Gaming:
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Position Summary
Director, Technical Product Management designs, develops and manages activities for a specific product or group of products from product definition and planning through production, release, and end of life. Serves as the central resource with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality and marketing as the product(s) move to production and distribution. Involvement lasts throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modifications, upgrades and maintenance of the product or product line.
Essential Job Functions:
- Support vision, leadership, and direction for specific product line(s) and categories.
- Able to demonstrate product vision, critical thinking, and drive innovation.
- Drive hardware strategy and business decisions for responsible products and services.
- Market mapping and opportunity discovery (will work in conjunction with commercial lead to define opportunities within new and existing customers).
- Competitor mapping – functional, commercial – including gap analysis.
- Pricing and Commercial model setting.
- Product lifecycle management and communication.
- Sales enablement support for marketing team.
- Subject matter expert support for pre-sales.
- Roadmap definition, communication (including breakfix support and new product development).
- Manages the business model and utilizes close collaboration with software development to optimize product market launches.
- Manages market requirements and execution of participation roadmap by driving new product launches through launch process.
- Collaborates with US/India teams on product development and selling new products.
- Identifies new opportunities for developing products from concept to distribution.
- Provides technical and market expertise for specific gaming markets.
- Hires and manages professional individual contributors, often at mid to senior levels.
- Understands what it takes for their team to be successful and a high performer with a proven ability to have a meaningful career conversation with senior individuals looking to develop long term career path across Light & Wonder.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in product development / management.
- Previous experience in Gaming preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Proven leadership, excellent organizational and management skills.
- Knowledge of relevant legal codes in business and gaming.
- Strong problem solving and goal setting skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Skills in financial and ROI analysis.
- Understanding of Gaming industry, regulatory compliance and protocols.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
- Master's degree preferred.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
Work Conditions
LNW and its affiliates (collectively, “LNW”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain LNW employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure LNW complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with LNW (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
