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 with an excellent knowledge of sports betting products from both an end user and operator perspective, including:
- Strong market knowledge and experience in the Sport betting industry
- Third party content feeds
- Front end display and functionality
- Bet acceptance and settlement processes.
- Regional product differentiations.
THE CHALLENGE:
- Lead a group of industry expert Product Managers and Product Owners and drive/motivate the product team by continuous career progress.
- Own end to end product strategy in line with Metric’s product vision and become the first point of contact to the C-level team.
- Being the ambassador for the product and the primary contact for queries relating to the product.
- Build and maintain a high performance, data-driven, diverse & collaborative product culture.
- Continuously improve execution velocity by creating effective collaboration models, processes, and operations
- Continually researching the market, our competitors, customer usage behavior and technology trends to ensure that we maintain market leading products.
- Develop solid relationships with third-party technology suppliers including gaming platforms and content providers.
- 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.
YOUR PROFILE:
- Having, at least, three years of experience working in the gambling industry.
- Strong understanding of sportsbook operator or B2B setting, as well as customer experience of using sports betting products.
- Experience with the regional differences of sports betting products and regional compliance knowledge.
- Proven record of building strong product teams and performance management
- Self-motivated with high energy
- Ability to translate complex, technical ideas into simple forms.
- Sets standards and works closely with others to ensure they are met
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Attention to detail in product design.
- Good understanding of the development process and product development lifecycle and have experience of Agile methodologies.
- Good organizational and time management skills and the ability to work across different teams to deliver a common goal
- Experience of defining a minimum marketable product and a minimum viable product.
- Experience in defining road maps and prioritizing project backlogs.
- Good presentation and leadership skills
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!
