Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.
We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.
We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.
Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.
The Role
As part of this team, you will lead a team of individual Product Owners to expand, uplift and develop the Product perspective across Value Streams and Enabling Streams.
In collaboration with the Senior Product Owner Manager and Head of Planning & Delivery you will continue the transformation of ways of working and the role of Product Owners in that transformation alongside Delivery and Engineering. By working closely with Heads of Product & Heads of Engineering, you will ensure effective collaboration between Product Owners, Product Managers & Engineering Managers. Your role will work closely with senior contributors across Product, Delivery, and Engineering, consulting with Architecture, QA and Service Operations, to ensure our people are being developed in alignment with the vision and strategy.
What can you expect in the role?
You will ensure the squads have sufficient end-to-end product and analysis expertise to enable autonomy and ownership within the squads.
Support and help the product owners to work with stakeholders to identify challenging problems and opportunities, analyse and understand current processes and systems.
Continue to develop strong knowledge of our platform capabilities, and ensure they are enabled to execute their role effectively.
Facilitate the Product Community forums, structures, and mechanisms for product professionalisation, systems understanding, and analysis competency across the squads, with a focus on sharing experiences, knowledge and skills.
Ensure the quality and effectiveness of Product Owner activities across the delivery lifecycle (from ‘ideation & strategic alignment’ through to ‘transition & evolution’)
Recruitment, onboarding, engagement, and retention of Product Owner roles.
Work with the Head of Product to establish, maintain and improve the tribe’s Product Community.
Work with the Head of Planning & Delivery and Senior Engineering Managers to ensure product owner alignment and development to broader Tribe delivery ways of working
Supporting Product Owners and their squads in finding solutions to complex challenges by employing best practice product and analysis approaches whilst aligned to agile delivery methodology
At times may be asked to support in a Product Owner capacity on those initiatives or objectives that require product consultation, and to maintain direct experience of the role.
Professional development of the Product Owners (coaching & mentoring, development plans, performance).
Participate in leadership meetings and working groups at value stream and tribe level to provide subject matter expertise in Product, Platform capability and analysis approaches
What You’ll Be Doing
People manager for Product Owners, focusing on coaching, pastoral support and career development
Leads PO career path and ensures that all team members have development plans
Leads the evolution of Product Owner capability, connecting with Product Owner practices across Flutter
Actively seeks out modern product practices and training opportunities to share in the product community forums, and reaches across organization and industry to identify best practices that can be brought back to team
Facilitate the Product Community forums, structures, and mechanisms for product professionalisation, systems understanding, and analysis competency across the squads, with a focus on sharing experiences, knowledge and skills.
Sets high standards of execution through their own actions and through knowledge sharing with the wider team
Gains trust and support of others, generous with time, advice and knowledge
Communicates effectively & credibly across a wide range of channels and with Senior Stakeholders
A role model of collaborative leaderships, knows when to seek a variety of viewpoints when leading discussions, developing solutions or strategies
Has a track record of using their own initiative to identify, take ownership of, and deliver against impactful issues or growth opportunities within their area.
Suggests enhancements in the company’s organization and strategy.
Challenges behaviours misaligned to company values and sets standard through their own behaviours.
What You’ll Bring
Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills.
Prior Product Delivery & People Management experience.
Has an eye for continuous improvement needs and frameworks to enable improvement.
Experience working in software delivery and understanding the delivery process.
Ability to engage with and get the best out of people in teams.
Ability to work through a large set of unknowns and translate them into effective plans.
Experience of leading teams (or virtual teams) and developing talent
We'd Like You To Master In
Knowledge of sports betting products and trading technology environments that enable these products.
Experience working in Product Engineering domains in analysis, delivery, product lifecycle and support of products and capabilities.
Ability to ideate and create solutions that address challenges and opportunities for our customers.
Ability to work through a large set of unknowns and translate them into Product, Process or Tech requirements.
Ability to formulate and communicate strategy.
Experience of leading teams, coaching and developing talent.
This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well...you can check our amazing perks & benefits right here!
So ... are you in?
Equal opportunities
At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.
We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion.
Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.
If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to [email protected].
We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.
