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Snr Technical Project Manager, Mobile Game Technology (Compliance)

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5 years

Location

Barcelona, Spain

JobType

full-time

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About the role

At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition. From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more! Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: Our mission at Zynga is to connect the world through games by building games around core social experiences to deliver deep player engagement, organic acquisition, and long-term retention. Join Zynga's Mobile Game Technology team and help us make an impact across all of the company's games! We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Technical Project Manager/Senior Producer to join our outstanding Production team. The immediate area of responsibility would be owning the Compliance pod within the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team. As you grow into the role, you will be expected to lead a second pod and/or other priority initiatives. You will work with engineering leadership, product management, other producers, and game/partner teams to balance a set of commitments with predictable execution. You should be able to facilitate tough trade-offs along the way, tackle any team challenges, and be tactical enough to know when to roll up your sleeves. You should proactively spot areas for improvement, then energetically drive those improvements all the while encouraging a feeling of teamwork and common purpose within the team. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! What You'll Do: Provide hands-on senior-level project/program management for a team that has multiple critical engineering projects, within our Mobile Game Technology GRC team. Manage capacity for the team. Track the throughput and velocity of the team. Ability to drive projects on time, within budget, and at the required level of quality. Anticipate challenges, proactively analyze risk by tracking and monitoring project progress and resource availability, and course correct as needed on the fly. Partner closely with engineering leaders, product managers and other producers to drive the product roadmap forward. Lead technical scrums and agile project implementation for globally distributed teams. Help develop collaborative working relationships with internal and external partners to increase the odds of positive outcomes. Passionately articulate goals and team principles to help form a stimulating and fun work environment and culture. Identify process gaps and support the creation of repeatable processes while improving existing project management policies and processes. Required Skills: 5+ years of program/project management experience. 3+ years experience leading software development teams in a waterfall/agile hybrid model. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work in a team environment with maturity and leadership. Ability to navigate complex scenarios with customers through the use of tact, conflict resolution, and bargaining skills. Data analysis skills to track project progress and team performance. Ability to lead under ambiguity, balancing multiple work-streams and priorities. Preferred Skills: Computer science or technical degree. PMP and/or agile certifications. Experience running a team who works on projects and supports live services and products simultaneously.

About the company

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment, connecting people through the power of play. It is a label under Take-Two Interactive and has over 6 billion game downloads worldwide. Zynga's diverse game portfolio includes fan-favorites like FarmVille, Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, and many more. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, Zynga has teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, crafting unforgettable gaming experiences.

Skills

project management
agile
software development
data analysis
communication
leadership