Product Manager – Words With Friends

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 business performance of large-scale games. As Product Manager, you will work closely with a cross functional group to write product specifications, drive features through launch and understand metrics to make data driven decisions.

Main Responsibilities

• Own results of individual features/projects and consistently manage against defined expectations.
• Understand core metrics. Use a hypothesis based analytical approach to conduct experimentation.
• Communicate clearly with cross-functional team members.
• Responsible for the full product/game lifecycle. Own and write product specifications while working in multi-disciplinary teams of design, analytics, UX, art, and engineering to launch features within Words with Friends!
• Inform and execute against defined product strategy on a feature or project level.

Desired Skills And Experience

• Passion for games and crafting fun, compelling and exciting user experiences.
• Ability to build wire-frames and product specifications.
• Capable of building relationships and earning respect of cross-functional team.
• BA/BS degree
• 2+ years of experience in product management in consumer web or game development is preferred but not required
• Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail
• Understanding of SQL for querying databases and conducting analysis.
• Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets and understand the market landscape.
• 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.

What We Offer You

• RRSP/DPSP company match contribution (Canada)
• Global Fitness reimbursement program
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits (US)
• Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
• Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events
• Global Wellbeing Program
• Competitive salary, bonus plan and ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• 401K Company Match Contribution (US)
• Subsidized Back-up child care
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily player
• Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Generous paid parental, pregnancy-related disability, caregiver, and compassionate leaves
• Health coverage, dental, disability, critical illness, EAP, and life insurance (Canada)
• Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
• Family planning support program
• Financial wellness program with unlimited access to certified financial planners

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!

We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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Careers Category: Other

Careers location: Austin, TX, Bay Area, CA, Carlsbad, CA, Chicago, IL, Eugene, OR, Toronto, Canada

Connected Worker Type: Connected

Requisition Id: R_109379