Head of Product – Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Malta.

📋 Description

• Articulate and convey a distinct vision, strategy, and roadmap for the platform that aligns with the company's objectives.

• Take full ownership from conceptualization through to implementation.

• Establish frameworks for ownership, processes, and prioritization of platform initiatives, ensuring prioritization is driven by business, product, and technical requirements.

• Lead the development of the platform function, including future hiring decisions and the design of team structure, with a well-defined team structure and growth plan established within the first year.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and executive leadership to ensure cross-functional alignment and effective planning.

• Guarantee that the platform facilitates product scalability, reliability, and a sustainable technical direction—substantially reducing delivery obstacles within the initial 6 months and achieving notable enhancements in delivery speed, reliability, and scalability over time.

• Represent the platform function at the leadership level and actively contribute to the broader company strategy, ensuring the platform is recognized as a strategic driver of product growth throughout the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive expertise in iGaming platform systems, encompassing PAM (Player Account Management), Game Aggregation, Bonus Engine, KYC and compliance processes, Payments and transaction processing, and Player information and data management.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing a platform, infrastructure, or technical product function.

• Sufficient understanding of software architecture, infrastructure, and platform engineering to engage effectively with Engineering and make informed prioritization choices.

• A proactive mindset, ready to get involved and contribute directly while maintaining a long-term perspective.

• A proven history of building, shaping, and developing teams from the ground up.

• Experience in defining strategy and achieving results across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.

• Strong stakeholder management abilities at both executive and cross-functional levels.

• Exceptional communication skills with the capability to influence at all organizational levels.

🏝️ Benefits

• 28 days of paid time off plus public holidays.

• A comprehensive benefits package for employees based in Malta, including private health insurance, wellness allowance, and communication allowance.

• Healthy lunches provided on Wednesdays and a diverse calendar of social events throughout the year.

• Employee discounts available at various restaurants and businesses.

• Extended second-parent leave policy.

• Private parking space included.