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Manage outsourced game development pipelines and vendor relationships across multiple studios. Oversee schedules, budgets, contracts, and vendor evaluation; negotiate rates, draft POs/SOWs, approve invoices, and coordinate with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and studios. Provide project reporting, risk mitigation, and mentorship to Associate Producers while maintaining cross-functional alignment and vendor performance.

Lead development of core client systems and engine-level infrastructure in Unity/C#. Diagnose and fix cross-cutting performance issues, upgrade third-party SDKs, evolve build tooling, produce design docs, scope multi-week infrastructure initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive profiling, optimization, and architecture changes to enable future features.

Senior server-side engineer to develop and extend gameplay features and systems using PHP, work with relational and non-relational data stores, integrate new tools, and help define and scope work on high-profile live game titles.

Manage and grow a designated VIP player base by retaining, reactivating, and increasing lifetime value through proactive outreach (125+ contacts/day), consultative relationship building, cross-functional collaboration, campaign analysis, and meeting productivity, quality, CSAT, reactivation, and engagement targets.

Lead visual and UX direction for a new mobile game, manage and grow a creative team, direct motion graphics and animation, prototype in Figma and Unity, establish style guides and processes, collaborate cross-functionally, and ensure high-quality, consistent UI/UX delivery from concept through release.

Partner with sales and sales marketing to build RFP responses, media plans, decks, and ad/tech specs. Pull inventory in GAM, complete RFIs, hand off to AMs for IOs, and maintain consistency across pitches while staying current on Zynga games and digital media trends.

Lead UX/UI design for mobile games: create flows, wireframes, Figma prototypes, design systems, visual assets, and Unity implementations. Conduct research and testing, collaborate with art and engineering, mentor UX staff, and own UX across multiple feature pods to deliver engaging, usable game experiences.

Lead the design, modeling, simulation, and live tuning of the Zynga Poker in-game economy. Drive retention and monetization through data-informed economy features, A/B testing, predictive models, and cross-functional collaboration with product, analytics, and live-ops teams.

Work with large game datasets to measure and improve VIP engagement, campaign effectiveness, and player support. Build data models, dashboards, and analyses; collaborate with game analysts, product teams, and stakeholders to provide insights and ad-hoc reporting to optimize player outreach and satisfaction.