Product Delivery Manager

Evolution is a leading international B2B provider of games and services in online casino. Operating in the forefront of our industry, we offer a turn-key solution for casino operators. Our licensees’ players can move flawlessly between mobile, tablet and desktop to play slots or live casino, which feature real tables with real dealers in real-time. Our innovative and high-quality offer includes brands like Evolution Live, Red Tiger and NetEnt, and multiple award-winning international player product favorites, such as Crazy Time, Lightning Roulette and Gonzo’s Quest. Evolution is listed on Nasdaq Nordic with a MCAP of EUR 20+BN. 
 
Across our 20+ sites, we have 10 000+ people working in the fields of Product Innovation, Software Development, Game Presenters & Hosts, IT-support, Facility & Studio build as well as support services. Evolution provides a dynamic and creative work environment with a unique opportunity for the right people to enhance their skills and drive their passion. Our culture is rooted in Evolution’s core values ALIVE, do RIGHT and work TOGETHER and we operate guided by our vision to become the leading supplier of online casino in the world.

As our new Product Delivery Manager, you will be part of the Product Portfolio team. Reporting to the Lead Product Delivery Manager you will play a key role in shaping the future of our award-winning games and managing it throughout their lifecycle.

Main Responsibilities:

• Focus to ensure that the product is delivered on time and within budget (estimated cap hours) with high efficiency and full transparency of dependencies, and risks
• Lead Agile ceremonies, own the backlog, lead the team, manage timelines, and budgets (hours), uncover and unblock any issues along the way
• Work with stakeholders (CPO, Operations, Commercials etc.) on priorities and requirements and translate them into tasks for the team
• Create a work breakdown structure for the team (backlog, tasks), and maintain the pace of the ultimate efficiency and timely product delivery - setting the sprint goals and managing the team composition for the best performance
• Has long-term vision of the planning and maintains the workload of the team, creates team roadmap for 6-12 months in collaboration with stakeholders (CPO, Operations, Commercials etc)
• Guarantees transparency and clear visibility of expectations from the team
• Sets clear short-term goals - quarterly objectives and key results (OKRs), communicates and approves them on a quarterly basis with the stakeholders and the team
• Work closely with Local Competence Leads on team members’ performance evaluation and conflict resolutions
• Perform any other duties as required.

• Higher education in Economics, Information Technology or its acquisition or a longer-term work experience in the Information technology sector, project management and team lead experience
• Excellent knowledge of English
• In-depth knowledge of the gaming industry, and general ownership
• Great communication and interpersonal skills
• A high sense of responsibility
• The ability to accurately fulfil direct management orders and work tasks
• Able to work in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Adaptable in their approach and able to operate independently, and as part of a team
• Knowledge of Agile development methodology (Scrum, Kanban)
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in product management or business analysis is imperative
• Product management experience in systems integration projects

What we offer in return:

• Entrepreneur culture of the company, which allows you to try new approaches and technologies all the time
• Recognition from the business which translates to very competitive salaries and a supportive attitude
• Developing games featuring live video serving customers around the world
• A healthy mix of startup-like culture of the company, which enables us to try new approaches and technologies and remain on the edge of technological development and enterprise, with stability and supporting functions to help you focus on your job
• Modern and developer-friendly delivery processes, including Agile (Scrum / Kanban), JIRA issue tracking, Confluence wiki
• Being a part of an international team in a successful, publicly traded company
• Health insurance, contemporary office environment, tech conference attendance, training, hackathons, and other benefits and perks.