Gaming Product Manager / Technical Product Owner

Senior | Switzerland | Start: October 2026

Location: Geneva area, could consider european candidates (holding EU passport MANDATORY)

Working hours: 09:00 - 18:00 CET/CEST

Travel: ~4 times per year within Europe

Occasional availability: Required outside standard hours for major events (match nights, tournaments)

Contract: Consulting assignment Via Helvetic Payroll

About the Role

Helvetic Payroll is looking for a Senior Gaming Product Manager / Technical Product Owner on behalf of a major international sports and digital entertainment organisation.

The role sits at the heart of product governance for a large-scale gaming platform, covering fan engagement products (fantasy games, predictor games, quizzes, gamification) reaching millions of users across Europe.

This is not a hands-on development role. It is a product leadership and delivery governance position, working at the intersection of external development agencies, architecture teams, business stakeholders, and data teams.

What You'll Do

Gaming Roadmap Management

• Own and drive the gaming product delivery roadmap in collaboration with external agencies and internal teams
• Align delivery plans with broader digital product priorities and platform strategy
• Identify risks, dependencies and trade-offs early in the process
• Facilitate prioritisation discussions between business, technology and delivery stakeholders
• Provide regular roadmap updates and delivery status reports to senior stakeholders
• Balance business priorities with long-term platform scalability, sustainability and operational resilience

Agency & Supplier Delivery Management

• Act as the primary delivery lead for external digital development agencies
• Define clear scopes, briefs, milestones and delivery expectations
• Challenge supplier estimates, statements of work, change requests and commercial proposals
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed objectives, timelines and quality standards
• Coordinate activities across multiple suppliers and internal teams

Product Requirements & Execution Planning

• Translate business and product needs into clear, actionable functional, technical and non-functional requirements
• Ensure all teams share a consistent understanding of scope, timelines and expected outcomes
• Review and validate proposed solutions before development begins
• Integrate security, privacy and operational requirements from the planning phase onwards

Technical Integration Coordination

• Act as the primary product counterpart to architecture and engineering teams
• Coordinate integrations with: authentication services, analytics platforms, marketing technology, data services, game SDKs, CMS, web & app platforms, and monitoring tools
• Challenge proposed technical solutions without being a hands-on developer
• Identify integration, scalability and security risks early

Agile Delivery & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work within an Agile framework (Scrum/Kanban): backlog management, sprint planning, release planning, dependency management
• Manage blockers, escalate risks and drive resolution plans
• Support release governance and production readiness activities
• Champion Agile best practices across suppliers and stakeholders

Product Performance & Optimisation

• Define and track product KPIs (engagement, conversion, retention) alongside technical KPIs (performance, stability, availability)
• Analyse user data to surface improvement opportunities
• Benchmark gaming products against industry standards and competitor offerings
• Drive experimentation and data-driven optimisation initiatives

Launch Readiness & Operational Support

• Coordinate go-live plans and launch readiness checks
• Prepare for high-traffic periods (tournaments, match nights)
• Support incident management and post-incident reviews
• Drive deployment plans, rollback plans and operational readiness activities

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Build strong relationships across product, technology, marketing and agency teams
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions and governance meetings
• Promote collaboration and transparency across internal and external teams

What We're Looking For

Must-Have

• 5+ yearsin Product Management, Technical Product Owner or Digital Product Management
• Proven experience managinghigh-traffic B2C product roadmaps
• Experience inmulti-agency delivery governanceand external partner management
• Solid understanding of digital product architecture and enterprise integration patterns
• Familiarity withAPIs, cloud platforms, analytics ecosystems and CRM integrations
• Proficiency withAtlassian JIRA & Confluence
• Strong command ofAgile methodologies(Scrum, Kanban) - active participation in sprint ceremonies
• Fluent English(written and spoken) - sole working language
• Knowledge of GDPR and applicable data regulations

Nice to Have

• Experience ingaming, fantasy sports, fan engagement or sports media
• Background in gamification platforms, predictor games, casual games or large-scale sports engagement products
• Understanding of enterprise architecture, scalability and security at scale
• Experience in an international, distributed work environment

Soft Skills

• Proactive, action-oriented, able to deliver under pressure and tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable operating autonomously in a large, distributed organisation
• Collaborative mindset with a strong customer and product focus