Lead Product Manager, Zynga
Live Ops, Racing
+ Discretionary annual bonus scheme
3 days a week in office
Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary annual bonus scheme
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in product management with a strong demonstrable experience managing live game operations
- Able to lead, motivate, and develop a team – including those who do not directly report to you
- Exceptional data analysis and problem-solving skills. SQL querying abilities are a strong plus
- Strong project management skills and the ability to present work to executive team
- A passion for creating fun and compelling 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 and competitor trends
- Experience in working with and coordinating large-scale projects with dedicated teams
What the job involves
- We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Live Ops Lead Product Manager to ignite our games with a constant stream of exciting content and engaging experiences
- You'll be the architect of our Live Ops strategy, crafting a vibrant calendar of events, seasons, and promotions designed to surprise and delight our players while driving both engagement and monetization
- This role is about running the game, optimizing the player’s experience, and creating a constant sense of surprise and delight for our players
- As a Live Ops Lead Product Manager within the NaturalMotion Racing team, you will be responsible for the live operations strategy, and roadmap for these features
- Working directly with the development team (designers, engineers, artists, and analysts), you will drive product improvements that increase player engagement, retention, and monetization. This includes:
- Live Operations Strategy: Define and execute the overall Live Ops strategy focusing on player engagement, retention, and monetization
- Calendar Leadership: Orchestrate a comprehensive Live Ops calendar, featuring seasons, events, promotions, and limited-time offers that captivate our players and keep them coming back for more
- Data-Driven Optimization: Analyze player data, monitor game performance, and identify opportunities to optimize events, offers, and rewards to maximize player engagement and monetization
- Creative Ideation: Brainstorm fresh and innovative Live Ops concepts that excite and surprise our players, driving enthusiasm for our games
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of Live Ops Product Managers, providing guidance, support, and fostering a culture of creativity and innovation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with designers, engineers, artists, analysts, and marketing teams to ensure seamless execution of the Live Ops calendar
- Player Communication: Develop and communicate Live Ops changes and vision to our players, actively engage the community on the product performance, and drive new ideas
- Reporting directly to the Director of Product for NaturalMotion Racing, you will be a key member of the team's leadership group
Salary benchmarks
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 175 countries and regions and over 80 million 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. Notable recent activity includes a collaboration with BBC Earth ahead of 2024's Earth day, and grant to develop actionable push notifications that enable gameplay without entering the application.
Freddie
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)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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