics (new features, bold beats, game updates, regular fresh content etc.) that ensure your game title remains competitive in the market. You will be the chief evangelist to influence product strategy, product roadmap and any other outcomes that help the game succeed.
  • Leading your Team. With direct and indirect reports, you will lead large teams drawing upon a range of leadership, management, communication, and production capabilities. You will enable engagement, higher efficiency, and improved quality for your team, whilst instilling it with the culture and values of Zynga. You will be instrumental in grooming leaders, active succession planning and in improving the team through recruitment, orientation, training and development, providing growth opportunities etc.

Requirements:

  • Product & Technology Excellence: Demonstrable experience owning and delivering successful consumer centric product either in web or mobile. Startup experience is a plus.
  • Business Unit/P&L Management: Detailed understanding of micro-transaction based business models, managing product-level P&Ls, and meeting and exceeding revenue target goals. Business Leadership experience of a large online business.
  • Leadership & Team Management: Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary team of Product Management, Design, Development, QA. Showing a wide range of leadership, communication, motivation and management skills.
  • Gaming Passion: Passion for gaming, especially on mobile.