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Technical Product Manager- Platform

Game Taco

Game Taco

IT, Product
Posted on Friday, August 23, 2024

Founded in 1999, WorldWinner develops and operates competitive games of skill with real cash prizes under the WorldWinner consumer brand and in partnership with leading Sports Gaming Entertainment company FanDuel under the FanDuel Faceoff name.

WorldWinner is the most recognized and trusted skill games technology platform and brand for players who want to Play to Win. We bring games to the world that inspire people to play for more. With over 20 challenging games where the outcome is dependent on player skills versus chance across a content library spanning classic card games to casual favorites to retro arcade games, WorldWinner has something for every gamer. Backed by Platinum Equity and strategic investors, we are looking for new team members in a variety of disciplines to help us build a world-class gaming platform on mobile and beyond!

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Product Manager to join our WorldWinner platform technology team. In this role, you will collaborate with the Product Management and Engineering team to define and develop product requirements and specifications for the WorldWinner technology platform.

You should have a strong focus on problem-solving that leverages your technical background and experience while empathizing with customers’ needs to design product enhancements to improve their experience. Strong soft skills are required to collaborate with product, design, marketing, and engineering teams, to gain adoption and enhance these solutions.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in product management, deep technical expertise, and a passion for creating innovative and scalable solutions. This is an opportunity to be a part of a one-of-a-kind product in both the competitive real money gaming and entertainment industries.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Understand platform / customer pain-points and translate them into a set of prioritized requirements.
  • Develop product requirements and user stories, and prioritize features based on business impact and customer value.
  • Work closely with engineering and design teams to ensure product development aligns with product vision and roadmap.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration developing partnerships with stakeholder teams including game production, marketing, and platform engineering teams.
  • Drive product roadmap, prioritization, customer experience, scope and requirements definition, and delivery to market. Synthesize needs of internal and external stakeholders into a clear, coherent, and regularly updated forwarding looking view of customer- and internal-facing capabilities.
  • Ensure all stakeholders have a clear understanding of short- and long-term priorities. Build credibility through consistent communication.
  • Lead teams through the full development process from hypothesis to ideation, design, implementation, release, measurement, and iteration.
  • Maintain a culture of data driven development. Use quantitative and qualitative analysis, competitive analysis, product improvement experimentation, product analytics, and A/B testing to measure product performance and inform product priorities.
  • Manage product launches and product lifecycle, and ensure product meets quality standards and security/auditing requirements.
  • Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in development to inform product strategy.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 8+ years of product management experience in software technology
  • Background working with products that rely on Machine Learning, AI, Data engineering and third-party integrations
  • Prior consumer-facing product development experience, with a strong preference for gaming or real money applications.
  • Possess a strong technical background with the ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate effectively with engineering teams.
  • Proven track record of working on products with complex and interdependent systems, preferably mobile games with interdependent free and for money play loops
  • Solid understanding of product development processes, including Agile methodologies

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

WorldWinner is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, age, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on our operation or direct threat safety to the individual or others in the work environment. We also participate in the E-Verify program, a service of DHS and SSA.