Engineering Manager - Brand Experience
As an Engineering Manager at Betsson Group, the primary responsibilities will be geared towards building and leading high-performing engineering teams, meaning a lot of the focus will be on our most important asset – our people! The role will work closely with product, architecture and design counterparts on the planning and scoping of the product and technical development roadmap, where the Engineering Manager will be accountable for the engineering teams’ delivery. The role will also be expected to take ownership and responsibility for the technical stability and performance of the applications under the tutelage of the teams.
- Build and lead well-structured, highly functional teams with a culture of ownership and collaboration.
- Drive excellence in hiring, onboarding, and career development.
- Remove anything that holds the team back.
- Be accountable for delivering on time and to a high standard.
- Use clear performance metrics to track progress and drive continuous improvement of team and development processes.
- Promote ownership of system health, performance, and stability.
- Ensure effective support processes are in place and SLAs are actively monitored and met.
- Be an active member of the area's leadership team.
- Work closely with Product and Architecture to align the team with strategy, standards, and business goals.
- Share best practices with engineering leaders across the organisation.
- Excellent Communicator: Communicates clearly, honestly and directly with the team, fellow Engineering Managers and the Head of Engineering, adapting the message to the audience (required)
- Team Building and Collaboration: Builds highly functional, collaborative teams where people support each other, share knowledge and take shared ownership of outcomes (required)
- Team Planning and Resourcing: Identifies gaps in skills, roles and capacity, and closes them proactively through hiring, upskilling and planning ahead of demand (required)
- People Management: Manages the team day to day with fairness and consistency, running effective one to ones, performance reviews and hiring, and handling people matters such as conflict, absence and HR processes with care and discretion (required)
- People Development: Invests in the growth of every team member through regular feedback, clear goals and support for career progression, addressing performance concerns early and fairly (required)
- Technical Understanding: Brings a solid engineering background to technical discussions, partnering with Tech Leads and Architects while empowering the team to own solutions (required)
- Delivery and Execution: Ensures the team delivers reliably by managing priorities, dependencies and risks, while balancing delivery pressure with a sustainable pace (required)
- Stakeholder Management: Builds strong relationships with Product, Design, QA, Architecture and other teams, representing the team confidently and advocating for its needs (required)
- Continuous Improvement: Uses data and team feedback to refine processes and engineering practices, fostering a culture where learning leads to real change (required)
- Culture and Wellbeing: Leads with empathy and fairness, building an inclusive team and keeping an eye on wellbeing and workload before issues escalate (required)
- Industry Experience: Experience in iGaming, Fintech or similar high traffic, regulated industries, with an understanding of compliance and responsible gaming considerations (nice-to-have)
- Distributed Teams: Experience leading teams across multiple locations or time zones, keeping collaboration and alignment strong (nice-to-have)
- Agile Practices: Hands on experience with Scrum, Kanban or similar frameworks, adapting them to what works best for the team (nice-to-have)
- Incident Management: Experience supporting production environments, leading teams through incidents and driving learning from post incident reviews (nice-to-have)
- Budget Awareness: Experience managing or contributing to team budgets, including tooling, training and events (nice-to-have)
- Monthly Allowance for Lunch
- Private & Life Plan Insurance for you and your family
- Team Building Budget
- Annual Wellness Allowance
- Corporate Travel Insurance
- Events and initiatives both Local (Quarterly Meetings) and Global
- Professional Development Programs & Internal Career Opportunities
- Milestone Birthday
Betsson is a diversified, multinational gaming group whose history dates back to 1963 and which is now listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The group employs around 3,000 people of more than 75 nationalities across over 20 locations; Betsson AB is registered in Stockholm, while its operational headquarters in Ta' Xbiex, Malta, run the day-to-day business. Through brands such as Betsson, Betsafe and NordicBet, it offers casino, sportsbook and other gaming products in regulated markets across Europe, the Americas and Central Asia. Its proprietary technology supports a scalable model serving both B2C customers and B2B partners, with responsible growth and customer protection central to its strategy.