Development Team Manager, Sports Games

Veikkaus creates joy through games and protects it. We want to make sure that gambling in Finland stays on the joyful side. All our actions are guided by sustainability. We want to be a trailblazer in the gaming industry, and a trendsetter of a responsible player experience. Wellbeing is our passion. It is important that our employees enjoy coming to work every day. We offer versatile and extensive employee benefits. With us, you get to do work that makes a difference, in a spirited work community that is constantly developing. Let’s work together – to keep gambling on the joyful side.

Development Team Manager, Sports Games

Would you like to join a superskilled team of software development professionals that is in front of intriguing opportunities in changing business environment nationally and internationally?

We’re searching for a Development Team Manager to lead our Sports Games development unit. The position is permanent and full-time. 

If you have a passion for empowering teams with a product approach, love for making sense of business goals and users’ behavior and are curious to experience working with international sports betting operators and clients, you might just be what we're looking for. 

As a Development Manager, you will act as both the manager of a unit consisting of software developers and the product owner of the product development team.

In your supervisory role, your main responsibility is to ensure the abilities of unit's development teams to deliver high quality sports betting solutions and products in the long term. We believe in working in small autonomous and adaptive teams and nurturing inclusive, collaborative and ambitious team cultures.

As the product owner, you will be guiding the team from the current state towards a solution. Your daily tasks include contributing on different levels of abstraction. You are the keeper of the big picture; you ensure the ideas are synthesized and the focus is on the essentials. You facilitate collaboration between different stakeholders and work together with multiple business and technology teams. With the team you methodically divide large visions into sensible increments and strive to understand the customer's behavior and needs to figure out the finest details of the betting product being built.

You will thrive in this position, if you have:

• Natural tendency to get things done
• A technology background and experience in supporting development teams, ideally in a product-driven environment
• Considerable experience in applying Agile practices
• Leadership and collaboration skills to inspire confidence and commitment 
• Possibility to work at the Veikkaus offices minimum of 3 times a week

Joining us means stepping into a collaborative environment that values well-being, autonomy and accountability, and offers competitive benefits. You grow as we grow. Our head office provides an engaging workspace, with flexible remote work options to support a balanced working life. 

You can read more about us, our benefits, and our work culture here.

Please note that the job requires a valid residence permit from all non-EU citizens. 

Interested? That’s great!

Feel free to reach out to ask more about the position or submit your application directly. Please ensure that your application is submitted by Friday 6.12.2024 . We will review applications as they come in.

For more details about the role, please contact the unit leader Saana Eriksson. The best way to reach them is by phone (09 437 025 64) or email (saana.eriksson@veikkaus.fi).

The selected candidate will be required to undergo a drug test and a standard background check in accordance with the Security Clearance Act (726/2014).