Senior Product Specialist

Hollywoodbets; Durban; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

A sports betting company based in Durban seeks a driven professional to lead the development of its betting platforms. Responsibilities include maintaining current platforms, innovating features, and providing project leadership. The ideal candidate will have strong management skills, betting knowledge, and a valid driver’s license. This position offers an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in the betting industry.

Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle.
• Strong betting knowledge is essential.
• Experience in management or business development required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain all current betting platforms and introduce new features.
• Provide overall leadership in the development of betting platforms.
• Conduct competitor analysis reporting.
• Project lead all product testing before release.
• Communicate with departments to identify work shortfalls.
• Assist developers by providing Business Requirement Documents.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Results driven

Betting Knowledge

Management

Sales or Business development

Education

Valid driver’s license

Job description

Job Description

• Communication
• Attention to detail
• Results driven

Responsibilities

• Maintain all current betting platforms (mobisite, website, USSD) by identifying shortfalls and introducing new features and solutions
• Provide overall leadership and direction in the development of betting platforms
• Identifying new innovations and assessment of Competitors
• Develop and drive software development project plans and specifications, estimating time requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases throughout implementation, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, and coordinating actions
• Ensure enhancement of the Mobisite, Website, Syx, refer a Friend, TUV, and other Company products and Improve the functionality for the end-users of these applications
• Evaluate consumer understanding and insights — Consumer experience with the Brand and possible enhancements where required
• Competitor analysis reporting
• Project lead all product testing before releasing to live environment
• Market awareness and strong Relationship Management abilities
• Identify root causes of customer and audit queries and look at ways and initiatives to reduce specific customer/audit queries where appropriate, based on the nature of the query
• Any other ad hoc duties that might be required
• Communicating with departments to identify work shortfalls and areas where the development team can assist in improving work processes
• Assist and advise the developers and software architects on how an application should work, what needs are to be met, and dictate the flow and user interface to determine what the users view by providing them with Business Requirement Documents
• Conduct and supervise group testing of complete applications and software
• Identifying and eliminating the factors within the applications that may pose a risk to the business
• Market research and product development
• New business ideas and improving current business work practices
• Involvement in making user manuals for system applications
• Working closely with our betting traders and ensuring we maintain the desired GGR margins and implementing measures and strategies to correct instances where this objective is not met
• Dealing with all betting related queries for clients
• Analyzing risk and fraud related to the product
• Analyzing the odds relevance and accuracy
• Highlighting high risk or high spend/win clients
• Defining functionality required front and back end of SyX and mobisite/web
• Reporting on product performance and metrics
• Assist with completion of the BRD for integration and enhancements
• Perform testing on functionality and odds of all product releases
• Key link between Software Development and the business
• Negotiates commercials relating to the product
• Creates BRD through collaboration with Betting Product Owner
• Perform full-cycle testing of product functionality and odds
• Drive Marketing plans for the product within iBranch/retail
• Ensure sufficient handover to Betting Product Owner before a live release
• Review Contracts, looking for additional value or reduction in commercials
• Setting up strategic meetings with partners to increase figures, implement strategies, add product
• Dealing with compliance for GB approvals across all provinces

Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license and own vehicle
• IVR
• Betting Knowledge
• Management
• Sales or Business development

About Us

Hollywoodbets is a sports and entertainment betting operator that was born and bred in Durban, South Africa. Whether you’re in one of our upmarket retail branches or online, our customers can conveniently place bets in style anytime, anywhere.

We’re proud to partner with local and international legends, from the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Brentford FC to iconic events like the Hollywoodbets Durban July. Being part of our Purple Team means being part of something bigger.

At Hollywoodbets, every day is a chance to learn, grow, and make an impact. We move fast, think big, and work together to turn bold ideas into reality. With passion, creativity, and a shared purpose, we bring our Purple Spirit to everything we do.

The opportunities here are endless. If you’re driven, curious, agile and ready to level up, there’s no limit to how far you can go with the Purple Team!