Product Owner

Sporty's sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa's list of top websites for the countries they operate in.

Our Product Owners are responsible for maximizing the value of the product generated by the development team’s work and primarily responsible for managing product backlogs. Ensuring that the product supports Company goals and keeping on top of market trends will be key assets in this role.

Responsibilities

• Defining of prioritized product roadmap based on key business drivers, competitor analysis and user-driven research
• Delivery of product requirements to support the vision of product roadmap
• Development of business cases to demonstrate the benefits of the roadmap and measurement of subsequent level of success through predetermined KPIs
• Acquisition of a complete functional understanding of the systems and platforms required to facilitate the end-to-end customer experience
• Daily interaction with internal and external development partners to clarify development requirements and to drive development and third-party integrations in an agile environment
• Regular interaction with key business areas including marketing and operations to ensure that new features are developed based on their needs and clearly communicated to them
• Research, define, recommend and implement digital specific innovation across the customer experience
• Seek input from external and internal stakeholders and keep abreast of industry and sector best practice
• Awareness of regulatory environments and the associated impact on the product and customer experience

Requirements

• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Degree or Masters in a business or technology discipline is preferred.
• Agile qualification is preferred
• Complete digital technical & functional understanding
• Demonstrated experience managing sprint teams in an agile framework
• Experience in defining business requirements in the context of software and application development from a customer viewpoint
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Knowledge and experience of working with scrum agile delivery methods
• Experience in working with UI/UX teams
• Emerging market experience is preferred

Interview Process

• Aptitude Test
• Remote interview with 2 Engineers + Lead or Director
• 24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process 
  
  

Benefits

• Quarterly and flash bonuses
• Flexible working hours
• Top-of-the-line equipment
• Education allowance
• Referral bonuses
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Annual Global and Team company retreats 
• Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
• We score 100% on The Joel Test
• Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
• Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members