Senior Product Manager

About 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

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join a small team making an exciting new game in the casual space. Join us and own projects, drive results and directly impact business performance of new and innovative game experiences. As Senior Product Manager, you will work closely with a cross functional group to write product specifications and drive feature development. You will also design experiments, leverage analytics to identify problems and opportunities, and get buy-in on solutions.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of cross functional developers to take features and initiatives from concept to launch.
• Report on feature performance and share learnings with the team as well as externally across the studio.
• Apply a hypothesis-based analytical approach and conduct experimentation.
• Develop expertise in core and domain specific metrics.
• Maintain focus on business goals and objectives while leading feature teams.
• Advocate for your team, your customers, and the business.
• Deliver detailed reporting on active experiments and game performance, distilling key observations into clear action plans that drive results.
• Work in a highly iterative and collaborative live game environment.
• Continuously strive to improve the business by playing the game, prioritizing feedback, and proactively pitching solutions and ideas.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in product management in live free-to-play video games, with experience in casual and dice games preferred.
• Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets and understand the market landscape.
• Able to propose efficient, goal focused features.
• Communicate effectively in large or small group settings and to senior management.
• Write and maintain product specifications.
• Adept at filtering and prioritizing large amounts of qualitative and quantitative feedback into digestible insights for the team and incorporating it into product requirements.
• Enjoy sharing meaningful takeaways that help other PMs and team members grow.
• Passion for games and crafting fun, compelling and exciting user experiences.
• Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical abilities, and attention to detail.

Benefits and Compensation

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 $108,900 and $161,160 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 and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

Key skills/competency

• Product Management
• Game Development
• Live Operations
• Free-to-Play Games
• Casual Games
• Product Specifications
• Data Analysis
• Experimentation
• User Experience
• Team Leadership