About Playtech 
Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial trading industries with c.6,400 employees across 24 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. Playtech directly owns and operates Snaitech, the leading sports betting and gaming company in online and retail in Italy. www.playtech.com

Reporting to Casino Product Manager we are looking for a superstar Casino Product Owner (CPO) to join our growing award-winning team! The main purpose of this role is to support the Casino Product Management (CPM) team in delivering the Casino Product Roadmap. This key role acts as the main point of communication between the CPM and the development teams, where the CPO will be responsible for aligning development priorities between new features and feature improvements, in line with the agreed priority from the CPM. The CPO will also be responsible for organising and minuting meetings with development teams and analysts and informing CPMs about any issues or delays to projects. We are looking for someone who can:

• Backlog grooming: Ensure all tickets have full user stories that development teams and analysts can use to fulfil the requirements for:
  • New Features
  • Feature Changes
• Ensure tickets are relevant for Product stream, and reassign to relevant streams if not
• Convert customer feedback into actionable user stories and add to the backlog
• Prioritise the backlog, ensuring development teams know what they are to focus on
• Maintain Confluence page with current priorities for Architects
• Facilitate delivery of Product Roadmap
• Main link between CPMs and Development Teams
• Gives feedback to CPMs on Casino Product Roadmap
• Facilitate meetings, including:
  • Short Kanban: Weekly meeting to discuss Iron Projects
  • Long Kanban: Monthly reviewing all items in Analysis to Development
  • Jackpots: Fortnightly to assign priority to work needed for Jackpots
  • APAC: Weekly catch up with tasks for APAC region
  • System Demo: Fortnightly to review progress from Development Teams
• Coordinate QBR requests from Account Managers to relevant people within the Casino Team
• Initiate Casino Retrospectives on all delivered Iron Projects, feeding back on issues and recommendations for improved ways of working
• Requesting Project Management Resource for items that require alignment across multiple teams
• Present Competitor Analysis – Bring to the casino team insights seen in other products, not necessarily gaming related
• Personal Development
  • Development of Casino knowledge
  • Champion Innovation

Experience

Essential

• Solid organizational skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities with competing timelines
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Have experience in working with teams using Scrum or Kanban, or similar tools
• Familiar with gaming industry

Desirable

• Previous working experience as a Product Owner
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or Certified Scrum Master qualification
• Project management experience
• Proven experience driving product and business decisions
• Familiar with Agile/Lean product development practices
• A good knowledge and understanding of Casino

Job perks:

• Private comprehensive worldwide health and dental insurance,
• Complimentary breakfast, lunch, fruit, snacks, unlimited hot and cold drinks and more at our in-house canteen
• Many opportunities to socialise with your colleagues throughout the year, with many Company parties, events, team building activities, CSR initiatives and more!
• Free parking at Alcaidesa Car Park in La Linea de la Concepcion (for employees who reside in Spain outside of the La Linea area)
• A chance to level-up, with many learning and development opportunities available to all team members
• An investment in your mental and physical health, with a fully subsidised gym membership, as well as a free subscription to Headspace; the mindfulness meditation app

We also offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension program as well as a fantastic team culture. In addition, you'll get the opportunity to work in the gaming industry with one of the top teams in the sector. You'll get the chance to grow as a professional as well as the opportunity to invest in your educational growth. Playtech is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all interested candidates. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Unless otherwise instructed, we will retain your details on file for 6 months in accordance with GDPR requirements.