Technical Product Owner

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a market leader in online casino and sports betting, currently operating real-money gaming with our brands: BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co. We’re building bridges between online, social and land-based gaming businesses to create amazing, integrated experiences that keep players in the game.

We are looking for a Technical Product Owner to help us build an amazing betting experience for our customers. A Technical Product Owner is in charge of identifying how the our platform and its core capabilities can deliver maximum value while growing in a direction aligned with company strategy, technical architecture, and communicating this vision and insight to the team and the rest of the stakeholders. 

What you’ll do:

• Work with technical and business stakeholders to identify and incorporate features, capabilities and initiatives of value into the product roadmap
• Balance and manage dependencies across multiple platform teams and coordinate efforts with Product Delivery teams
• Translate the value of architectural initiatives, CI/CD improvements and other software engineering initiatives into clear, business focused outcomes
• Groom and prioritize the backlog
• Develop detailed business requirements, product specifications and define acceptance criteria
• Set goals for the sprint together with the Engineering Manager
• Ensure regulatory, security and compliance requirements are well-understood and factored into the roadmap
• Ensure the stakeholders are aligned with the product roadmap and vice versa
• Support the team during sprints
• Analyze preferences and requests of end users as well as other engineering teams
• Keep track of industry trends
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager to keep the team efficient and focused on the vision
• Define and track product success metrics and non-functional requirements

In order to succeed, you need:

• Prior experience and expertise meeting multiple regulations and standards that apply to the product (ideally in gaming industry)
• Experience in product, business or solution analysis
• Technical background - some understanding of software architecture, CI/CD pipelines and software engineering
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies
• Strong facilitation skills for cross-team backlog refinement, sprint planning and stakeholder meetings
• Strong analytical mindset
• Desire to build awesome things
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to see things in terms of value and priority
• Experience managing or prioritizing technical debt and platform level improvements
• Focus on achieving results in a sustainable manner #LI-HYBRID

• Comprehensive compensation
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Autonomy – we embrace personal freedom and responsibility
• Creativity – we are open to new ideas of how we can be better
• Growth – we want you to develop personally as well as professionally
• Top-notch professionals who are passionate about what they doing
• People-oriented environment and supportive atmosphere

As a rapidly growing company in an emerging industry, you’ll have a huge impact on our product and our company. We like proactive team members and strive to have a company of self-disciplined professionals who enjoy collaboration, having fun, and of course, achieving together what others believe to be improbable. We are dedicated to treating everyone with respect and to support your professional and personal growth.

Rush Street Interactive is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity and expression, marital status, family status, lifestyle, age, culture, religion, military and veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

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