Lead Product Manager

1 Day ago • 5 Years + • $109,800 PA - $162,480 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Lead Product Manager will be part of the Central Product Management (CPM) team, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of complex products across multiple feature areas. Responsibilities include writing specs, overcoming design challenges, and promoting interoperability and scale. They will drive the overall research strategy, utilizing core innovative game technology, and ensuring data-driven product decisions. The Lead Product Manager will develop insights into customer needs and translate them into the product roadmap. They will coordinate Product Managers, set measurable objectives, and drive positive business outcomes. The role also involves delivering a vision and strategy, monitoring product progression, and collaborating with product marketing for launches. With a strong passion for games, the role needs exceptional data analysis, problem solving, and project management skills.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of product management experience
  • Ability to build wireframes and product specifications
  • Experience with managing dynamic applications
  • Ability to lead and develop a team
  • Exceptional data analysis skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Passion for games and creating user experiences
  • Outstanding written, oral, and organizational skills
  • Ability to provide clear direction
Good to have:
  • Consumer mobile or game development experience
  • SQL querying abilities
  • Experience in working with and coordinating large-scale projects with central teams
Perks:
  • Zynga Benefits

Job Details

Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more!

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

Position Overview

Our mission at Zynga is to connect the world through games by building games around core social experiences to deliver deep player engagement, organic acquisition and long term retention. Our portfolio of games include – CSR Racing 2, FarmVille, Hit it Rich! Slots, Words With Friends and Zynga Poker. 

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager who can bring its games to the forefront of the industry: building unforgettable social experiences, connecting hundreds of millions of people throughout the world and delighting its users through games.

Equipped with user data, you will have the freedom to provide experience, direction, and measurable performance to the game design process, building high quality social games for millions. 

Main Responsibilities

Part of the Central Product Management (CPM), you will help multiple global teams manage the end-to-end lifecycle(s) of complex products spanning multiple feature areas. This will involve writing and consulting on specs, overcoming design challenges and taking the lead for promoting interoperability and scale. In addition, the Lead Product Manager will drive the overall research strategy, driving the usage of core innovative game technology, and ensure that product decisions are based on in-depth data analysis. Through strong customer empathy, the Lead Product Manager will be responsible to develop deep insights into customer needs and how the roadmap addresses those needs.

You will coordinate Product Managers across multiple products; they will work with their team to set clear/measurable objectives and ensure the team is effectively crafting project plans based on priorities, and ultimately driving positive business outcomes. Lastly, the Lead Product Manager will deliver their vision & strategy, monitor product progression and partner with product marketing for launch.

Desired Experience & Skills   

  • 5+ years experience in product management in consumer products
  • Experience in consumer mobile or game development experience is preferred but not required
  • Ability to build wire-frames, product specifications and white papers
  • Experience with managing dynamic applications and multivariate testing
  • 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 is a strong plus
  • Strong project management skills and ability to present work to executive team
  • A passion for games, 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
  • Consumer mobile or game development experience 
  • Experience in working with and coordinating large-scale projects with central teams

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits site

The pay range for this position in California  at the start of employment is expected to be between $109,800 and $162,480 per year.

The pay range for this position in Illinois at the start of employment is expected to be between $109,800 and $162,480 per year.

However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.  Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

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