Digital Product Owner [IC2] 

London, UK 

Company Description 

OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored services. We have their back. So they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide. 

OpenBet’s mission is to power growth and player engagement for operators through a global betting ecosystem that delivers at scale, at speed, at every great sports event. Our 1000 talented colleagues are the market's top team. We achieve billions of bets in a season; 60,000+ per second (more transactions than Amazon on Prime Day); 100% uptime (zero Superbowl crashes!) and we're built on 25 years of imaginative technology that is iterated daily.   

OpenBet has established a premium client base of more than 75 operators worldwide and has 34 licenses across the fastest growing regulated sports betting markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The team is growing at scale, driven by accelerated demand for our products and significant investment. We offer the speed, dynamism and growth opportunities of a start-up, underpinned by the stability and strength of a global employer.   

Working at OpenBet every day is an opportunity for you to create exciting betting entertainment for millions of sports fans across the globe. 

Want to be part of our evolving future growth? 

Position Overview 

As an OpenBet Product Owner, you will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of key features to improve the OpenBet Product offering, ensuring they align with OpenBet’s strategic goals and meet the needs of our clients and end users. You will collaborate closely with product peers, designers, developers and QA, to drive the entire product development lifecycle. 

The Product Owner is a subject matter expert who cares passionately about building the ultimate betting experience. They will be responsible for sharing the sprint vision with Agile teams and ensuring that sprint goals are met. This is a customer focused role, requiring you to keep on top of the betting + sports industry. 

The Digital Product Owner specialises in OpenBet’s frontends: our sportsbook websites and native apps. This means they care deeply about great user experience, and collaborate with our UX team to produce market-leading features. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Product backlog: Own the backlog for an individual product within OpenBet, prioritising features, and creating new innovative improvements to your product. 

• Requirement Definition: Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, ensuring a deep understanding of user needs, market trends, and business objectives. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, development, and QA teams to ensure the successful and timely delivery of high-quality features 

• Agile Methodology: Work within the company’s agile framework, facilitate efficient and effective product development cycles. Help the team to plan and improve their ways of working through retrospectives 

• Performance Monitoring: Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), user feedback, and market trends to iterate on the mobile product strategy and enhance user satisfaction. 

• Stakeholder Communication: Regularly communicate progress, updates, and challenges to key stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with organisational objectives. 

Qualifications 

What would make you the Product Owner we're looking for: 

• 2+ year’s industry experience 

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams. 

• Solid knowledge of agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment. 

• Analytical mindset with the ability to make data-driven decisions. 

• Exceptional organisational and project management skills. 

• Passion for staying current on industry trends and emerging technologies. 

Bonus skills 

• Industry experience (Sports Betting) 

• Experience working with UX teams to build top-tier frontends 

• Experience building native apps 

• Analytics knowledge 

• Development experience 

• B2B experience 

 
Additional information 

What we can offer YOU: 

• Attractive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace 

• The opportunity to interact with global teams regularly as you and our business continue to develop & grow 

• Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet, you can take your career where you want it to go! 

• And if that’s not enough; enjoy flexible working whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress and enhance your career 

OpenBet is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. 

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