Product Owner

Product Owner
Location – Leeds
Hybrid  - 2 days per week

Permanent

Flutter Functions Global Sportsbook & Trading (GST) aims to empower Flutter brands shaping the future of sports betting by helping to drive their success and growth.
With over 400 colleagues working in roles across trading, operations, product, delivery, architecture and engineering, and by partnering closely with more than 1,100 people in the wider global trading and sportsbook community at Flutter, GST intends to set the standard to be #1 on all sports; share Flutter's most innovative sportsbook products globally; transform Risk & Trading operations, using the power of data; co-create the next generation sportsbook and build a culture of inclusion, innovation, personal growth and leadership excellence.

We are looking for an exceptional Product Owner to deliver impactful improvements. Your role consists of being the main interaction point between Product and Technology. Using lean and agile techniques, you will be responsible for delivering business value, fast.

Reporting to the Lead Product Owner, you will bridge technical and business worlds as you continually deliver improvements and innovative features across the full range of the products. You will have a bias for action and can break down complex problems into steps that drive the product experience.
Your exceptional communication skills will be key, adapting to a high paced environment and constant interactions with a diverse group of stakeholders.

Flutter consists of two commercial divisions (Fanduel and International) and our central Flutter Functions; COO, Finance & Legal. Here in Flutter Functions we work with colleagues across all our divisions and regions to deliver something we call the Flutter Edge.  It’s what differentiates us, our ‘secret sauce’ which plays a key part in our ongoing success and powers our brands and divisions, through Product, Tech, Expertise and Scale.

In Flutter COO we work with experts across Flutter to build, deploy and communicate the Flutter Edge. Together we cover Product & Payments, Technology, Sportsbook Product & Trading, People, Property, Corporate Communications and Strategic Partnerships & Transformation.

What you’ll do

• Understanding product/commercial needs and how these are translated into functional and technical requirements;
• Leading requirements gathering effort based on stakeholders' input;
• Being accountable for the timely availability and accuracy of requirements for projects, ensuring the engineering teams can develop software as efficiently as possible;
• Writing user stories with acceptance criteria, grooming and prioritizing backlogs, producing release plans and communications, running show and tells, and monitoring benefits realization;
• Attending all scrum/relevant ceremonies;
• Adapting product backlogs as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements;
• Consistently communicating with stakeholders and keeping them informed of the status of requirements development;
• Understanding and balancing commercial needs against technical requirements and capabilities;
• Understanding the dependencies between technology components and how they combine to deliver solutions to the end consumer and to the business;
• Leading cross-team product dependencies;
• Providing mentoring and induction to other product owners;
• Having a detailed understanding of the portfolio, project & feature delivery processes;
• Being a subject matter expert in their domain and have a solid understanding of company organization and performance;
• Contributing to operational readiness processes for new releases and provides product training to stakeholders;
• Ensuring that all solutions meet company-wide, ‘hygiene' requirements in terms of non-functional performance, security, compliance, social responsibility;
• Where appropriate, co-ordinate with 3rd party content and technology providers to ensure timely and quality delivery/integration of external product features as specified.

How you’ll do it

• Shown experience in a similar role;
• Experience in defining business requirements is crucial;
• Experience in influencing working practice change across analysis and development department;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Knowledge of techniques for requirements elicitation and specification;
• Ability to relate to both business, design, and technical specialists;
• Superb attention to detail;
• Strong relationship management skills;
• Experience in working across multiple Agile methodologies;
• Experience working in a multi-product environment;

• Knowledge of the Sports betting business;
• Experience with integrating 3rd party feed providers;
• Aim for results and a willing to take action approach, pursuing work with energy and drive;
• Customer focus profile, building and delivering solutions that meet customer expectations;
• Credible and efficient communication across a range of channels and audiences;
• Resilience and confidence under pressure, maintaining a positive approach despite adversity;
• Cooperatively approach and partnership with others across the organization;

What’s in it for you
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Electric car scheme, gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.

We have an unparalleled portfolio of of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet.

With our global scale and challenger mentality, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.