Product Manager, Zynga
Harry Potter
$85.7-126.9k
Salary applicable to candidates in California only and may vary in further locations. Annual salary in Ontario: $71,400 and $105,660 CAD per Year
Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$85.7-126.9k
Salary applicable to candidates in California only and may vary in further locations. Annual salary in Ontario: $71,400 and $105,660 CAD per Year
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience in product management in consumer web or game development is preferred, but not required
- Deep understanding of level tuning and Match-3 mechanics is a plus
- Proficiency in SQL and data visualization tools
- Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets and understand the market landscape
- Ability to build wireframes and product specifications
- Capable of building relationships and earning the respect of a cross-functional team
- Strong community focus. You’re someone who interprets community feedback into digestible insights for the team and incorporates community feedback into product requirements and improvements
- Passion for games and crafting fun, compelling, and exciting user experiences
- Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail
- BA/BS degree
What the job involves
- Join us in our mission to connect the world through games and to delight consumers with exhilarating social gaming experiences!
- Zynga is looking for a dedicated and passionate Product Manager who can own projects, drive results, and directly impact the business performance of large-scale games
- As a Product Manager, you will work closely with a cross-functional team to write product specifications, drive features through launch, and analyze metrics to make data-driven decisions
- Feature Design and Strategy Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of new features - from initial concept and wireframing to writing detailed specs and overseeing final implementation
- Level Tuning Partner with Level Designers to balance difficulty curves, use analytics to adjust move counts, obstacle density, and drop rates to optimize for retention, engagement, and monetization
- Feature Ownership and Optimization Serve as the primary stakeholder for existing game systems. Monitor game health via daily KPI’s, identify performance decay, and opportunities to ship iterative improvements
- Live Operations Design and execute limited-time events and seasonal promotions that drive daily active users and monetization
- Data Driven Decision Making Own and oversee A/B testing, use SQL and internal BI tools to extract insights
- Cross-Functional Leadership Act as feature owner and collaborate with Art, Engineering, and Design to ensure that every feature aligns with core business objectives
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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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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