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Who We Are

Bally's Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence. It currently owns and manages 15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse racetrack in Colorado, and has access to OSB licenses in 18 states. It also owns Bally's Interactive International, formerly Gamesys Group, a leading, global, online gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform.

With 10,600 employees, the Company's casino operations include approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games and 3,800 hotel rooms. Upon completing the construction of a permanent casino facility in Chicago, IL, and a land-based casino near the Nittany Mall in State College, PA, Bally's will own and/or manage 16 casinos across 11 states. Bally’s also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas post the closure of the Tropicana.

Well, what about the team?

As a Product Owner you will be responsible for the ownership of one or more team backlogs and able to provide clear and value driven direction to your teams.

Reporting to a Senior Product Owner, you will excel at managing stakeholders and will be accountable for information travelling accurately into your teams and out to Product Management. Demonstrating clear understanding of software delivery, you will be a software delivery expert and use your skills in this area to inspire high performance in your teams.

You will excel in maintaining a well-ordered, transparent backlog and will proactively engage with the Senior Product Owner and other stakeholders to manage expectation or the order in which features/value will be delivered. Your experience will mean that you are confident at expressing each backlog item to the team and know how to collaborate effectively to refine each item to a ready state.

Your knowledge of agile delivery will enable you to act as a knowledge expert for your team, allowing you to add value to the process and not just execute the process.

You will be confident in breaking down complex requirements into clear, understandable requirements and stories, collaborating regularly with the team. In many cases, you will have a broader view of the organization than others and will be expected to be an expert communicator, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence skills to collaborate effectively, with an overarching goal of driving towards delivery success.

Facilitation is an important part of your role and you’ll be confident facilitating agile ceremonies, and any other workshops or meetings required to support your team. You will recognize the importance of action-oriented meetings and ensure that the meetings include agendas and result in actions.

You will be an exceptional team player, building strong relationships with Product Managers, technical leads, Product Delivery, and senior stakeholders. You will build these relationships effectively to ensure your level of understanding is respected. You will naturally understand how to test and validate information you receive before presenting it onward.

So, what will you be doing?

Requirements

• Take the vision and high-level requirements to produce detailed requirements for the team
• Ensure requirements and user stories meet a level of detail that allows the Teams to produce quality work, that achieves the product goal
• Consider the customer and customer experience in all requirements and user stories
• Define and prioritize features and document accurately
  
  

Backlogs

• Own the team backlog and represent the stakeholders whose requirements it contains
• Ensure Teams have backlogs of ‘ready’ work
• Ensure backlogs represent the product strategic priorities but also consider the release of commercial value as early as possible
• Align backlog review and management processes with the Product Ownership group
• Regular review of your backlog(s) with Product Management and the Senior Product Owner
• Ensure the backlog is always up to date, available and understood
  
  

Agile Processes

• Work with the team to refine, estimate and plan the work in the backlog
• Be the voice of the customer at every stage
• Own the acceptance of a feature, ensuring the requirements and Product Design are all delivered before release
  
  

Reporting

• Produce reports to be shared with teams and stakeholders
• Ensure all of your work is kept up to date in line with PMO reporting cycles
  
  

And what are we looking for?

• Demonstrable experience of software delivery
• Expert knowledge of agile delivery processes/frameworks
• Experience of improving customer experience
• Commercial acumen to assess business value
• Strong prioritization skills in a high-tempo environment
• Data driven
• Exceptional time management
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
• Strong organizational skill with high attention to detail
  
  

DNA / Values

At Bally’s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally’s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game.

Equal Opportunities

At Bally’s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work.

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.