Product Manager, Analytics

Zynga; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in interactive entertainment is seeking a passionate Product Manager to join their Analytics team. This role involves driving the product vision and strategy to enhance marketing operations and performance. You will partner with marketing teams to understand user needs, develop automation tools, and create data pipelines that empower marketers. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a background in product management and a knack for effective communication. Join a dynamic and innovative environment where your contributions will significantly impact the gaming experience for millions worldwide.

Benefits

World-class benefits package

Equal opportunity employer

Support for individuals with disabilities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of product management experience with strong analytical skills.
• Experience in collaborating with marketing teams and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Establish product vision and strategy to improve marketing operations.
• Collaborate with engineers and analysts to execute product deliverables.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Tools

Marketing Technology Solutions

Job description

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.

We're searching for a Product Manager on our Analytics team who can help drive the team’s product vision and strategy. This Product Manager will work closely with Zynga’s marketing teams to understand their technological needs as they build out engaging experiences for our new and existing player base. Projects will range from development of automation tools, data pipelines, and ML models empowering marketers to effectively and efficiently meet their business objectives.

Zynga is known for its data-driven culture, its entrepreneurial mindset, and its fast-paced, challenging work environment where each individual can make a difference. We value strong analytical skills, problem-solving and quantitative experience. We look for great communicators, leaders and team players.

What you'll do:

1. Establish the product vision and strategy that will help improve marketing operations and performance across our business.
2. Partner with marketing teams to understand user needs and establish success criteria with clearly measurable objectives and key results to deliver a great end-user experience.
3. Partner with a world-class team of Engineers, Analysts, and Data Scientists to execute on product deliverables and deliver on the team’s mission.
4. Impact end-to-end product lifecycle of features spanning multiple areas.
5. Evangelize products within global organizations including marketing teams, data scientists, designers and leadership teams.
6. Collaborate to solve novel problems introduced by the ever-changing and increasingly challenging marketing data ecosystem.
7. Be or become an expert in Marketing data strategies and technologies including key vendors in the space, pros and cons of competing approaches, and trade offs involved with different strategies.
8. Implement best in class product development and management practices.
9. Communicate concisely and influence outcomes.
10. Develop the product roadmap and build alignment on prioritization which drives product execution.
11. Define and analyze metrics that inform product success & health.
12. Act as the glue between Marketing and Analytics teams to ensure all the teams are moving towards the same goal.

What you bring:

1. Strong analytical and problem solving skills a must with a Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or Business.
2. 2+ years of professional experience in a product management role.
3. Prior experience in working with Marketing teams or building marketing technology solutions.
4. Demonstrated experience with scoping projects, collecting requirements, creating product specifications, carrying features from ideation to deployment.
5. Good knowledge of agile software development methodologies and software development life cycle.
6. Demonstrated experience in collaborating across global teams in different organizations.
7. Experience with metrics-driven decision making.
8. Demonstrated capacity for developing and understanding strategy.
9. A track record for high performance and team/project leadership.
10. Enthusiastic, performance-driven self-starter and team player.
11. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What we offer you:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our 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 to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process.

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