Head of Trading Product
United Kingdom

Job description:  

• Responsible for articulating the trading product vision and strategy for the group and converting that into a roadmap with key milestones and deliverables together with KPIs for defining what success looks like, working with the VP Trading for Superbet Group 

• Responsible for managing a team of product managers inside the trading organization to deliver on the key workstreams of the articulated strategy and responsible for overseeing the delivery of the key milestones of the roadmap and measuring performance against the strategic KPIs 

Key responsibilities:  

Best in class product management processes and practices 

• A senior leader in the broader Trading and Product & Technology space, responsible for instilling a performance-based culture in the teams 

• Defining what best in class product management practices look like and working to ensure Product Managers and Engineering Squads adhere to that and deliver against that 

• Defining what success looks like for each workstream and how we measure that, and ensuring teams constantly track performance against those goals 

• Creating clear expectations around what Product Managers should do, what their responsibilities are and coaching and mentoring Product Managers in his/her team 

• Ensuring the right broader stakeholder management in defining the Trading Product Roadmap, consolidating input and ensuring all relevant voices are heard; imparting same practices to Product Managers in his/her team overseeing the individual workstreams 

Trading Product Vision and Strategy 

• Defining the Trading Product Vision and Strategy that will bring Superbet to the no. 1 Sports Betting Operator globally, concentrated around customer satisfaction and margin performance 

• Responsible for mapping the status quo/as-is and the desired vision, together with the strategic pillars that will close the gap 

• Able to represent the cross section between the customer and the trading performance in articulating the strategy, and putting the customer at the heart of the strategy and its key initiatives 

• Able to articulate what success looks like and defining the KPIs to track performance against those goals 

• Able to convert the strategy into a 18-24 month roadmap, revisited on a quarterly basis 

• Oversee the delivery of the roadmap, able to identify and unblock key bottlenecks, able to identify areas of underperformance and double down on those 

• Work with the Trading Engineering Director to allocate resources against the different workstreams and ensure squads have E2E ownership, oversight and are solely responsible for the success of their key deliverables 

• Responsible for driving the execution of the roadmap and achieving the desired impact 

• Innovation Agenda in Trading Product 

• Articulate the key differentiators in the Trading Product Strategy that will make Superbet stand out in the space and maximize customer satisfaction and margin performance 

• Able to balance between sustainable scaling of the business and closing gaps to best in class (ability to create a sustainable system that will allow us to open easily several new markets per quarter profitably) and disruptive innovation (bringing completely new practices and ways of thinking that will make it difficult for competitors to copy the Superbet Formula) 

 

Requirements:  

• At least 10 years experience in Product Management and/or within the sports betting industry, at least 5 years experience managing product managers and engineering squads 

• Strong understanding of E2E trading processes and functions (starting with offer creation, pricing, risk operations, liability management, etc.) is a very strong plus, or at least a track record of being able to onboard into a new (technical) industry is required 

• An ability to travel and manage teams across multiple countries (ideally with previous experience having done so) is required 

• A strong understanding of what best in class product management practices are is needed 

• A proven strong performance management ethic and understanding of data and working with data to track performance is imperative 

• Proven track record in senior product leadership roles in other sportsbook operators, or outside the industry 

• Understanding of what best in class trading product can entail is a plus 

• Understanding of quant pricing models, understanding of existing supplier landscape (feeds landscape, different strengths and weaknesses between various feeds, etc.) is a plus