Senior Product Manager, Identity, Central Tech

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for the full product lifecycle, including product vision, competitive analysis, requirements gathering, feature prioritization, spec writing, roadmap management, and partner alignment.

• Drive the product strategy, product specifications, and collaborate with game teams to achieve product success.

• Define how to measure the success and effectiveness of products. Apply qualitative consumer insights and quantitative data to advise product decisions and build business rationale.

• Build product vision by understanding customer needs, partnering closely with Product and Engineering leaders on game teams to create feedback loops for continued improvements and identify patterns of need across Zynga.

• Evangelize our offerings by articulating the value of our products and how they help solve the problems faced by our customers while aligning roadmaps to facilitate go-to-market execution.

• Identify & deconstruct competitive offerings in the market, formulate insights and use them to drive future roadmap direction.

• Responsible for a large central technology product area and/or multiple products.

• Collaborate closely with other technical leaders in Central Technology and across fields to drive best practices and positive team culture.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 3-5 years of product management in digital products, games, or mobile apps.

  • Familiarity with digital user profiles is beneficial but not required.

  • Familiarity with data Privacy / Compliance / Regulatory a plus

• Start-up, social networking, or consulting experience is a strong plus

• Strong product management expertise and experience building great products that meet customer needs

  • Sound product judgment, ability to formulate product strategy and present clear measurable objectives that will lead to achieving our business goals.

  • Ability to create wire-frames, product specifications, and white papers.

  • Experience with lean, data driven principles to improve a product. Some experience with data analytics and SQL preferred.

• Ability to balance player, game, and business interests while considering technical costs and tradeoffs.

• Strong project management skills and ability to present work to executive staff.

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

• A driven self-starter and a great teammate

• BA/BS degree, MBA, or Computer Science preferred