Ready to take a different path? Passionate about Technology? Love horse racing? Eager to work in a rapidly growing industry? Fascinated by the world of gambling and casinos? If you answered YES to any of these questions, 1/ST TECHNOLOGY could be the right fit for you!

1/ST TECHNOLOGY is a global group of Technology, service, and wagering companies that provides B2B and B2C wagering and betting infrastructure for the horse racing and casino industries. Our companies and products include AmTote, Xpressbet, 1/ST BET, and PariMAX, and we are always eager to add enthusiastic and knowledgeable members to our growing team. Whether you’re a railbird, gamer, or you’re just passionate about Technology, and we’d love to find out if there’s a spot where you can thrive with 1/ST Technology. At 1/ST Technology, innovation drives us to create dynamic digital experiences in the horse racing and gaming industry.

The Product Owner (PO) position is responsible for defining Use Cases, requirements and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features and components of the team. This role is part of the Scrum Team. This position facilitates a significant role in quality control and is empowered to accept solutions as done. In addition to the specific focus of the Product Owner position, this role maintains significant relationships and performs responsibilities outside of the local team, including with Product Management. Product Management is responsible for the team product backlog and roadmap. As a member of the extended Product Management team, the Product Owner position is heavily involved in program backlog refinement along with preparation of Program Increment (PI) planning sessions including facilitating a significant role in planning the event(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

• Updates the team backlog. Reviews and contributes to the program vision, roadmap, and content presentations.
• Facilitates actions/tasks with story definition and provides clarification necessary to assist the team with story estimates and sequencing.
• Maintains efficient flow of user story creation.
• Maintains the team backlog and roadmap with input from key stakeholders and customers.
• Creates/drafts the team’s specific objectives for upcoming sprints.
• Partners with Development team members ensuring the understanding of the vision for the product and the impact of designing excellent features.
• Develops detailed specifications for product features that are clearly understood by Development teams.
• Inspires and motivates all team members in delivering innovative and exciting solutions with an appropriate sense of urgency.
• Participates in team demonstrations and retrospectives.
• Supports acceptance test driven development by participating in the creation of user story acceptance criteria.
• May perform other job-related functions as needed.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, analytics, or related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a Product Owner role in an Agile software development environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in communicating progress at each phase of development including published roadmaps, requirements, and additional information.
• Demonstrated experience in developing B2B and B2C products.
• Demonstrates a high degree of technical expertise and business acumen.
• Strong results-oriented skill sets combined with excellent judgment and problem-solving skills with a track record of product success.
• Strong, resilient, results driven, and self-directed skill sets with personal commitment to excellence.
• Collaborative and communicative in working with teams across the organization.
• Cross-function collaboration – strong in forging relationships across groups and driving buy-in and commitment towards solutions that may be challenging or new.
• Preferred Experience and/or Education: Experience working with fixed odds and Pari-Mutuel wagering industry.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• This position does not have supervisory responsibilities/duties.
• This position is empowered to take initiative with applicable duties/projects and receives direct instruction from leadership.
• Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a competitive base salary and benefits.
• Requires travel up to 20% travel including travel outside of local area and can include overnight stay. International travel possible.
• Position is based at the Gulfstream Park office location. Position classification is “Hybrid".

We are 1/ST Technology - A fully integrated racing and gaming technology company providing solutions that drive pari-mutuel and fixed-odds wagering world-wide. A leading technology and services provider to the North American pari-mutuel wagering market, with services that include the horse racing industry’s most comprehensive and user-friendly wagering website/platform allowing customers to wager from a computer, phone, or mobile device. Ongoing commitment to the growth and success of the global racing industry through B2C and B2B product innovation, extensive professional services offerings, the broadest integration of hosts for commingled pari-mutuel, and fixed odds and the continued evolution of the preeminent totalizator systems in the world.

1/ST Technology is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.