We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Product Owner – Internal Content Services

OVERVIEW:

At Sportradar we've experienced a period of sustained hypergrowth due to a highly focused strategy. One of the basements of this success is the content we provide to our betting and media companies across the globe. Being part of Sportradar‘s Production Engineering tribe, your contribution will ensure the continuation of this trajectory.

As Product Owner for Internal Content Services you’ll have the responsibility to participate on a shared vision, roadmap, delivery and maintenance to our current and future iterations of the content technology stack, which includes Interface development, Integration and delivery services to our internal customers and consumers. You will be responsible for structuring the backlog of features be implemented (what) and scheduling the work (when). To be successful, you must thrive on solving complex problems, love working with interfaces and sports and communicating across external teams, internal stakeholders and customers.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Act as main contact point for parts of our internal services and interface related inquires around existing operations, new features and necessary integrations
• You drive product decisions based on constant exchange within the PO’s of our internal products, and you are responsible for planning, execution, end-to-end delivery and a high-quality outcome.
• Coordinate projects across cross-functional teams in product, design, and operations.
• Actively maintain the engineering roadmap of your owned components together with the technical leadership of the team
• Improve our technical workflows and operations in close collaboration with the Domain Architect and our operations unit

YOUR PROFILE:

Must-Have:

• Experience in Product Owner work and related methodologies, like Agile or other project management methods
• Bachelor and/or Master degree in Sports Science, IT, Data science, or relevant experience in Product management.
• Interest in Processes and Data delivery work
• Strong requirement composition skills, with experience of Gherkin and writing BDD User Stories and Acceptance Criteria in an Agile environment.
• Quality delivery: strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail and ability to multitask in delivering work to high quality (or something similar)
• Understanding of UX processes and environments
• Excellent communication skills - you are able to get different stakeholders (Product Management, Development Teams, Architects, DevOps ...) on the same page and align people and strategy
• Be an energetic self-starter with the ability to take ownership, manage risk and be accountable for deliverables
• You are a team player with passion for leading through coaching and mentoring 
• Process analysis, optimization and creation is important for you
• Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and able to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent written and spoken English skills are required

Nice-to-Have:

• Technical or Engineering Background
• Sports Analysis Background
• Network knowledge
• Interest in AI and possible improvements in this regard
• Interest for Sports and data gathering.
• Experience in working with cloud computing technologies like AWS, GCP or other

OUR OFFER:

• Opportunity to turn your sports passion into a job
• Work in a team where what you build will be in use to deliver 1000+ sports-events per day immediately after product-releases.
• Be part of one of the fastest growing digital sports companies in the world at the exiting intersection of sports, media and video
• Work together with a young, highly motivated and enthusiastic core of people
• Exciting job field with the opportunity for personal development

SPORTRADAR

Sportradar is a global leader in understanding and leveraging the power of sports data and digital content for its clients around the world. We provide cutting-edge solutions and services to media companies, bookmakers, sports federations and state authorities.

We are a truly international business employing over 2,000 people in more than 30 locations around the world. Our rapid growth has been driven by technological innovation alongside an understanding of our clients' business needs. It is our commitment to excellent service, quality and reliability that makes us the trusted partner of more than 1,000 companies in over 100 countries. We occupy a unique position at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries. This creates an exciting and fast-moving working environment that rewards creative thinking and hard work. We are passionate about what we do, and we care passionately about our people. If you think you're up to the challenge, come and help us to grow, innovate and develop!

Make the team: Join us and shape your future as well as ours!

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences