ASO & Partnerships Director

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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 timesconnecting players in 175 countries through fun strategy and a little friendly competition.

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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California our teams span North America Europe and Asia working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether youre spinning strategizing matching or competing Zynga is where fun meets innovationand where you can take your career to the next level.

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We are looking for an ASO & Partnerships leader to drive organic growth and deepen platform relationships for Merge Dragons Monster Legends Dragon City FarmVille titles and many more. This role owns the studios app store optimization strategy end-to-end and serves as our primary relationship holder with the major app store platforms Google Play the Apple App Store Microsoft Store and Amazon Appstore.

You will lead a team responsible for improving organic visibility store conversion and featuring while working closely with Product Creative UA and Data teams to unlock sustainable organic growth and strengthen the top of the funnel. You will mentor and empower the ASO team to deliver best-in-class execution and youll be the studios trusted voice in front of our platform partners.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Own the end-to-end ASO strategy for the portfolio driving organic installs store conversion and keyword/category rankings across all markets.
• Define and manage the yearly organic growth roadmap including localization seasonal and launch strategies.
• Set the studios platform partnership strategy aligning featuring and promotional opportunities with business priorities and release calendars.

Platform Partnerships

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with Google Play Apple App Store Microsoft Store and Amazon Appstore partner teams.
• Secure featuring editorial placements and promotional opportunities across launches updates and key seasonal moments.
• Advocate for early access to platform betas new store features monetization tools and APIs and channel those opportunities back to Product and UA.
• Represent the studio in partner reviews QBRs and industry events and negotiate co-marketing and joint business plans.

Performance Optimization

• Lead store listing experimentation (Custom Product Pages Product Page Optimization Google Play store listing experiments) to improve conversion rate.
• Own keyword and metadata optimization and build rigorous test roadmaps across icons screenshots preview videos and descriptions.
• Establish measurement frameworks to attribute organic uplift and quantify the impact of ASO and featuring initiatives.

Team & Collaboration

• Mentor ASO managers specialists and analysts; build structured career growth and execution excellence.
• Partner closely with Creative teams to fuel store asset testing velocity and creative breakthroughs.
• Collaborate with UA Product and Data teams to ensure cohesive full-funnel optimization and visibility improvements.

Operational Excellence

• Establish clear accountability for results with transparent reporting and actionable insights.
• Improve execution speed through better process prioritization and cross-team alignment.

Qualifications

• 610 years of ASO or mobile organic growth experience in free-to-play ideally in gaming.
• Proven track record of improving organic installs and store conversion at scale across multiple markets.
• Established working relationships with platform partner teams (Apple Google and ideally Microsoft and/or Amazon).
• Strong fluency in ASO tools (e.g. AppTweak Sensor Tower ) and store listing A/B testing methodologies.
• Deep understanding of app store algorithms ranking factors and each platforms merchandising ecosystem.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple functions.
• Bonus: familiarity with Match-3/puzzle models and hybrid-casual or builder games.

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Director

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1