Technical Product Owner

Aristocrat; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking a Technical Product Owner to lead the development of innovative mobile games. The role involves collaborating with technical stakeholders, managing the product backlog, and inspiring development teams to deliver engaging solutions. The ideal candidate will have technical experience and a passion for games.

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical role (software developer, tester or analyst).
• Experience in writing Technical Design Documents.
• Solid knowledge of client-server architectures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize the backlog.
• Define and elaborate epics and user stories.
• Motivate development teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Technical Design

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Product Madness is searching for a Technical Product Owner for its newest title that is about to go to market. This is a great opportunity to step up as a technical leader working on a new, fun and innovative game to provide vision and direction to the development team and stakeholders throughout the full project and product development lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders to create and prioritize the backlog for one or more of mobile games.

• Work closely with the Solution Architects, producers, scrum master, art and development leads to design technical solutions to deliver the product visions.

• Define and elaborate epics and user stories.

• Inspire and motivate the development teams to deliver innovative and exciting solutions within allocated timeframes.

• Promote Continuous improvements.

• Act as knowledge broker to resolve blockers and technical dependencies.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a technical role (software developer, tester or technical analyst).

• Experience in writing Technical Design Documents or Technical Requirements;

• Solid knowledge of client-server architectures and network concepts.

• Ability to understand technical details of a system and foresee edge case scenarios and performance issues in a proposed solution.

Nice to have

• Experience in a games/mobile apps development studio.

• Experience in JIRA and managing development backlogs, writing detailed user stories and creating flow diagrams.

• Experience in relational databases, SQL and integration with third party systems.

• Passion for experience in social/mobile games field.

Why Product Madness ?

As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino.With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.

We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day. But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.

So, what’s stopping you?

Travel Expectations

None

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.