Lead Product Manager, Zynga
AI Technology
CA$118.3-168.3k
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Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$118.3-168.3k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of end-to-end PM experience, leading complex, technical, multi-team product areas from strategy through delivery
- Deep technical fluency & engineering partnership: Able to navigate specs, APIs, and system constraints to make credible tradeoffs and earn team trust
- AI/ML expertise: Hands-on experience with AI-powered products (LLMs, agents, RAG, automation) and using AI tools to streamline internal workflows
- Strong operational rigor: Track record of designing structured intake/triage processes, managing competing priorities, and driving multi-workstream execution
- Data-driven decision making: Proficient in defining metrics, analyzing data (SQL/dashboards), and using evidence to prioritize and measure impact
- Exceptional communication: Proven ability to write clear specs and translate complex technical execution for both engineering and senior leadership
- High agency in ambiguity: A self-starter who thrives in undefined environments, takes ownership, and shapes process rather than waiting for direction
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience (advanced degree a plus). Agile-fluent
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Lead Product Manager to run execution on Zynga's internal AI operating platform - the system through which teams across the company access, govern, and act on AI capabilities. This role owns the operational backbone that turns AI requests into shipped capabilities: intake, triage, research, execution with engineering, and measurement of impact
- You'll partner directly with engineering to drive delivery across a platform spanning several interconnected surfaces (chat, knowledge bases, connectors/MCPs, workflows, and documents)
- This is a hands-on, execution-heavy role for someone who's energized by running a tight operational loop - turning incoming requests into scoped work, keeping engineering unblocked, and holding the team accountable to outcomes with data
- You'll work within a roadmap and priorities set by product leadership, and focus on making sure the right things get built, on time, and that you can prove they're working
- Drive day-to-day execution of the AI platform roadmap in close partnership with engineering - from spec through release and post-launch iteration
- Build and run the intake and triage process for incoming requests (studio needs, feature ideas, bugs, integration asks), establishing clear criteria for prioritization and a repeatable operating cadence
- Conduct research to support product decisions - technical landscape scans (models, tooling, competitive AI platforms), stakeholder discovery, and feasibility assessments - and turn findings into clear, actionable write-ups
- Own the measurement framework for the platform: usage, adoption, and performance metrics, reporting cadence, and the mechanisms to catch regressions or gaps early
- Write clear, detailed, and technically grounded specs and requirements for complex, cross-surface features; make day-to-day tradeoff calls when priorities, timelines, or scope conflict
- Act as the primary product point of contact for engineering on your area, unblocking the team and escalating the right issues to leadership
- Coordinate with design, other product leads, and studio stakeholders to keep execution aligned with agreed priorities
- Stay current on the technical AI landscape (models, agent frameworks, emerging tools) as it relates to features already in flight or under evaluation
- Be a role model for AI-first ways of working: actively look for pieces of your own product work - intake, triage, research, reporting - that can be moved into agentic workflows rather than done by hand, and set the example for how the rest of the team should operate
- Contribute to team operating practices - documentation standards, spec quality, reporting rigor - that keep execution consistent as the platform grows
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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