Senior Product Manager / 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

• 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!
• Communicate clearly with cross-functional team members.
• Own results of individual features/projects and consistently manage against defined expectations.
• Inform and execute against defined product strategy on a feature or project level.
• Understand core metrics. Use a hypothesis based analytical approach to conduct experimentation.

Desired Skills And Experience

• 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.
• Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets and understand the market landscape.
• 2-4+ years of experience in product management in consumer web or game development is preferred but not required
• Capable of building relationships and earning respect of cross-functional team.
• Ability to build wire-frames and product specifications.
• BA/BS degree
• Understanding of SQL for querying databases and conducting analysis.
• Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail

What We Offer You

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

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: Product Management

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

Connected Worker Type: Connected

Requisition Id: R_109379