Senior Project Manager, Advertising Monetization

Who We Are:

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. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog

Zynga is seeking a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to lead the planning, development, testing, release, and management of live operations within our advertising monetization group.

The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with product management, engineering leadership, other project managers, and game teams to balance commitments and milestones, ensuring predictable project execution. This role facilitates challenging trade-offs and requires a tactical approach to day-to-day execution. The Senior Project Manager should proactively identify areas for improvement and drive vital changes, ensuring that all team members feel supported and aligned in overcoming confusion, miscommunication, and differing expectations.

What You'll Do: 

• Tackle direct project management responsibilities for critical engineering projects.
• Identify improvement opportunities and propose solutions that align with business objectives.
• Define project scope, determine the required resources, and develop schedules and milestones in collaboration with engineering leadership and product management.
• Create, plan, and manage team capacity while tracking throughput and velocity. Address any roadblocks that arise.
• Monitor and report progress weekly. Oversee risks and mitigation strategies while proactively working to eliminate blockers.
• Collaborate with discipline partners to execute roadmap items and drive project execution at the team or pod level.
• Identify process pain points and collaborate with engineering leaders, product managers, and other project managers to implement changes that enhance both quality and transparency for external groups.
• Ensure clear project definitions and criteria for completion are established.
• Ensure that project deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and meet required quality standards.
• Lead technical scrums and implement agile project management practices.
• Initiate, foster, maintain, and manage positive working relationships with internal and external organizations that are critical to both current and future development processes.
• Communicate goals and team principles to cultivate a stimulating and enjoyable work environment and culture

What You'll Bring: 

• 5+ years experience working in cross-functional development teams.
• At least 3 years experience as a Project Manager within the tech industry, games or consumer mobile apps preferred
• Ability to motivate, support, and guide the development team to attain successful outcomes and business objectives
• Self-starter with out of the box thinking
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, along with a keen attention to detail
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time

Bonus Points: 

• 5+ years experience as a technical project manager
• Experience working in the advertising and/or mobile gaming sectors
• Familiarity with client and server technologies for live games
• Computer science, statistics or technical degree
• Scrum Master or Agile Coach certification

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 Zynga Benefits.

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.

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