Engineering Manager - Brand Experience
As an Engineering Manager at Betsson Group, the primary responsibilities are geared towards building and leading high-performing engineering teams, with a significant focus on people development. The role involves working closely with product, architecture, and design counterparts on the planning and scoping of the product and technical development roadmap, where accountability for the engineering teams' delivery rests with the Engineering Manager. Additionally, the role requires taking 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 obstacles that hinder team progress.
- Be accountable for delivering on time and to a high standard using performance metrics.
- 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 monitored and met.
- Act as 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 who adapts messages to the audience (required).
- Experience building highly functional, collaborative teams (required).
- Ability to identify skill gaps and manage team capacity through hiring and upskilling (required).
- Experience in day-to-day people management, including performance reviews and conflict resolution (required).
- Commitment to team member growth through feedback and career progression support (required).
- Solid engineering background to participate in technical discussions (required).
- Experience managing priorities, dependencies, and risks to ensure reliable delivery (required).
- Strong stakeholder management skills across Product, Design, QA, and Architecture (required).
- Ability to use data to refine processes and foster a culture of continuous improvement (required).
- Leadership focused on empathy, inclusivity, and team wellbeing (required).
- Experience in iGaming, Fintech, or similar high-traffic, regulated industries (nice-to-have).
- Experience leading teams across multiple locations or time zones (nice-to-have).
- Hands-on experience with Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban (nice-to-have).
- Experience supporting production environments and leading incident management (nice-to-have).
- Experience managing or contributing to team budgets (nice-to-have).
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.