Sr. Product Manager

About Us

We are BetMGM. We are revolutionizing sports betting and online gaming in the United States. We are a partnership between two powerhouse organizations—MGM Resorts International and Entain Group. You know our name through our exciting portfolio of brands including BetMGM Sportsbook, Borgata online, Party Casino and Party Poker. We aim to bring our ideas into action and find ways to deliver the best quality in gaming platforms.

We understand that each card in the deck plays a unique role in any given hand, just as our employees each play a unique role in accomplishing our goals as a company. We strive to create a culture of empathy where our employees feel valued, heard, and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We want to build a product and a workplace that reflect the communities we serve so we approach our work fearlessly, take responsibility when we get it wrong, and ante-up again. We play to win, and we are all-in together.

We were recognized as one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work”.

The Senior Product Manager will take responsibility for discovery, planning, strategy, execution, and analysis of back-end Payment Operations and Fraud tools. The ideal candidate should understand the Agile working process and be able to lead throughout the Product roadmap in a strategic way. This key role will work with senior team members across the organization and external vendors. Senior product managers should be dynamic leaders and highly impactful communicators, with an excellent ability to present to and gather feedback from senior stakeholders. They should contribute meaningfully to creating a culture of excellence and driving the practice of product management and innovation, helping BetMGM create the future of sports and entertainment.  

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of a strategic product roadmap to establish a high-caliber risk management platform.

• Define and implement capabilities that accurately quantify, monitor, and mitigate financial risks impacting the organization.

• Experience with Agile scrum team, working alongside an engineering counterpart to advance the product roadmap and meet key milestones.

• Oversee sprint planning, prioritize stories, and ensure the product backlog aligns with strategic objectives, fostering a well-coordinated scrum process.

• Engage in technical design and architectural discussions to identify innovative and effective solutions.

• Provide vision and direction to the product, Business Intelligence, engineering, program and key business teams throughout the process as required

• Ability to distill and summarize sophisticated information down to the main points, with the appropriate level of detail to make it understandable/actionable for senior leadership and key partners

• Assess competitive environment, industry trends, current state strengths and gaps, as well as field representative needs

Essential Functions

• Must be able to stand or sit and operate computers and other technological devices for extended periods of time

Qualifications  

• 5+ years of experience in backend payment operations and financial risk

• Strategic thinking and ability to incorporate larger business context into algorithm and product development

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts

• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer needs and translate them into product and operational requirements

• Proven track record of making well-informed decisions and prioritizing effectively, even in uncertain or evolving scenarios.

•  Familiarity with Agile methodologies and practices.

• Exceptional relationship management skills

The annual salary range for this position is $125,000to $165,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for participation in a performance-based bonus plan.

Gaming Compliance & Licensing Requirements
 
As an online gaming company, BetMGM is required to comply with state gaming regulations which includes licensing obligations.  Applicable employees must be licensed by at least one jurisdictional agency, although certain positions require licensing by multiple agencies