Product Manager - Horse Racing (Fixed Term Contract)

Entain; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming and betting company is seeking a Product Manager in Greater London. This role focuses on managing sports betting products, particularly in horse racing, while ensuring agile product development. Candidates should possess solid communication abilities and experience with digital consumer applications. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including hybrid working and a generous bonus scheme, making it an excellent career opportunity for professionals in the gaming industry.

Benefits

Generous group bonus scheme

Hybrid working - 2 days in the office

Private medical insurance

Pension Scheme - matched to 6%

Ability to buy and sell holiday

Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind

Entain & Enhance days - 2 paid days off for development

Sharesave Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing sports betting products, particularly in horse racing.
• Strong understanding of UK betting regulations is crucial.
• Successful history in working on digital consumer applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and design for quality product delivery.
• Manage product backlog using agile practices.
• Define user stories and acceptance criteria in collaboration with teams.
• Track product metrics demonstrating impacts on customers and business.
• Engage with various departmental leaders to ensure holistic product requirements.

Skills

Management of sports betting products

Understanding of UK betting & gaming regulations

Experience with digital consumer apps

Agile methodologies

Communication and interpersonal skills

User-story writing

Problem-solving abilities

Job description

Company Description

Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we're leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We're pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it's your game. So let's win together.

Job Description

As a Product Manager you will be responsible for playing a key role in building our global products and own end-to-end delivery. You will bring a deep understanding of user's needs, adept at identifying opportunities, refining your roadmap and collaborating across design, engineering and data.

Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, you will be part of the Sports Betting product team, who provide our Commercial teams with the platform to win in every market and super‑charge our growth.

Horse racing experience would be highly desirable for this role.

Are you ready to start a winning career?

What you will do

• Partner with engineering and design to deliver a world class product, ensuring quality, effective and timely product delivery.
• Define, prioritise, and manage the product backlog using agile methodologies.
• Ensure accurate and formal product documentation, including clearly defined user stories and acceptance criteria, in collaboration with engineering and design.
• Drives product metrics that demonstrate impact for our customers and our business.
• Collaborates closely with leaders from various departments, including marketing, compliance, commercial and legal, to ensure requirements are considered, challenged and evaluated.

Qualifications

• A demonstrated track record of successfully managing sports betting products from concept to market, especially horse racing.
• An solid understanding of sports betting products and UK betting & gaming regulations.
• Experience working on digital consumer apps.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities - proven ability to engage with engineers, designers and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative relationship.
• Adept at user‑story writing, translating data and insights, to build great products.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, using sound judgement to assess risks, and to lay out your argument in a well‑structured, data‑informed narrative.

Additional Information

At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning.

Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like:

• Generous group bonus scheme
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
• Private medical insurance
• Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
• Ability to buy and sell holiday
• Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
• Entain & Enhance days - 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
• Sharesave Scheme

And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated.

We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.