Salt has partnered with one of the UK's leading Entertainment and gaming companies creating some of Europe's most played retail and online games.

2026 is set to be a groundbreaking year for the business as they look to launched a range of brand new propositions and they are looking for an experienced Innovation Manager to own the intersection of commercial strategy, insights, and game mechanics. This role is involved in the end-to-end development of new products from concept to launch.

As the Product Innocation Manager, youll be tasked with crafting deeply resonant propositions requiring curiosity to understand what makes a new proposition or product work, and creativity to shape how users exerpience the proposition across every touchpoint.

The Innovation Manager must be comfortable with developing new ideas, responding to business needs, and navigating the business to execute effectively. As a core part of the businesses growth engine, this is a role that demands intellectual curiosity, commercial discipline, and passionate advocacy for both their customers and purpose.

Here are some key pieces of experience they are looking for:

• Strong commercial experience owning successful products, strategy, innovation and propositions within gaming or FMCG industries.
• Passion for interpreting and articulating numerical data, probability and analytics to drive decision making.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and storytelling skills. This is integral with regards to driving the performance of the products.
• Some familiarity with probabilistic game design or lottery/gaming mechanics preferable.

You'll be working 2 days per week from their central Watford office location and will receive a host of benefits including bonus, up to 8.5% pension contribution, 26 days holiday plus Bank Holiday and additional life days, wellness allowance and opt in private health and dental.

The role offers a genuinely exciting opportunity to impact some of the best known lottery based games in the UK and Europe, at an exciting inflection point for the business whilst working in a collaborative environment with a talented team.

If you're a Product Innovation Manager, Innovation Manager or Commercial/ Strategy Manager, passionate about building consumer products whilst positively impacting society then this could well be the role for you.

Please apply today for a confidential call to discuss the position in more detail.