Assistant Product Manager - Instant Win Games

Responsible for supporting the delivery of the IIWG portfolio and new product innovation strategy, ensuring existing and new consumers experience a high level of satisfaction with the National Lottery games, and Good Causes contributions are met, while also protecting participants from harm.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support with the delivery of the agreed IIWG portfolio and product roadmap, to ensure innovative and appealing games are always available to National Lottery players.


• Responsible for the end-to-end development and delivery process for allocated games.


• Own a number of games at any one time, including writing game briefs, creating prize structures, reviewing creative and game builds and writing game procedures/working pages for new game development and existing game optimisation.


• Work with internal and external game studios, including holding game kick-off calls and providing design and gameplay feedback.


• Work closely with the Participant Protection, Regulatory Affairs and Legal teams to ensure compliance with all the statutory duties, particularly participant protection.


• Work cross-functionally with internal departments to gain approval for game procedures, prize structures, clearance of games through the Governance Group and winner processes.


• Work with the Head of IIWG and IIWG Product Manager to conduct additional consumer research.


• Deliver assigned tasks for FIC as part transformation plan and report on progress.


• Work with the Scratchcards team to build synergies in the retail and digital products.


• Provide support to the two IIWG Product Executives on day-to-day processes.


• The candidate is expected to be in office 2 days per week (Watford)
  
  Degree or equivalent.


• Product management experience within the lottery industry or a relevant product vertical.


• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of interactive instant win games, game design and game mechanics.


• Understanding of research techniques and consumer behaviour, sufficient to brief and interpret research.


• Demonstrable oral and written communication skills.


• Ability to manage multiple projects and hit deadlines.


• Strong attention to detail.


• Ability to prepare and deliver clear presentations.


• Experience working with cross functional teams.
  
  Allwyn UK is part of Allwyn Entertainment Group - a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, and Italy. In 2022, Allwyn was selected in a Government tender as the Preferred Applicant to operate the UK's National Lottery from February 2024.


We are embarking on a largescale transformation journey to build a bigger, better and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to Good Causes. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities exist for people from within and outside the betting and gaming industry to join us and play a part in giving the National Lottery a fresh start.


• 26 days paid leave (plus bank holidays)



• Annual bonus scheme



• 2 x Life Days



• 4 x Salary of Life Insurance



• Pension: we'll match your contribution up to 8.5%



• Single Private Health Cover



• £500 Wellness Allowance



• Income Protection



• Enhanced parental leave (maternity and paternity)



• Eye Care, Dental and Cycle To Work schemes