Senior Talent Sourcer

Reposted 14 Days Ago
9 Locations
In-Office
79K-117K Annually
Senior level
Gaming
The Role
Seeking a Senior Talent Sourcer to develop sourcing strategies, engage candidates, analyze metrics, and collaborate with recruiting teams to build talent pipelines in the gaming industry.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 passionate and innovative Senior Sourcer to help scale and refine our new talent sourcing function. This role requires strategic thinking and hands-on execution, emphasizing identification and engagement of exceptional talent while fostering meaningful partnerships with our recruiting teams and hiring leaders. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of sourcing strategies, genuine enthusiasm for the gaming industry, and a commitment to building talent pipelines that reflect the global gaming community.

What You'll Do:
  • Develop and Implement Sourcing Strategies
    Leverage data-driven insights to develop, implement, and continuously refine sourcing strategies that attract world-class talent across engineering, art, design, product management, and emerging disciplines.
  • Hands-On Sourcing
    Source and engage both active and passive candidates through diverse platforms including LinkedIn, ArtStation, GitHub, industry conferences.
  • Collaboration with Recruiting and Hiring Managers
    Partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-functional leaders to understand evolving talent needs relevant to business objectives.
  • Talent Intelligence
    Conduct comprehensive talent and market mapping to understand industry trends, compensation benchmarks, and competitive landscape dynamics.
  • Relationship Building
    Cultivate authentic, long-term relationships with potential candidates, creating positive experiences that enhance our employer brand regardless of immediate hiring outcomes.
  • Performance Analytics
    Track and analyze comprehensive sourcing metrics to measure channel effectiveness, candidate quality, and pipeline health to develop sourcing recommendations that inform hiring strategies.
  • Employer Branding Support
    Collaborate with marketing and people teams to showcase our culture and values to candidates.
What You Bring:
  • 5+ years of sourcing experience, ideally in gaming (console, PC, mobile), entertainment technology, or adjacent techno-creative industries.
  • Advanced sourcing proficiency, Boolean search techniques, X-ray searches, social media recruiting, and emerging AI-powered sourcing tools
  • Experience leveraging data from sourcing and talent intelligence tools such as LinkedIN, ArtStation, Talent Neuron, Workday, Greenhouse, etc.
  • Strong understanding of the gaming industry talent landscape, role requirements, career progression paths, and how to monitor emerging trends.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage data to influence and engage partners across various functions, seniority levels, and skill backgrounds
  • Proven success in fast-paced, evolving organizations with changing priorities and emerging opportunities
  • Commitment to staying current with industry trends, sourcing innovations, and best practices in talent acquisition

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 site

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $78,900 and $116,760 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

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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