// Open Role at Zynga
Zynga, a global leader in social games, is seeking a passionate and experienced Lead Producer to manage development schedules, optimize team capacity, and lead production processes for their diverse portfolio of mobile games. If you thrive in rapid development cycles and possess exceptional leadership skills, join them in Bangalore, India.
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Zynga, the global leader in social games, is currently seeking a full-time Lead Producer. We are looking for a passionate, self-motivated and experienced leader to manage scheduling and lead all aspects of the development processes. Are you highly organized with excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in management for both internal and external studios?
This position will keep a clear line of communication with the game’s development /production team and will build and maintain task lists and schedules for the project. A crucial part of the producer role is the communication of the key daily, weekly and quarterly goals, achievements, issues, concerns and updates to the team.
Under the direction of the Executive Producer, work will encompass identifying, describing, tracking and reviewing tasks for development team members, and the organization and management of individual, departmental and project-wide scheduling information. Identification of task dependencies, people management, and task reviews, weekly reporting and assist in setting daily, weekly, quarterly development goals.
Manage the production schedule of the project.
Optimize capacity across a project based on team efficiency and velocity.
Effective leadership of producers providing guidance, support and career growth.
Ensure that key developmental and production objectives are satisfied.
Implements project tracking through JIRA and scope management processes.
Coordinate roadmap planning, execution, review and release of project sprints and live updates.
Set priorities of action items and lead the communication and alignment with the team.
Proactively identify dependencies and risks to the project plan and own the solutions to mitigate those risks.
Define and continually improve the production process.
Communicate project status regularly with team members and track the status of tasks and ensure goals are met.
Write and maintain internal documentation.
Serves as an internal game critic and player advocate providing and collecting feedback with an eye towards making the game the best it can be.
Champion an open, inclusive and positive work environment.
8+ years production experience with one or more complete development cycles in a production role
Launch and support of a game or product as a live service
Demonstrate outstanding organization, communication and leadership skills
Comfortable switching between the tactical and strategic
Experience with Agile/Waterfall/SCRUM development
Consistent track record working in rapid development cycles.
Experience leading multi-discipline teams.
Must be self-directed, detail oriented and a problem solver with a burning desire to contribute to a uniquely creative environment.
Promote candid communication of issues with a show and tell approach.
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 the Zynga Benefits
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- 8+ years production experience with one or more complete development cycles in a production role. - Launched and supported a game or product as a live service. - Demonstrated outstanding organization, communication, and leadership skills. - Comfortable switching between tactical and strategic thinking. - Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or SCRUM development methodologies. - Consistent track record working in rapid development cycles. - Experience leading multi-discipline teams. - Self-directed, detail-oriented, and a problem solver with a desire to contribute to a creative environment. - Promotes candid communication of issues with a show and tell approach.