Technical Product Owner
Aristocrat is looking for a Technical Product Owner to join the team. It is a great opportunity to work alongside technical geniuses and the industry's best creative minds who all share the vision of making Product Madness the top games publisher around. Aristocrat is thrilled to expand its footprint in this dynamic, innovative, and exciting industry.
The Technical Product Owner will collaborate closely with technical and business collaborators to create and prioritise the backlog for one or more of Aristocrat's web and mobile games. They will work closely with the Solution Architects, producers, scrum masters, art and development leads to design technical solutions to deliver the product visions. The role involves defining and elaborating epics and user stories, inspiring and motivating the development teams to deliver innovative and exciting solutions within allocated timeframes, and promoting continuous improvements. The Technical Product Owner will also act as a knowledge broker to resolve blockers and technical dependencies.
- Collaborate closely with technical and business collaborators to create and prioritise the backlog for one or more of Aristocrat's web and mobile games.
- Work closely with the Solution Architects, producers, scrum masters, art and development leads to design technical solutions to deliver the product visions.
- Define and elaborate epics and user stories.
- Inspire and motivate the development teams to deliver innovative and exciting solutions within allocated timeframes.
- Promote Continuous improvements.
- Act as knowledge broker to resolve blockers and technical dependencies.
- Essential Experience in a technical role (software developer, tester or technical analyst) (required).
- Experience in writing Technical Design Documents or Technical Requirements (required).
- Solid knowledge of client-server architectures and network concepts (required).
- Ability to understand technical details of a system and foresee edge case scenarios and performance issues in a proposed solution (required).
- Able to manage development and delivery across different locations and time zones (required).
- Experience in a games/mobile apps development studio (nice-to-have).
- Experience in JIRA and managing development backlogs, writing detailed user stories and creating flow diagrams (nice-to-have).
- Experience in relational databases, SQL and integration with third party systems (nice-to-have).
- Scrum product owner certification (nice-to-have).
- Passion for experience in the social/mobile games field (nice-to-have).
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support wellbeing, and recognise contribution to success.
- Specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
- May be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits depending on role and location.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.