Senior Director, Product

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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 timesconnecting 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 Jamplus 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 youre spinning strategizing matching or competing Zynga is where fun meets innovationand where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

Position Overview:

Join us in our mission to connect the world through games and to delight consumers with exhilarating social gaming experiences! Zynga is looking for an experienced Senior Product leader who can own outcomes drive results create fun for our players and directly impact the business performance of large-scale games including perennial Zynga favorites Words with Friends and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. As Senior Director of Product you will oversee product and game design verticals with Creative Directors and Heads of Product reporting directly to you. You work closely with game team leadership to align on a cohesive vision and strategy for each business unit ensuring roadmaps are set up to deliver on business objectives. You will partner closely with Engineering Production Art and UX at your level to manage multiple large-scale live franchises and shepherd in-development casual titles to launch.

What Youll Do:

• Responsible for overall vision strategy and top-line business outcomes for the casual divisions product portfolio currently made up of Words with Friends Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and an unannounced casual title.

• Directly manage Heads of Product and Creative Directors on casual while working to develop future product and design leaders.

• Collaborate with respective discipline leaders of the Casual Division to drive overall business growth healthy culture and productive and happy teams.

• Drive product design or innovation that represents a meaningful contribution to the company.

• Consistently identify product risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• Manage expectations and communicate optimally to both the game team and senior executives in a variety of formats including Quarterly Business Reviews.

• Ensure the teams product decisions are based on rigorous analysis and intuitive design. Define analytics standards in partnership with the analytics manager.

• Inform and validate roadmap/product direction through proactive customer engagement methods and Consumer Insights partnership.

• Strong partner with marketing user acquisition analytics consumer insights central product lifecycle management and VIP

What You Bring:

• 10 years of experiencein product management in consumer web or game development is helpful but not required.

• Capable of leading product strategy and vision across the company.

• Ability to provide competitive analysis and strategic direction for any feature.

• Leader who defines experimentation best practices including experiment design analysis methodologies experiment reports and readouts.

• Strong manager who ensures reports receive mentorship training and feedback.

• Passion for games and crafting fun compelling and exciting user experiences.

• Outstanding written/oral organizational analytical abilities and attention to detail.

• BA/BS degree.

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 $227700 and $337020 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 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 Companys 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 use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

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