Product Owner - Sportsbook

About the role

St Julian's Gaming Labs Ltd is a mid-sized iGaming technology company operating sportsbook and betting platform products for European markets. The company combines local Maltese teams with distributed engineering and trading partners and operates from a modern St Julian’s office close to Portomaso.

The Product Owner - Sportsbook will be responsible for defining and executing the sportsbook product roadmap, working closely with trading, UX, backend engineering and commercial stakeholders. You will translate market and trading requirements into detailed backlog items, prioritise delivery, and ensure smooth supplier and API integrations with third-party data and odds providers.

This role suits a product professional with hands-on sportsbook experience, strong analytical skills and a customer-focused mindset. The position offers exposure to international markets, scope to influence product direction, and career progression into senior product roles or cross-product leadership within a fast-paced Maltese iGaming environment.

About St Julian's Gaming Labs Ltd

St Julian's Gaming Labs Ltd builds and operates sportsbook and betting platform technologies for regulated European operators. The company values rapid iteration, data-driven decisions and close collaboration between trading, product and engineering teams.

What you can expect

• Competitive salary and performance bonus
• Hybrid working (office hub in St Julian’s)
• Training and conference budget
• Private health insurance and pension contributions

Key responsibilities

• Define, maintain and communicate the sportsbook product roadmap aligned to business goals and trading priorities
• Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria and prioritise the product backlog for engineering sprints
• Work closely with trading teams to translate market needs, odds models and risk rules into product requirements
• Manage integrations with third-party suppliers (odds feeds, live data, KYC/payments APIs) and ensure SLAs are met
• Monitor product performance using analytics (revenue, margins, hold, conversion) and propose optimisation actions
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery across engineering, QA, operations and commercial teams
• Support release planning, validate features in staging and production, and manage rollouts for major sports events
• Act as the primary stakeholder for sportsbook feature demos, documentation and training for internal teams
• Identify regulatory or compliance impacts on product features and work with legal/compliance to mitigate risk

Requirements

• 3+ years experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager with direct exposure to sportsbook products or sports trading
• Proven track record in backlog management, Agile ceremonies and delivering product increments with engineering teams
• Strong analytical skills and experience with product analytics tools (SQL, Looker/Power BI or similar)
• Familiarity with sportsbook concepts: odds formats, markets, in-play betting, trading limits and risk controls
• Experience integrating with third-party feeds and APIs; ability to read API documentation and manage vendor relationships
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills and experience working with trading and commercial teams
• Fluent English (written and spoken); Maltese is a plus but not required
• Right to work in Malta or ability to obtain work permission (candidates should be able to legally work in Malta)

How to apply

Send your CV and a short cover note explaining relevant sportsbook experience and notice period to the contact email below. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial call within one week.