Analytics Manager

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Barcelona, Cataluña
In-Office
Senior level
Gaming
The Role
The Game Analytics Manager will drive data-driven insights for game development, mentor a team, and enhance analytics methodologies for decision-making.
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Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

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:

We are seeking a skilled and strategic Game Analytics Manager to join our Analytics team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping the direction of our games by providing data-driven insights to senior leadership and driving initiatives that improve processes and solutions across the company.

You’ll also lead and develop a team of game analysts, helping them deliver valuable analyses to boost player retention, engagement, and monetization.

What You'll do: 

Collaborate with senior leadership and game teams to provide strategic insights that shape the game’s vision, roadmap, and business decisions.

  • Lead the analytics roadmap, aligning team efforts with game-specific and company-wide objectives while driving data-informed decision-making.
  • Manage and mentor a team of data analysts, fostering professional growth and ensuring high-quality, actionable deliverables.
  • Develop transversal analytics solutions, enhance A/B testing methodologies, and advocate for data literacy to empower teams company-wide.
  • Partner with analytics and data science teams to innovate and implement advanced tools and models that uncover user behavior trends and improve capabilities.
What You Bring:
  • 5+ years of analytics experience, with a proven track record of driving business impact and influencing strategic decisions.
  • Experience leading and mentoring data analysts or scientists, with a collaborative and team-oriented approach.
  • Strong technical skills, including proficiency in SQL, Python, and applied statistics (Bayesian knowledge is a plus).
  • Expertise in designing and analyzing A/B tests and implementing solutions with transversal impact across teams or departments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and a pragmatic mindset for balancing short-term needs with long-term goals.

Bonus Points: 

  • Experience working in the mobile gaming industry, ideally on Match-3 games.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning models using Python or R.
  • A passion for games and a deep interest in the mobile gaming space.
  • Skilled in creating dashboards and visualizing data using tools like Tableau or Looker.
What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?
  • Hybrid working model: we ask you to come to our Barcelona office at least 2 days per week
  • A generous 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays
  • Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Choose from the latest iOS or Android device when you join (phone or tablet)
  • Free language lessons in English, Spanish and Catalan
  • Spotify Premium to add the perfect soundtrack to your adventure
  • Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam
  • Take-Two Interactive employee stock purchase plan (eligibility criteria applies)
  • Professional development budget for skills training

Onsite perks include:

  • State of the art gym facilities
  • Free breakfast, lunch, and specialty coffee
  • Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser (no wallet needed!)

The list goes on and on… so get your game on and apply now! Click “Apply” to level up and submit your application in English.

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.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at [email protected] to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
2,449 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone.

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