Senior Product Manager, Zynga
Game Services, ZMGT
+ Bonus plan and ESPP
Social game developer
Job no longer available
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Bonus plan and ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for exceptional leaders with a passion for technology and the ability to work with a diverse team
- 3-5 years of product management in digital products, games, or mobile apps
- Familiarity with digital user profiles is beneficial but not required
- Familiarity with data Privacy / Compliance / Regulatory a plus
- Start-up, social networking, or consulting experience is a strong plus
- Strong product management expertise and experience building great products that meet customer needs
- Sound product judgment, ability to formulate product strategy and present clear measurable objectives that will lead to achieving our business goals
- Ability to build wireframes, product specifications, and white papers
- Experience using lean, data-driven principles to improve a product. Some experience with data analytics and SQL is preferred
- Ability to balance player, game, and business interests while considering technical costs and tradeoffs
- Strong project management skills and ability to present work to executive staff
- Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail
- A driven self-starter and a great teammate
- BA/BS degree, MBA, or Computer Science preferred
What the job involves
- As a Senior Product Manager within Mobile Game Technology, you will be responsible for owning the Product function to craft, develop, and maintain Zynga’s platform portfolio, accelerating game development and streamlining live operations
- This role is focused on building game components including the Identity and Accounts product portfolio
- As you grow in the role, you will likely own additional products and services
- Responsible for the full product lifecycle, including product vision, competitive analysis, requirements gathering, feature prioritization, spec writing, roadmap management, and partner alignment
- Drive the product strategy, product specifications, and collaborate with game teams to achieve product success
- Define how to measure product success and effectiveness. Apply qualitative consumer insights and quantitative data to advise product decisions and build business rationale
- Build product vision by understanding customer needs, partnering closely with Product and Engineering leaders on game teams to create feedback loops for continued improvements and identify patterns of need across Zynga
- Evangelize our offerings by articulating the value of our products and how they help solve the problems faced by our customers while aligning roadmaps to facilitate go-to-market execution
- Identify & deconstruct competitive offerings in the market, formulate insights and use them to drive future roadmap direction
- Responsible for a large Mobile Game Technology product area and/or multiple products
- Work closely with other technical leaders in Mobile Game Technology and across fields to promote effective strategies and foster a positive team culture
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.
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 & 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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