[Hiring] Product Owner @Rush Street Interactive

Role Description

We are looking for a Product Owner, Sportsbook, who is the critical bridge between product strategy and delivery execution. This role oversees the product definition, design, and development of sports wagering experiences, including:

• Featured bet offer pages
• Bet slip
• Odds and pricing display
• Live/in-play betting
• Live streaming
• Sportsbook promotional and bonus features

Our mission is to engage and delight players by delivering fun, fair, friendly, and focused experiences. We are committed to transparency, responsible gaming, and building an award-winning platform that provides exciting, differentiated, and personalized offerings to our customers.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, information systems, data science, marketing, economics, engineering, or a relevant field is preferred
• 2+ years in a product owner, business analyst, or similar delivery-facing product role within an agile software development environment
• Great communication skills
• Strong familiarity with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), backlog management tools (JIRA, Asana), and user story writing
• Experience in sports betting, iGaming, online casino, fintech, or adjacent consumer tech industries is preferred
• Ability to travel occasionally, both domestically and internationally

Requirements

• Backlog Ownership & Story Definition
• Own, maintain, and prioritize the sportsbook product backlog
• Translate epics and requirements from Product Managers into clearly written user stories
• Sprint Planning, Delivery & Acceptance
• Serve as the day-to-day voice of the product during daily standups, sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and execution
• Act as the primary contact for engineers, designers, and QA
• Make real-time prioritization decisions during sprints
• Collaborate with QA on test coverage and edge cases
• Product Alignment & Outcome Support
• Work with Product Managers, Senior Product Managers, or Directors
• Keep delivery aligned with the original product intent and expected outcomes
• Include analytics instrumentation and tracking in story requirements
• Provide delivery-side feedback to inform future discovery, shaping, and roadmap decisions
• Stakeholder Communication
• Update product leadership on delivery progress, risks, blockers, and scope adjustments
• Document backlog decisions, priority changes, and delivery trade-offs for transparency
• Regulatory & Responsible Gaming Awareness
• Incorporate regulatory, compliance, and responsible gaming requirements into delivery requirements
• Verify that betting and promotional features meet market-specific requirements before release
• Escalate regulatory concerns arising during delivery
• Continuous Improvement
• Participate in retrospectives to improve delivery processes
• Identify recurring delivery friction and work with Product Managers to address root causes
• Stay current with agile best practices

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Autonomy – we embrace personal freedom and responsibility
• Creativity – we are open to new ideas of how we can be better
• Growth – we want you to develop personally as well as professionally
• Top-notch professionals who are passionate about what they do
• People-oriented environment and supportive atmosphere