Lead Product Manager (Mobile)

Yolo Group; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming sector seeks a Lead Product Manager to drive mobile development initiatives. In this hands-on leadership role, you'll mentor product managers and define roadmaps, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company goals. Ideal candidates exhibit strong communication skills and a proactive, data-driven mindset.

Qualifications

• Experience in ensuring app compliance with App Store and Play Store standards.
• Proven ability to deliver on complex portfolios with customer-facing applications.
• Strong presentation skills to convey key messages to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define & drive product roadmaps for multiple product areas.
• Manage and mentor a team of product managers to support their growth.
• Champion a customer-centric approach across the product development process.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Data-driven decision-making

Team collaboration

Customer-centric approach

Education

3+ years in product management

3+ years of people management experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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Our Product Team is growing, and we are looking for new leadership talent to join us on our journey!

As a Lead Product Manager in the Mobile product area, you will be an experienced people leader with deep product expertise in Mobile Development. Mobile will become a new product area in our operating model. You will report directly to the Head of Product and collaborate with them & Engineering Leadership to deliver value through a customer-centric approach.

This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for a mid-to-senior product manager, ready to drive strategy and execution. Team size will be 2-3 direct reports.

• Define & drive product roadmaps for multiple product areas.
• Manage and mentor a team of product managers, supporting their growth.
• Foster a strong product culture across the teams you lead.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams, to gather feedback and ensure product alignment with market needs.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and resolve conflicts to keep teams aligned.
• Work directly with third-party providers, leading all coordination efforts.
• Communicate trade-offs clearly, balancing business goals, technical feasibility, and user needs.
• Lead multiple product teams, ensuring execution aligns with company goals.
• Align execution with company goals, influencing broader roadmap decisions.
• Champion a customer-centric approach across the product development process to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Lead execution of key product initiatives across multiple teams.
• Develop best practices for prioritization, decision-making, and execution at scale.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and scope.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional partners (engineering, design, marketing, sales, customer success).
• Communicate team progress, risks, and challenges to senior leadership.
• Define key product metrics and KPIs for multiple initiatives.
• Use data to validate product decisions and measure success.
• Ensure products meet regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Advocate for best practices in product management, user research, competitive analysis, and data-driven decision-making.

Your background and mindset

• Lead end-to-end development and launch of customer-facing mobile apps, ideally in gaming or gambling.
• At least 3+ years of experience in a product management role (or close exposure) with the ability to deliver value across a complex portfolio.
• At least 3+ years of people management experience, with the ability to coach and develop a team.
• Experience in ensuring app compliance with App Store and Play Store standards.
• Ability to effectively manage relationships with third parties, leading all coordination efforts.
• Lead teams to deliver high-rated mobile apps with third-party dependencies.
• Experience in improving mobile UX/UI and personalization.
• Customer-centric: driven by understanding customers better, their behaviors, and the link to business.
• A team player — works with others across the organization to get things done.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Effective communicator: develops and delivers multi-mode communications for different audiences.
• Good presentation skills to convey key messages to diverse audiences.
• Openly curious: willing to question preconceptions and bring new ideas.
• Data-driven, using data to gain insights and drive decisions.
• Critical thinker: analyzing numbers, trends, and data to reach new conclusions.
• Proactive and independent, with a proven ability to deliver from start to end.
• Outcome-focused: committed to an outcome-led operating model.

Highly Desired

• Experience working in iGaming.
• Experience working in sports betting.
• Knowledge and experience with process & document management tools, such as Jira or Confluence.