Product Lead

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the strategic objectives, financial outcomes, roadmap, and expansion of an iGaming product platform.

• Enhance ROI, GGR, NGR, time-to-break-even, and time-to-ROI across the product portfolio.

• Develop and sustain product financial models, unit economics, and monetization frameworks.

• Establish prioritized quarterly, monthly, and weekly backlogs grounded in validated hypotheses.

• Define stream roles, approve candidates, and request additional headcount or replacements as necessary.

• Approve functional priorities and oversee workload distribution across the stream.

• Manage product, game, and content managers through individual meetings, performance evaluations, time-off approvals, responsibility assignments, and mentoring.

• Inspire the team, uphold morale, and coordinate informal team-building activities.

• Establish product metrics and align company strategy with stream-level objectives.

• Approve meeting schedules, secure resources, and escalate any delivery gaps.

• Conduct metric and priority assessments, adjusting priorities or team composition as needed.

• Own the stream and product/process roadmap, presenting performance reports to the Head of Product and C-level executives.

• Ensure timely and high-quality product launches.

• Conduct competitor and market analysis for targeted regions.

• Define positioning, unique selling propositions, design direction, loyalty, feature/integration, VIP, promotional, and retention strategies.

• Develop two-year financial projections for new products.

• Lead pre-launch presentations and post-launch evaluations.

• Act as a subject-matter expert for the platform and its products.

• Explore tools, monetization strategies, gamification mechanics, payment methods, and AI/ML opportunities.

• Collaborate with Product Managers on specifications and work together on player journey and UX enhancements.

• Analyze product and player behavior metrics, resolving KPI challenges.

• Collect player feedback and address significant pain points.

• Manage the relationship with the platform provider, including syncs, releases, documentation, and geographic and payment-method limitations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in Product Management/Ownership within iGaming, including over 2 years in a P&L-owning leadership position.

• Proven track record of enhancing product/platform performance against ROI, GGR, NGR, time-to-BEP, and time-to-ROI objectives.

• Practical experience in building financial models and unit economics for iGaming products.

• Experience in taking a gambling product/brand from concept to live launch, including market analysis, competitor research, and go-to-market strategies.

• People management experience, including hiring, one-on-ones, performance reviews, and mentoring for a team of 5 or more direct or indirect reports.

• Strong understanding of the iGaming platform ecosystem, including PAM, CRM, payments/PSP, VIP, promotions, anti-fraud measures, content, and game management.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Proficient with task management tools such as Asana/Jira and BI/reporting tools.

• Excellent stakeholder management and presentation abilities, with experience reporting to senior or C-level leadership.

• Proficiency in English at B1 level or higher.

• Experience in managing products across multiple geographies or regulated markets (preferred).

• Formal project/product management certification such as PMP or CSPO (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible payment options: select the method that suits you best.

• Bonuses for holidays, birthdays, work achievements, and more.

• Coverage for courses and certifications.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Benefit cafeteria that includes sports, language courses, therapy sessions, and other perks.

• Team-building events and participation in industry conferences.

• Provision of new laptops and essential peripherals like monitors and headphones.

• Flexible start times at 9, 10, or 11 AM.