Executive Producer
About The Position
Zynga, a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, is seeking a passionate, motivated, and expert Executive Producer to join their team. This role is for someone who thrives on taking a game from concept to a thriving live game, leading teams through all phases of development from early concept and prototyping through production, launch, and live operations. The Executive Producer will be the production anchor, working closely with creative and technical leaders to guide and motivate the team, cultivate a positive team culture, and be an outstanding problem solver and communicator who is hands-on at any phase of development. Zynga has a diverse game portfolio and has been downloaded over 6 billion times, connecting players in 175+ countries.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience leading and guiding multidisciplinary teams through all stages of development with at least 2 games shipped as Executive Producer, Development Director or Game Director
- Proven ability leading multi-disciplinary teams to create and grow great games
- Strong understanding of successful game titles, foundational mechanics and live-service models
- Extensive knowledge of and fluency in the game development process. Understands the ins and outs of game development from concept through live operations
- Able to motivate, support and guide others to attain successful outcomes and business objectives
- Experience with various project management tools (Jira is a plus)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong analytical skills, along with a keen attention to detail
- Problem solver
- Flexibility and adaptability are key
Nice To Haves
- Mobile experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Take a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to project management, prioritizing flexibility and continuous iteration
- Work with your key reports to create an organizational structure, processes, and project plan that allow the team to produce high quality work efficiently on time and on budget
- Work collaboratively with multiple teams to proactively get results and outcomes
- Passionately articulate goals and team principles to help form a stimulating and fun work environment and culture
- Identify and help guide the team around potential hazards that come up through the game development process
- Define and implement best practices, ensuring clear communication across the team and with other production leaders to set organizational standards
- Help the game team navigate all stages of the development process
- Help build and strengthen the communication between teams and locations
- Own quality of the product and be the player advocate to the team
- Coordinate and conduct post-mortems and retrospectives to foster continuous learnings and improvement
- Help foster a positive culture
- Effectively communicate the core experience of your game to other parts of the Zynga organization, and help ensure that your product leverages the ideas and resources of the larger organization
Benefits
- 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
- reimbursements for fitness-related expenses
- 401(K) plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
