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Lead Product Manager

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Lead Product Manager

2 Weeks ago • 5 Years + • Product Management

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Job Description

As a Lead Product Manager at Zynga's Central Product Management team (CPM), you'll manage the end-to-end lifecycle of complex products across multiple feature areas. Responsibilities include writing and consulting on specifications, overcoming design challenges, promoting interoperability and scale, and driving the overall research strategy. You'll leverage data analysis to inform product decisions, develop deep customer insights, and coordinate Product Managers across multiple products. The role requires setting clear objectives, crafting project plans, driving positive business outcomes, delivering vision and strategy, monitoring product progression, and partnering with product marketing for launches. Experience in consumer mobile or game development, strong data analysis skills, and exceptional leadership abilities are essential.

Must have:

5+ years product management experience
Consumer mobile or game dev experience
Wireframing, spec writing, white papers
Dynamic application & multivariate testing
Team leadership & development
Exceptional data analysis skills
Project management & executive presentations
Passion for games & user experience

Good to have:

SQL querying abilities
Experience with large-scale projects

Who We Are:

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars™: Hunters, CSR Racing™, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Monster Legends, Toon Blast™, Top Eleven, Toy Blast™, Two Dots, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™.Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager on our Central Product Management team (CPM) 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.

What You'll Do:

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.

What You Bring:

5+ years experience in product management in consumer products
Experience in consumer mobile or game development experience
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

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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