Senior Product Manager

In this role you will own defined product areas across sportsbook and/or games, guiding discovery, backlog, delivery, measurement, and optimisation. In a fast-paced, growing market, you have the chance to shape meaningful product experiences and partner with third‑party providers to drive value for players and our client alike. Key responsibilities Product Ownership & Backlog Management: Own the product backlog for assigned verticals (sportsbook and/or games), maintaining a well-groomed, prioritised queue of deliverables. Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria, collaborating with vendor teams to ensure shared understanding. Translate business objectives and customer insights into actionable product requirements. Maintain documentation standards across product specifications, decision logs, and change registers. Delivery & Vendor Coordination: Act as the day-to-day product contact for third-party platform and content providers. Track product-related workstreams, escalating blockers and managing dependencies proactively. Support UAT planning and execution, ensuring product releases meet agreed acceptance criteria before sign-off. Contribute to product gap analysis, documenting delta between current and desired product state. Sports & Gaming Knowledge: Apply a solid working knowledge of sportsbook or casino product fundamentals in day-to-day decision making. Support the sports data and feed strategy, with awareness of providers such as Sportradar or equivalent. Contribute to trading and risk product requirements in collaboration with Betting Risk and Fraud teams. Uphold Responsible Gambling product standards in line with South African gambling board requirements. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Build effective working relationships with BI, Operations, Compliance, Marketing, and VIP teams. Present product updates, backlog priorities, and delivery status clearly to internal stakeholders. Ensure product changes are communicated in a way that allows operational teams to plan and absorb them. Support the Head of Product in preparing materials for senior leadership and governance forums. Performance & Insight: Track and report on product KPIs across assigned verticals, flagging trends and opportunities. Work with the BI team to build and maintain dashboards that provide visibility of product performance. Use customer behaviour data and testing insights to inform product decisions and prioritisation. Support continuous improvement across conversion, retention, bet mix, and margin metrics. What you will bring 3+ years in a product management role, with exposure to digital consumer products in a fast-paced environment. Experience owning and managing a product backlog end-to-end, with strong documentation habits. Demonstrated ability to coordinate delivery across third-party vendors and internal teams. Comfortable working with data to support product decisions and performance reporting. Strong written and verbal communication, able to translate technical complexity into clear business language. Competencies Organised and delivery-focused with strong attention to detail. Able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping accountability. Confident stakeholder communicator – able to present to peers and senior leaders alike. Comfortable working in a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment. Collaborative and proactive – you raise problems early and bring solutions. A genuine interest in sport and/or gaming and what makes a great product experience. Advantageous Prior experience in online sports betting, casino, or iGaming either at an operator or platform provider. Working knowledge of sportsbook product mechanics: markets, in-play, settlement, or odds. Familiarity with iGaming platform ecosystems and integration concepts. Exposure to regulated markets or compliance-adjacent product requirements. Awareness of the South African or broader African betting landscape.

Требования

. Maintain documentation standards across product specifications, decision logs, and change registers. Delivery & Vendor Coordination: Act as the day-to-day product contact for third-party platform and content providers. Track product-related workstreams, escalating blockers and managing dependencies proactively. Support UAT planning and execution, ensuring product releases meet agreed acceptance criteria before sign-off. Contribute to product gap analysis, documenting delta between current and desired product state. Sports & Gaming Knowledge: Apply a solid working knowledge of sportsbook or casino product fundamentals in day-to-day decision making. Support the sports data and feed strategy, with awareness of providers such as Sportradar or equivalent. Contribute to trading and risk product requirements in collaboration with Betting Risk and Fraud teams. Uphold Responsible Gambling product standards in line with South African gambling board requirements. Stakeholder Engagement & Commun