Business Operations Analyst, Zynga
$78.9-116.8k
Social game developer
Open for applications
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$78.9-116.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will enjoy working with numbers and identifying patterns and trends, and will be eager to develop skills in econometrics, user segmentation, process management, and product & business intelligence
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field
- At least 2 years of experience in a data-intensive role
- Prior experience in mobile gaming or advertising is a big plus
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, lookups, conditional functions, charting, and keyboard shortcuts
- Advanced skills in SQL including joins, creating tables, case statements, and subqueries
- Prior experience using dashboarding software (especially Tableau) or Python/R is a big plus
- Strong problem-solving skills, teamwork, and creativity
- Strong work ethic to consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced business
- Intellectual curiosity to dig through large volumes of data in order to uncover the insights within it
- Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail, time management skills, and openness toward growth
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Enthusiasm about mobile gaming is a plus
What the job involves
- Zynga is looking for an ambitious analyst to join our world-class advertising team
- The mission of this role will be to maximize the value of our advertising inventory through operational excellence and creative analytics
- This role’s responsibilities will be to model the short and long term economic value of our ad products, identify new supply opportunities for our users, and scale our findings into actionable reports
- This is a collaborative, highly visible position that will directly impact the daily revenues of the business
- Maximize the value of advertising inventory through manual and automated processes
- Design, execute, and analyze innovative pre/post and A/B tests to identify new opportunities
- Synthesize data into dashboards and reports using Excel, SQL, and Tableau
- Refine data processes, set up tools, and create automation to improve operational efficiency
- Execute ad hoc analysis to identify revenue optimization opportunities and improve business performance
- Assist with daily operations and analytics as needed
- Role may also require researching recent trends in the mobile advertising, mobile gaming, and advertising technology industries
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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