Advanced Product Manager, Systems

Light & Wonder; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 950 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming technology company is seeking a candidate with at least 7 years of experience in software architecture and solutions. This role focuses on establishing product strategies, managing customer relationships, and working collaboratively with teams. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership qualities and customer service acumen, along with a Bachelors or Masters degree. The role is based in Midrand, Johannesburg, with an estimated 30% travel requirement.

Responsibilities

• Establish product strategy and justification.
• Develop relationships with key customers for feedback.
• Hold feedback sessions with customers and stakeholders.
• Help create sales enablement collateral.
• Provide technical guidance on business development activities.
• Manage customer escalations and project plans.

Skills

Time Management

Data Analytics

Analytical

Agile

Requirement Gathering

Strategic thinking

Visio

Communication

Problem Solving

Market Research

UML

Cross Functional Teams

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Gaming : Welcome to the world of land-based gaming.

At Light & Wonder its all about the games and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology products and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Responsibilities

Business Case : Establish the background and justification of the product strategy by explaining the benefit and value it creates for our business and customers.

Work with development teams on cost and present ROI and options for execution leveraging current approval processes.

Customer Insights : Develop strong relationships with key customers to gather feedback understand their needs and incorporate insights into product enhancements.

Advocate for the customer throughout the product development process.

Customer Success : Hold regular feedback sessions with customers and with internal stakeholders from groups such as Client Success Sales and Support.

Participate in customer upgrades or go-lives (minimally two per year as budget allows).

Solicit testimonials or success stories for marketing use.

Sales Training and Demos: Help create initial sales enablement collateral including demo material and talk track to communicate the value of the product release.

Conduct hands-on enablement training to sale teams.

Business Development: Provide technical guidance on business development activities and take ownership of Technical Systems input and output requirements integrating the voice of the customer.

Assess new projects support sales and Client Project Managers during proof of concepts and oversee project implementation and continuous improvement.

Leadership : Manage customer escalations create project plans and supervise team members to ensure that deadlines are followed.

Confer with cross-functional units to develop process improvements with a lens toward increasing customer experience operational efficiency and revenue opportunities.

Act as team mentor and establish strong working relationships with internal support service and engineering departments to optimize customer service in cross area activities.

Manages timely departmental workflow and productivity as well as enhance experience and knowledge for the staff.

Responsible for managing hardware and software teams for testing and demonstrations.

Experience

7 years technically offering solutions / software architecture experience is required.

Technical Operations knowledge required preferably in the casino domain.

Experience in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software configuration processes.

Must have experience of managing offshore teams and knowledge of developing programs in both batch and online.

Expertise in High & Low Level Design Module Design Code-Reviews & Testing.

Strong knowledge of software technical architecture / support.

Process adherence optimization and coming up with new processes.

Ability to remain calm and composed even under trying situations and ability to see challenges objectively.

Ability to lead train and motivate technical staff.

Ability to communicate with IT and business users with ease.

Ability to work well with all levels of management and be precise in articulating technical solution / issues.

Strong customer service acumen.

Financial management capability understanding of cost control and budgeting.

Role to be based in South Africa (Midrand Johannesburg) with an estimated 30% travel required.

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree preferred.

Qualifications

Required Experience : IC

Key SkillsTime Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams.

Employment Type

Full-Time

Location

South Africa (Midrand Johannesburg) – 30% travel.

Contact

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