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Technical Product Owner
1 year ago
Company Summary
Product Madness is a Global Powerhouse where the greatest mobile games and experiences are crafted by world-class talent. A top-grossing leader in free to play mobile games, we have more than 800 team members working across seven global talent hubs including London (headquarters), USA, Canada, Spain, Poland and Ukraine. With remarkable hit games including Heart of Vegas, Cashman Casino, Lighting Link and Big Fish Casino, we boast more than 50 million active users and 400 million downloads and counting.
We are Mad about games and the way they bring people together, and that passion and culture is what brings us together as a studio, connects us with our partners we collaborate with, and is what links us to our sister studios across the world.
Product Madness is an Aristocrat Technologies company within its digital game’s division of Pixel United.
Job Posting Title
Technical Product OwnerSummary
We are currently looking to hire an experienced Senior Technical Product Owner to support our growing library of games.What You'll Do
- Collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders to create and prioritize backlog, epics, projects and initiatives, aligning with the technology organization OKRs and company strategic principles and objectives.
- Work closely with Solution Architects, Producers, Scrum Masters and Technical Directors to design technical solutions and build up our product centered vision.
- Define and elaborate the features our engineering team will be delivering. Accommodate and lead the refinement of requirements, epics and user stories. Actively own the products and juggle priorities accordingly.
- Inspire and motivate our engineering teams to deliver with a sense of purpose exciting new solutions.
- Create and manage the roadmaps and timelines.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- Act as a knowledge broker, resolve blockers and manage dependencies between teams.
- Foresee edge case scenarios, performance issues, bottlenecks and shortcomings in technological solutions.
What We're Looking For
Essential
- Proven track record in a technical role (software engineer, QA, analyst, etc), in a product focused role or in a relevant role that has demanded similar responsibilities and skills.
- Experience in Technical Design and Requirements Engineering.
- Solid knowledge of the SDLC.
- Knowledge of agile methodologies.
- Knowledge of client-server architecture and microservices architecture.
- Management of development and delivery with a geographically distributed team.
- Experience with JIRA or any other similar system to manage backlogs, writing user stories.
- Experience building diagrams, whiteboarding and brainstorming.
- Understanding of relational SQL databases and the various normalization forms.
- Strong communication skills to effectively convey product vision and priorities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Empathy and understanding of the needs and perspectives of different types of stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills to navigate and resolve complex issues.
Nice to have
These are skills and experiences that can help you land hit the ground running but are optional and you can learn on the job.
- Experience in games/mobile apps is a plus but not required.
- Experience with NoSQL databases and the CAP theorem.
- Experience integrating third-party systems.
- Ability to collaborate and build relationships with cross-functional teams.
- Flexibility in managing a roadmap, as priorities can change depending on the mobile gaming landscape.
- Cloud architecture experience. Understanding of basic components such as servers, load balancers, queues, event streams, SQL and NoSQL databases, notification services and whatnot. We use Google Cloud Platform, but any kind of cloud experience is helpful.
Why Product Madness ?
Product Madness is so much more than just a Pool table and a foosball game.
We believe in an honest and transparent approach with our teammates. Company wide weekly Town Halls, All Hands and strategy meetings are just a few ways in which we encourage an open and honest path to achieving complete transparency.
Despite a pandemic, there isn’t a day where we don’t feel connected to one another.
With frequent events, workshops, giveaways, slack coffee and donut sessions we have definitely brought on our office culture to this new virtual world of zoom calls.
We also try to cater for all our staff’s needs – be that a freshly brewed cappuccino made by our professional barista in our free coffee shop or by providing a bountiful supply of tasty snacks to keep us refueled and buzzing.
We love to organise plenty of social get-togethers and action-packed activity days, be it slipping inside an inflatable bumper ball for a mad session of football zorbing or throwing caution to the wind and traversing giddy treetop rope courses at Go Ape. On top of these team-building activities, our lunch and learn workshops, not to mention the lavish Christmas and summer parties, foster that ‘work hard, play hard’ mantra. Our offices are based in the heart of the metropolises of London and Lviv, surrounded by an abundance of diversity and inspiration to keep those ideas flowing.
Our Values
People First
We have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each person's voice will always be heard and addressed.
MAD for More
Always improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s best games company.
Globally Inclusive
We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact.
Customer Focused
We always think from the customer's perspective - be it players or internal customers.Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!
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