Senior Product Manager - InPlay Betting

A bit about us:   

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies? Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties.   

We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team.    

If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us. We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.   

The role: Senior Product Manager, InPlay Betting
As Senior Product Manager for the betting cluster of Genius Sports, you will work closely with the product director and delivery teams translating high level roadmaps into work items. 

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 and throughout product delivery.  You will work with the Delivery Managers and 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, BAs, PMs, Agile Coaches who will assist you in achieving shared product goals.  As such, you will need to work transparently within our collaboration tools (e.g. Jira and Confluence). 

Main Responsibilities: 

The What (Strategic) 

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

• Work with the Product Director to produce the product vision, roadmap and identify opportunities 
• Translating product vision and roadmap into detailed work items in preparation for quarterly planning 
• Maintain strong links to key stakeholders across technical, commercial, support, marketing and operations in addition to key customers 
• Articulate vision and direction to the development team and stakeholders throughout the current and next quarter 
• 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 Delivery Lead to ensure alignment on all team and product matters 
• Produce relevant documentation to support product awareness and technical build 

Required Skills 

• Experience in product management in the online sports betting or gaming industry 
• 5+ years’ experience in a product management role 
• 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 
• Ability to work to deadlines 
• 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.     

How we work:   

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, in Hybrid models and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role.   

Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organization and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.    

Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.