Director of Product, Zynga
Game of Thrones Slots
$192-245k
Pay range for this position in California
Social game developer
Open for applications
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$192-245k
Pay range for this position in California
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in product management in game development
- Ability to simultaneously handle complex design challenges across multiple projects/feature areas
- Capable of managing expectations and presenting effectively to the team and senior executives
- A strong manager who ensures reports receive mentorship, training, and feedback
- Experienced in facilitating effective cross-functional group communications. Able to adjust communication style as required.
- Passion for games and crafting fun, compelling, and exciting user experiences
- Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail
- BA/BS degree
- Experience with free to play mobile social casino games (slots, poker, bingo) is a plus
- Experience working live and pre-launch titles is a plus
What the job involves
- Oin us in our mission to connect the world through games and to delight consumers with exhilarating social gaming experiences! Zynga is looking for an experienced Director of Product who can own projects, drive results and directly impact business performance of large-scale games
- As Director of Product for Game of Thrones Slots, you will be responsible for the product vision, roadmap, and owner of product outcomes for the team. We are looking for a leader to take a proven game to its next level of growth. Reports to the Senior Director of Product for the Slots division
- Responsible for overall vision and strategy
- Primary stakeholder of end-to-end product lifecycle
- Defining and optimizing the game’s core monetization strategy, including virtual currency, in-app purchases (IAP) and economy design
- Direct the Live Operations roadmap, event strategy, and scheduling cadence to maximize player engagement, retention, and revenue over the long term
- Coordinate game and partner team relationships. Influence partner team strategy based on deep experience
- Create new methodologies for the company by using technology, platform, or channels to drive business value in new ways
- Lead execution of large scale projects with interdisciplinary complexity. Work closely with production to improve processes
- Ensure team’s product decisions are based on strong analysis. Define analytics standards in partnership with an analytics manager
- Inform and validate roadmap/product direction through proactive customer engagement methods and Consumer Insights partnership
- Assume ownership of outcomes for the entire product team. Consistently identify product risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Think of the player first. Know who we are building for and what will benefit them most
Our take
Zynga is a games developer that rode Facebook's platform to success back in the late noughties and early 2010's. It is now one of the biggest casual game producers globally, with a presence across over 170 countries and regions and millions of monthly active users.
Though the company hit a number of roadblocks after its initial success - such as falling stock prices, and numerous calls it was copying other games - its subsequent resurgence is proof of its staying power. It continues to use social media as a distribution channel, and boasts titles such as FarmVille, Merge Dragons! and Words With Friends.
Future success will lie in the company's continued investment in building viral games that people love. It will also need to attune to the social media waves and keep track of where users can be found, as the landscape has become more mobile. In 2024 the company announced it was developing push notifications that enable gameplay without entering the application, which will be an interesting addition to its outputs.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2011
$490m
SERIES C
Oct 2010
$6.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $865.5m
Company benefits
- COMPENSATION - Performance bonuses, opportunities for equity participation & retirement/pension savings support
- HEALTH - Medical, dental & vision covered for employees, with participation for employees eligible dependents, plus disability and life insurance program
- FAMILY - Generous parental leave for birth parents, partners and adoptive families, plus Infertility support, emergency child care and flexible time-off policies
- WELLNESS - Gym benefits, wellness programs, employee assistance programs and generous time-off policies
- FOOD - Food and snacks made in-house or delivered, healthy snack kitchens with drinks and treats, coffee bars, regular social gatherings and happy hours
- WORK & LIFE - Flexible time-off policies (DTO), office rest areas, gaming spaces, employee discounts and more
- TRANSIT BENEFITS - Shuttle service in select locations, commuter/parking benefits, secure bicycle storage, business travel assistance
- RESOURCE GROUPS - Women at Zynga (WAZ), zCares charitable giving, zParents, zEndurance adventure club, BZU, zPride LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mark Pincus
(Chairman & Co-founder)Previously founder and CEO of Freeloader, Supportsoft and Tribe.net, an early social network
Michael Luxton
(Co-founder)Previously an engineer at NetApp
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