Senior Product Manager - Unannounced Project

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior level
Gaming • Sports
The Role
Lead product management for an unannounced mobile free-to-play action game. Responsibilities include defining product vision and roadmaps, managing live operations schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, conducting user and competitive research, analyzing data, driving feature development, and collaborating with analytics, marketing, legal, release operations, and user acquisition teams.
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Who We Are:
NaturalMotion is an award-winning UK game studio dedicated to crafting world-class mobile experiences. Alongside our continued live-service development on CSR Racing 2 (#1 drag racing series of all time), our team is stepping into its next chapter with an ambitious, unannounced project. Honoured for eight consecutive years as a GamesIndustry.biz Best Place to Work in the UK winner and named a Top 50 UK Game Maker in 2025 and 2026, we offer a collaborative studio culture backed by the global reach of Zynga and Take-Two Interactive.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join us at NaturalMotion to help build a new, unannounced mobile free-to-play action game.

We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

What You’ll Do:

  • Work closely with a multi-disciplined team (Design, Art, Programming & Analytics) to design, scope and implement core features that result in an outstanding gameplay experience for our players and positively inflect metrics.
  • Own and manage the live operations schedule, ensuring best-in-class execution. Emphasis on attention to detail, proactive communication, and measurable results.
  • Support the leadership team in defining and iterating upon the game’s business strategy to build a robust product roadmap for development and post-launch live content.
  • Drive user and competitive research, champion the usage of core innovative game technology, and ensure that product decisions are based on in-depth data analysis and an understanding of the market.
  • Collaborate effectively across different business divisions, including release operations, user acquisition, legal, and other stakeholders, given the use of an established Take-Two IP.
  • Effectively champion product vision & strategy, monitor product progression through completion of milestones and partner with other parts of the organisation including Central Analytics and Product Marketing.
  • Build knowledge and understanding of data driven insights within the rest of the team through regular communication about relevant dashboards and reports.
  • Act as an independent, self-starter capable of driving projects forward autonomously.

What You’ll Bring:

  • Product Management experience in free-to-play game development, with a proven track record in managing live operations and executing best-in-class practices.
  • Strong passion for and in-depth knowledge of mid-core games, specifically within the action, shooter, or RPG genres.
  • Proven experience working effectively with various cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., release operations, user acquisition, legal).
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently as a self-starter, owning features and schedules without requiring direct reports.
  • Ability to create wire-frames, product specifications and white papers.
  • Exceptional data analysis skills, coupled with advanced Excel and SQL proficiency.
  • Strong project management skills and ability to present work to executive staff.
  • Outstanding written and oral communication.
  • Strong organisational and analytical skills, as well as excellent attention to detail.
  • Ability to provide clear direction, set measurable goals and give insight on industry trends.

Bonus Points:

  • Previous experience with new game development through to worldwide launch.
  • Experience with shipping/managing games on multiple platforms.

 What We Offer You:

  • Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme
  • 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays & 2 paid personal days
  • 6 months fully paid maternity/adoption leave and 16 weeks fully paid paternity leave (eligibility criteria applies)
  • Pension plan, with a double matching employer contribution
  • Private medical & dental insurance and healthcare cash plan
  • Life insurance, personal accident insurance and income protection
  • Mental health and neurodiversity support programs
  • Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan (eligibility criteria applies)
  • Fitness reimbursement plan, worth £600 per annum
  • Flexible working hours
  • Weekly happy hours, seasonal parties and monthly social events
  • Annual rail season ticket advance and cycle to work scheme

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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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

Skills Required

  • Product Management experience in free-to-play game development
  • Proven experience managing live operations
  • In-depth knowledge of mid-core action, shooter, or RPG games
  • Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently and own features and schedules
  • Ability to create wireframes, product specifications, and white papers
  • Advanced Excel and SQL proficiency
  • Strong project management skills
  • Ability to present work to executive staff
  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to set measurable goals and provide industry insights
  • Experience taking a new game through worldwide launch
  • Experience shipping or managing games on multiple platforms
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The Company
HQ: London
220 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

Our goal is to wow people with creativity and technology. We like making stuff that seems impossible. The thrill of achieving this together in a team – and seeing the result played by millions is what makes us tick. Our hit games include CSR2 and Dawn of Titans, we’re currently developing our first Star Wars game for mobile and Nintendo Switch, Star Wars: Hunters™. NaturalMotion was founded in 2001 and has three studios in the UK: London, Brighton & Birmingham. For the past five consecutive years (2018 - 2022), NaturalMotion studios have been listed as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards. NaturalMotion is proud to be a Zynga studio. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, Zynga has a diverse portfolio of popular game franchises that have been downloaded more than four billion times on mobile including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. With Chartboost, a leading mobile advertising and monetization platform, Zynga is an industry-leading next-generation platform with the ability to optimize programmatic advertising and yields at scale. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe and Asia

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