Head of Sportsbook Product - MSS

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

OVERVIEW:

The Sportradar sportsbook is central platform in which all Sportradar products come together as a seamless one-stop shop for operators.

We are looking for a Head of Sportsbook product with an excellent knowledge of Sportsbetting and the e-gaming industry products from both an end user and operator perspective, including:

• Strong market knowledge and experience in the Sport betting and E-gaming industries
• Planning and coordinating product development, mainly digital products based on cloud.
• Third party content feeds
• Front end display and functionality
• Bet acceptance and settlement processes.
• Regional product differentiations.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Working closely with the unit leadership to drive the development of a product strategy that fits with the company vision and strategy.
• Working collaboratively to produce and manage the Sportsbooks product road map.
• Being the ambassador for the product and the primary contact for queries relating to the product. 
• Engage with other unit’s Heads of Product, understanding and aligning the roadmaps as required.
• Managing a team of highly motivated and competent product managers to drive forward the Sportsbook product in the market.
• Understanding of the software development and product development life cycles.
• Understanding and breaking down Product initiatives into requirements and Epics.
• Understand the business value behind feature requests and create a suitable business case for Initiatives and Epics if needed.
• Ensuring that projects stay on track to achieve delivery commitments, including problem solving and trade off analysis when necessary.
• Working with the development team and monitoring the progress of projects during the development cycle to ensure that they have the correct functionality according to the scope. 
• Taking part in demonstrations of software releases and collecting feedback on improvements for future development.
• Continually researching the market, our competitors, customer usage behaviour and technology trends to ensure that we maintain market leading products.

YOUR PROFILE:

• You should have at least five years' experience in Product Management.
• You should have three years management experience.
• You should have a fundamental understanding of the customer experience of using sports betting products.
• You should be familiar with the regional differences of sports betting products.
• Having experience of both retail and online sports betting products is an advantage.
• You will have a collaborative attitude with all stakeholders during the visioning and scoping of projects.
• You need to be a creative and strategic thinker with problem solving skills
• You must have attention to detail in product design.
• You will have a good understanding of the development process and product development lifecycle and have experience and full domain of Agile methodologies.
• You will require good organisational and time management skills and the ability to work across different teams to deliver a common goal
• You will have experience of defining a minimum marketable product and a minimum viable product.
• You will have experience in defining road maps and prioritizing project backlogs.
• You will have good presentation and leadership skills
• You will have a basic understanding of the technologies used in product development.
• You will need to demonstrate great communication and presentation skills in English. Spanish a second language that will be considered an advantage.

If you think you’re up to the challenge, come and help us to grow, innovate and develop!

Additional Information

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!