Product Manager - Poker

Zynga; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking a passionate Product Manager to oversee the lifecycle of large-scale games. This role involves writing product specs, driving features to launch, and leveraging metrics for data-driven decision-making. Candidates should have experience in product management, a community focus, and a passion for gaming. Competitive benefits and compensation are offered.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid vacation and sick leave

401(K) plan and stock purchase program

Wellbeing programs for mental health

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in product management in consumer web or game development preferred.
• Strong community focus; interprets community feedback into product enhancements.
• Outstanding organizational and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Own the full product/game lifecycle and write specifications.
• Communicate with cross-functional team members.
• Use metrics-driven decisions for product features.

Skills

Product management experience

Community focus

Analytical abilities

Relationship building

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

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

Desired Skills and Experience

• 2+ years of experience in product management in consumer web or game development is preferred but not required
• Ability to deconstruct competing feature sets and understand the market landscape.
• Capable of building relationships and earning respect of cross-functional team.
• 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.
• Ability to build wire-frames and product specifications.
• 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:

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 $85,700nd $126,860 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.

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 [e-mail] to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

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