Senior Product Manager, Platform Experience

By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com.

About the role:

As Senior Product Manager for the betting cluster of Genius Sports, you will work closely with the VP of Product and delivery teams translating high level roadmaps into work items. Your focus will be consolidating our external and internal tools across many products and verticals into a seamless user experience.

Your responsibilities will cover both the strategic and tactical aspects of Product Management.  The tactical aspects of the role require requirements scoping, definition of epic level acceptance criteria, working with the delivery team during planning phases throughout product delivery.  You will work with the squad leads and architects to ensure all aspects of delivery have been accounted for (this includes operational help, domain knowledge share and go-to-market strategy).

You will work with a committed and collaborative team of developers, QAs, PMs, Squad leads and SME’s who will assist you in achieving shared product goals. 

Key Responsibilities:

The What (Strategic)

Ensure your team and stakeholders are fully invested and helping you to shape the product vision, goals and strategy

• Work with the Product VP and other related stakeholders to produce the product vision, roadmap and identify strategic opportunities

• Translating product vision and roadmap into detailed work items in preparation for delivery

• Maintain strong links to key stakeholders across technical, commercial, support, marketing and operations in addition to key customers utilizing KPIs and OKRs for success

• Articulate vision and direction to the development team and stakeholders throughout the development, go-to-market cycle and post launch analysis.

• Keep abreast of developments in the industry and with specific competitors identifying threats and opportunities

The How (Tactical)

• Support the operational running of the product on a day-to-day basis

• Managing the release to customers and go-to market strategy

• Define epics with comprehensive acceptance criteria, interacting with relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts to verify work is correctly specified and relevant assets (wireframes, designs) are included

• Verifying that epics are completed to the expectation set out in the acceptance criteria

• Work closely with Squad Lead to ensure alignment on all team and product matters

• Produce relevant documentation to support product awareness and technical build

Qualifications

• Experienced in Front End product development with a focus on sports betting

• 5+ years’ experience in Product Management roles

• Proven experience in developing a product strategy and effectively managing roadmaps.

• Experience with software product development methodologies, mainly focused on agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Deep experience in gathering and transforming product requirements into a practical product roadmap

• Strong background in BI and/or Analytics required; experience working on data-oriented products preferred

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

• Passionate about working in the betting industry

• Team leadership

• Highly collaborative nature

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.

We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location. Occasional travel may be required.

As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports.

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We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports.

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