Product Owner

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic working environment

Development opportunities

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited is seeking a seasoned product professional to own backlog and deliver requirements for digital initiatives in a fast-paced wagering environment. You will break features into epics and stories, maintain a sprint-ready backlog, and coordinate with Engineering, UX, Data, and Compliance to ensure feasible, compliant delivery.

You will guide cross-functional teams through agile processes, help define acceptance criteria, and support launch readiness with business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, business or related field.
• Minimum 6 years in product management or UX design with a proven track record.
• Experience managing product development projects and system requirements (backend and frontend).
• Solid experience in agile teams.
• Strong understanding of wagering products, customer behaviour, and market dynamics.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing product lifecycles.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello).
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues in the wagering industry.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for the wagering industry and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain a well-structured, prioritised backlog aligned with PM strategy and the approved roadmap.
• Break shaped features into detailed epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Keep the backlog refined and sprint-ready.
• Make day-to-day scope trade-offs and prioritisation decisions to unblock delivery teams.
• Define and maintain the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, serve as the primary owner of requirements documentation end-to-end without a BA handoff, and collaborate with Engineering, UX, Data, and Architecture to ensure requirements are clearly defined, feasible and aligned with engineering constraints for successful and timely delivery.
• Lead refinement and support sprint planning with Engineering and Scrum Masters, provide continuous clarification to developers and QA throughout the sprint, resolve ambiguity and remove blockers related to requirements or scope.
• Accept sprint work to ensure delivered increments align with business intent.
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios, edge cases, and coverage.
• Validate functionality during QA, UAT, and pre-production checks.
• Ensure operational readiness and coordinate with Channels, Trading, CSII, Operations, and Customer teams.
• Support PM and business teams on launch preparation and training materials.
• Collaborate with Trading, Compliance, Legal, Security, and Operations to ensure detailed requirements include all regulatory and operational constraints, and manage communication across squads so stakeholders understand scope and changes.
• Coordinate with Engineering Managers on capacity, sequencing, and dependency management.
• Manage vendor alignment and delivery collaboration (e.g. Amelco), ensuring requirements, timelines, and dependencies are clearly communicated and executed, and facilitate effective BAU collaboration across AOP, BAU, and external vendors for multi-party coordination.

Skills

Product management

UX design

Agile methodologies

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or related disciplines

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Job description

About the Role

The role owns product backlog and requirements delivery for digital initiatives within the Club's AOP programme, which aims to accelerate platform, product, people, performance and potential through innovation and delivery excellence. The programme spans product, technology, operations, delivery and change, creating next-generation experiences and strengthening capabilities that support the Club's future growth. The role works within a diverse team that solves complex challenges, delivers meaningful impact, and creates value for customers, members, the Club and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain a well-structured, prioritised backlog aligned with PM strategy and the approved roadmap
• Break shaped features into detailed epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Keep the backlog refined and sprint-ready
• Make day-to-day scope trade-offs and prioritisation decisions to unblock delivery teams.
• Define and maintain the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, serve as the primary owner of requirements documentation end-to-end without a BA handoff, and collaborate with Engineering, UX, Data, and Architecture to ensure requirements are clearly defined, feasible
• And aligned with engineering constraints for successful and timely delivery.
• Lead refinement and support sprint planning with Engineering and Scrum Masters, provide continuous clarification to developers and QA throughout the sprint, resolve ambiguity and remove blockers related to requirements or scope
• And accept sprint work to ensure delivered increments align with business intent.
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios, edge cases, and coverage
• Validate functionality during QA, UAT, and pre-production checks
• Ensure operational readiness and coordinate with Channels, Trading, CSII, Operations, and Customer teams
• Support PM and business teams on launch preparation and training materials.
• Collaborate with Trading, Compliance, Legal, Security, and Operations to ensure detailed requirements include all regulatory and operational constraints, and manage communication across squads so stakeholders understand scope and changes.
• Coordinate with Engineering Managers on capacity, sequencing, and dependency management.
• Manage vendor alignment and delivery collaboration (e.g. Amelco), ensuring requirements, timelines, and dependencies are clearly communicated and executed, and facilitate effective BAU collaboration across AOP, BAU, and external vendors for multi-party coordination.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 6 years in product management or UX design with a proven track record.
• Experience managing product development projects and system requirements (backend and frontend).
• Solid experience in agile teams.
• Strong understanding of wagering products, customer behaviour, and market dynamics.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing product lifecycles.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello).
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues in the wagering industry.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for the wagering industry and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Preferred Skills

• People management or coaching experience.
• Certification as a Product Owner or Scrum Master.
• Experience in user acceptance test planning and execution.

Salary

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits & Perks

• Dynamic working environment.
• Development opportunities.