Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner

At Aristocrat, we focus on bringing happiness to life through the excitement of play. As a global frontrunner in gaming content and technology, we seek to develop outstanding experiences for our players and customers. Our mission is to provide world-class outcomes across our diverse business sectors, which include regulated land-based gaming, social casino, and online real-money gaming. Being part of our innovative and dynamic team, you will have the opportunity to make a strong contribution and support our ambitious objectives. We emphasize collaboration, inclusivity, and imagination, making this a fantastic and stimulating place to work.

We seek an experienced Technical Product Owner to join our engineering team. This role involves driving Agile development forward, ensuring efficient software rollouts, and steering technical teams to accomplish their goals. You will have the opportunity to work with innovative technology and collaborate across various business functions to deliver quality products.

What You'll Do

• Enable the release of value by ensuring frequent software deployments of high quality.

• Apply Agile development and software engineering principles.

• Define, own, and communicate the capture of delivery benchmarks.

• Drive continuous improvement within your teams and department.

• Plan, track, and communicate delivery achievements.

• Own and adjust staffing strategy to deliver business needs.

• Lead recruitment activity.

• Promote collaboration with other business areas and teams, such as UX, Build, Product, Tech, Data, Network Operations, and Production Engineering.

• Cultivate a learning environment.

• Facilitate career progression.

• Undertake and ensure regular line management activities for direct and indirect reports.

• Support the flow of communications to and from the team.

• Actively promote an inclusive working environment.

• Track and validate costs.

• Support and align with Target Architecture.

What We're Looking For

• Solid knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology along with software engineering practices and tools.

• Theoretical knowledge or practical experience with Agile at scale.

• Experience working within DevOps organizations implementing practices such as continuous delivery, monitoring, and testing through automation.

• Proficient understanding of XP operational methodologies such as writing tests before coding, Continuous Integration, and collaborative programming.

• Excellent leadership, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Proven application of planning and estimation techniques including capacity and scenario planning.

• Capacity planning – aligning team’s capacity based on sprint work and member availability.

• Data-driven monitoring and measures – tracking benchmarks, product metrics, and measures of success.

• Presentation and storytelling – conducting engaging and captivating meetings and presenting ideas/findings.

• Cross-functional collaboration – bridging different engineering teams as needed.

• Technical experience – has a tech background with hands-on experience and is able to brainstorm with the team and architects.

• Familiarity with gaming platforms/digital products – understanding system needs in such an environment.

• Proficiency in agile/efficiency tools such as Jira and Confluence.

• Ability to prioritize under pressure – balancing multiple collaborators and tight timelines.

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills – spotting opportunities and issues early.

• Adaptability – prioritising tasks as business needs evolve.

• Leadership – influencing teams without direct line management.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

None

Additional Information

This role is subject to mandatory background screening and regulatory approvals. As part of your employment with Aristocrat, you may be required to complete a criminal background check, submit fingerprints, and obtain licenses or registrations with applicable gaming regulatory authorities.

Aristocrat operates in a highly regulated environment and holds licenses in over 340 gaming jurisdictions worldwide. To meet our global compliance obligations, you will be required to provide the disclosure of relevant personal and background information to government agencies, sovereign nations/tribal regulators, and other applicable gaming regulatory bodies. This is a condition of Aristocrat’s gaming licenses. The specific information required may vary depending on the jurisdiction and project assignment.

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Experience Level

Mid Level