The safety of our candidates and team members is our top priority. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our workforce transitioned to working from home, with all interviewing and onboarding being conducted virtually until further notice.
Do you want to define what PLAY means on mobile? Zynga is looking for a Senior Product Manager to work on our Merge Dragons game. This unique role will be under our Zynga team with global offices in San Francisco, Austin, and Toronto and work alongside with our Gram Games team in London and Istanbul.
Equipped with player data and user empathy, the Senior Product Manager will have the freedom to provide experience, direction, and measurable performance to the game design process, building high-quality social experiences for millions. Put yourself to the test and come join us!
RESPONSIBILITIES
Zynga’s Sr. Product Manager will manage the end-to-end lifecycle(s) of complex features and leverage data-informed decision making abilities to implement liveops practices. This will involve writing, consulting on specs, managing design challenges and taking the lead for promoting interoperability and scale. In parallel with being data-driven in practice, the Sr. Product Manager will strive to be an advocate for users to strategize and build roadmaps that addresses core problems and opportunities for the game.
In addition, the Senior Product Manager will lead cross-functional communications to ensure that features and initiatives are delivered on time, with quality, and addresses the game and user problems. Interpersonal skills are vital to the success of this role as they will be working with teams and stakeholders in multiple time zones.
Lastly, the Sr. Product Manager will effectively champion his/her product vision & strategy, monitor product progression through completion of milestones and partner with product marketing and central analytics throughout their product’s lifecycle.
DESIRED SKILLS
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in product management in consumer, mobile, or game development
- Ability to create wire-frames, product specifications and white papers
- Experience managing live mobile applications and/or games with multivariate testing is preferred
- Exceptional data analysis skills
- Strong project management skills and ability to present work to executive staff
- Strong passion for games, creating fun, compelling and addictive user experiences
- Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical skills, and attention to detail
- Ability to provide clear direction, set measurable goals and give insight on industry trends
- Previous start-up, social networking and/or consulting experience is a strong plus
- Advanced Excel and SQL proficiency preferred
- BA/BS degree, MBA preferred
WHAT ZYNGA OFFERS YOU
- Competitive salary, bonus plan, Zynga RSU’s (Restricted Stock Units), ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
- 401K Company Match Contribution
- Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
- Family planning support program
- Generous paid maternity/parental leave
- Subsidized Back-up child care
- Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
- Flexible working hours on many teams
- Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
- Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!
We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request an accommodation associated with your application for an open position.
