Senior AI Business Partner

We are seeking an AI Business Partner to join our team as we build support and implement our AI strategy at Zynga . In this role you play a key part in ensuring individuals throughout the business are well-positioned to benefit from this exciting new technology including collaborating directly with partner teams deploying limited evaluations working with vendors developing important resources and reference materials and assessing the overall impact of these tools.

• Foster strong relationships and open communication across Zynga to educate share best practices and overall set our customers up for success with our tools.
• Stay current on the trends and advancements in the AI ecosystem.
• Work with stakeholders across disciplines (e.g. the Art community) to develop track and report on business KPIs relevant to AI implementation
• Assess the adoption and efficiency of these services to inform if we should modify the terms of our engagement migrate to a new solution or eventually build our own. 
• Be responsible for onboarding and sunsetting these vendors. 
• Raise issues and feature requests to our vendors.
• Evaluate AI vendors for fitness ethics security and legality. 
• Assist in AI governance and compliance of third-party providers by working with Legal and other partners including maintaining the status of each vendor tracking issues managing tickets coordinating meetings and reporting to management.
• Expedite across dependencies such as Legal Security or Procurement to reduce delays in getting tools into the hands of our internal customers. 
• Coordinate closely with other fields (especially Production Product Management and Engineering) to ensure alignment against the AI team and T2's goals.​

• B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science Business Administration or other relevant fields
• Understanding and knowledge of AI applications and methods
• Experience using or building AI
• Experience in project management production and/or product management
• Experience managing relationships with third-party vendors
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Ability to manage workload and consistently achieve delivery timelines
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Ability to challenge and influence in a collaborative way

• Prior work in game development and/or customer success
• Experience gathering user feedback through playtesting or focus testing to draw insights and guide decisions

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 Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $75700 and $112060 CAD 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. Ontario only: The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

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.