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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Onsite
Now part of Light & Wonder, Grover Gaming brings a legacy of innovation, integrity, and game design excellence to our growing team. Known for its award-winning electronic gaming experiences and vibrant culture, Grover Gaming has built a reputation as a top workplace and a trusted name in the industry. Together, we’re expanding our impact and shaping the future of charitable gaming with even greater creativity, purpose, and reach.
The Product Manager is responsible for driving the product portfolio strategy and managing the execution program in collaboration with sales executives and development teams to deliver on portfolio performance targets. In addition, the Product Manager is responsible for analyzing market requirements, market fit, and trends to develop a best-in-class product offering.
Essential Job Functions
Define the overall product strategy, research and development requirements, development, the creation of technical market content requirements, and content segmentation.
Follows product from initial development through all development stages to product submission and approval
Drives product roadmap decisions for adjacent markets (confluence)
Support expansion opportunities in emerging markets
Gather and prioritize product requirements based on customer insights, competitive analysis, and game segmentation
Communicate product requirements to R&D
Create & maintain the product strategy (Playbook) for the respective derivative markets; this includes leveraging legacy products and commissioning native products
Verify the regulatory requirements in conjunction with The Compliance Department
Develop and implement processes to identify deviations from standard market requirements through the various development stage gates
Collaborate in financial and technical analysis for product selection and definition
Define clear product visions and KPIs for each adjacent market
Create new product go-to-market plans including product segmentation, and product value proposition by market
Commercialize products, including pre-launch coordination with Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, etc.; this includes product training, both internally and as a customer support agent
Support in product release material across all adjacent markets
Manage the post-launch analysis of content based on segment expectations and provide debrief to R&D
Research competitor performance, technology, functionality, and product lines
Support the product management team, senior management, cross-department peers, Sales, and customer support on product information via presentations, product briefs, and other demonstrations
Education / Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
3+ years of product management experience (Gaming or hospitality industry experience preferred)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making
Ability to coordinate efforts across cross-functional teams
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
Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W 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 L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W 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.
Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.
