sportsbook backend product owner

Work closely with the Trading Team, Sportsbook product team, backend development team, online and retail commercial team to develop a vision and strategy for development of the Sportsbook features and backend relevant tools.

What you'll be getting up to: 

1. Requirement Gathering and Analysis:

• Partner with the Director of Sportsbook and Trading team to gather and refine requirements for sportsbook backend functionalities.

• Partner with the Director of Sportsbook, Trading team, Commercial Team and third-party feed vendors to gather and refine requirements for sportsbook feature / trending functionalities

• Analyse and translate complex sportsbook and trading business needs — including 3rd party integration, risk management, wager limits, settlement, and reporting into clear, actionable user stories.

• Own the backend trading tool and sportsbook feature end-to-end, ensuring that features support operational efficiency, accuracy, and market responsiveness.

• Validate requirements against regulatory constraints, market trends, and operational KPIs before passing them to development.

2. Backlog Management:

• Maintain and prioritise the backend squad backlog, ensuring it reflects current sportsbook operational priorities and trading demands.

• Define precise acceptance criteria for backend features, making sure stories are testable, measurable, and understood by the development team.

• Balance short-term fixes for live operational issues with long-term roadmap deliverables.

3. Communication and Collaboration:

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, development teams, and other relevant parties.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on project goals and priorities.

• Proactively update stakeholders on delivery progress, risks, and technical dependencies.

4. Documentation and Quality Assurance:

• Work closely with quality assurance teams to define test cases and acceptance criteria for backend features.

• Maintain detailed functional documentation for backend tools, integrations, and system flows.

5. Roles in General:

• Attend Scrum Ceremonies during the delivery of product development projects to ensure they are within agreed timescales, specification, quality, and usability.

• Undertake thorough reporting on all relevant areas of our product, particularly around areas of direct Product ownership responsibility.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree.

• Proven experience 5 years working as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in Sports Betting and iGaming Industry.

• Strong understanding of backend technologies and architectures, including trading tool and APIs.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.