Senior Product Manager (Sports Models)

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies? Genius Sports is at the epicenter of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties. We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team. If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us. We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.

Join a highly skilled team delivering an innovative & intelligent product! Forming part of a multi-disciplinary agile team of Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Data Scientists, Senior QA Engineer and Product, you will look to work closely to the fundamental principles of continuous delivery and empowered, high-performing teams. If you are looking to work on a smart solution, collaborate with astute engineers and deliver high caliber code with an autonomous & performance focused approach that supports success, delivery & quality, then this is for you.

The goal of our Sports Modeling team is to create the most accurate predictions about sport events across a wide variety of sports to be used to create betting products for sportsbook customers. Using new and innovative modelling techniques that will drive innovation across our business including our Live Trading, PreMatch and Same Game Parlay. You will be crucial in shaping the future of our trading process, driving automation and efficiency where possible.

As the Senior Product Manager for this team, you will be embedded within our cross-functional product Delivery Team translating high level roadmaps into acceptance criteria, working with a committed and collaborative team in achieving shared product goals. As such, you will need to work transparently within our collaboration tools. Your responsibilities will cover both the strategic and tactical aspects of Product Management. The tactical aspects of the role involve requirements scoping, definition of epic level acceptance criteria, working with the delivery team during planning and throughout product delivery. You will work with stakeholders to ensure all aspects of delivery have been accounted for.

• Develop and own KPIs for the development and performance of our in-house models
• Contribute to the overall product vision working closely with the Inplay, PreMatch, Risk Management and MultiBet (Same Game Parlay) Product Managers
• Develop and maintain a product roadmap collaborating with commercial, operational and engineering stakeholders
• Cultivate a winning culture by creating clear requirements, KPI’s, and retrospective analysis for future improvement
• Support the operational running of the product on a day-to-day basis via communication with traders, triage of bugs and domain knowledge
• Produce relevant documentation to support product awareness and technical build across the organization

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of product management experience in a field related to sports modelling, quantitative analysis or trading
• Knowledge of machine learning and predictive modelling applications is desirable
• You will be experienced working with technical products and initiatives.
• Proven ability of developing strong functional understanding of very technical concepts via a combination of speaking with subject matter experts and self-learning.
• You will be a great writer of requirements: The ability to articulate Business and Technology needs in the form of concise and simple requirements and acceptance criteria which ensures that the business value is being delivered.
• You will be a confident and effective communicator: Someone who can 'speak tech' to the Business and 'speak business' to Technology.
• The ability to ask the right questions and understand exactly what is needed by stakeholders from your product.
• You will be resilient: Comfortable delivering under pressure in a complex fast-paced environment, often dealing with topics which contain high levels of ambiguity.
• Also must be comfortable having difficult conversations with stakeholders and managing expectations.
• You will be a fantastic problem solver: The ability to anticipate and identify problems, evaluate the causes, and then engage with the correct people to find solutions and mitigate risk.
• You will be great at forward planning and prioritization: The ability to prioritize and plan day to day, sprint to sprint and quarter to quarter, helping to ensure that your team deliver the right things at the right time.

What we expect from our co-workers:

• Curiosity and strong desire to learn and improve.
• Social skills, being able to act as a facilitator, can balance enabling others with individual contributions.
• Time management and asynchronous communication skills relevant for a remote-first engineering organization.
• Enthusiasm and ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Adherence to our core engineering principles of Aligned Autonomy, Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement.

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role. Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.

Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.