Zone Execution Lead - iGaming

Job Description

Welcome to Caesars Digital, the forefront of innovation in North America's gaming industry. As the largest gaming company on the continent, we are dedicated to extending Caesars renowned hospitality to our digital customers. Within our dynamic Product Technology department, we are proud to house some of the brightest minds in the tech world. Our Sports Betting and iGaming products are constantly evolving to meet our customers’ needs, thanks to a proprietary platform built from the ground up. Fueled by a culture of autonomy and decisiveness, our team relentlessly pursues excellence through continuous improvement and data-driven product development.

Join us in charting the course for the next generation of Sports Betting and iGaming products as we grow our market share, working alongside like-minded superstars who thrive on innovation and excellence.

The Zone Execution Lead is a critical component of our Product Technology team. They are a leader within the iGaming RA (department) reporting to the GM. Overseeing the execution across multiple vertical product development teams, the ZEL oversees demonstrating progress within the Zone by pushing forward complex initiatives, working closely with the Zone Product Lead, and raising any risks to the RA GM. In addition to being responsible for the Zone’s development work, they are also the people manager for the team members within their Zone and will work directly with the RA GM to provide recurring updates on zone member performance.

The Zone Execution Lead works across the entire zone, floating between all teams and providing guidance on how they can efficiently deliver quality, on-time product features. They will take a strategic view of parts of the organization and determine if they are hitting on all cylinders from a tech, architecture, or day-to-day execution perspective. When there are improvements to be made, the ZEL is responsible for pulling together team members and leading them to a solution. Confronting these challenges may require a project, someone to steward a new process to solve the problem, new hires to help, or a proposal written and managed all the way to acquiring the funding for the initiative. The ZEL has a dotted line management relationship with all Zone TPMs, Scrum Masters, and Product Operations Leads.

What You Will Do

• Ensure that the Zone is a customer-centric team, focused on executing initiatives that deliver against the Requirement Area's strategy
• Partner with Zone Product Lead to manage KPIs and OKRs; understand the strategy and build a plan to win around HOW the zone will execute
• Give technical advice to the product development teams both at a code and architectural level
• Pinpoint areas for improvement, communicate progress and risks, own the overall execution around the delivery of initiatives against the strategy
• Know your stakeholders; be fully transparent and gain trust by leading regular meetings to demonstrate progress around the zone's plan to win
• Identify gaps in accountabilities within the Zone and identify existing or new roles to take ownership of them, record and communicate as needed within the plan to win
• Establishes policies, best practices, systems, technology, development standards, and methodologies to ensure the bar is met
• Manage escalation of risks, issues, and dependencies by providing guidance to the Zone so that informed decisions can be made
• Maintain an overview of our state-of-the-art technology stack by monitoring trends within the industry, and measuring impact or potential impact on business operations and goals
• Work closely with the Zone Product Lead and other stakeholders to define customer-facing platform development specifications and incorporate them into a master development roadmap
• Manage all the team managers within your Zone
• Seek advice when needed from the RA GM around hiring plans, provide insights into employee performance as needed from within the Zone
• Coordinate, coach, and inspire a set of cross-functional, vertical teams within the Zone
• Practice Go and See methods within the Zone to experience what's really happening at a team level, gain a clearer insight into any challenges the Zone teams are facing, and mentor the team in a personal setting
• Fosters a data-driven environment while using data insights to optimize products and processes
  
  

What You Will Need

• 10+ years of software engineering experience within a modern, product development organization
• Experience leading high performing product delivery teams
• Detailed knowledge of software delivery processes and approaches in use across the market, i.e. Agile, Scaled Agile, LeSS
• Ability to build trusting relationships with your colleagues
• Experience with direct reports and managing team members with diverse experiences within their craft
• Lead without hierarchy; you are a go-to person in the organization and must be able to lead through influence
• Strong customer focus recognizing internal and external customers, demonstrating a thorough understanding of customer needs
• Ability to focus on strategic goals and objectives while dealing with operational issues
  
  

What Makes You Stand Out

• A passion for iGaming industry, particularly with digital slots and table tames
• Thrive in agile teams and ready to take on new and unexpected challenges while building the next wave of engineering solutions
• You’re pragmatic - you make the best use of time and resources to find the simplest workable solution
• You are curious. You like to learn new technologies, and you adapt well to change
• You are passionate about current state-of-the-art software technologies and tools, with experience implementing them effectively
• You possess a sense of intellectual curiosity and a burning desire to learn
• You are motivated and actively looking for ways to contribute
• You are passionately focused on the customer and the details that make their experience exceptional
• You think and act like an owner, taking personal responsibility for both team and product success
• You possess great communication and reasoning skills, including the ability to influence and make a strong case for technology choices
  
  

This role is remote, with one required visit to your designated home office per quarter.

Home Office: Jersey City, NJ

Remote option is available for employees located in the following states; AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, TN, WA, WV, and Washington D.C. (States subject to change at any time)

About Us

Behold! Caesars Sportsbook is here, and we’re proud to be a part of Caesars Entertainment—the number one gaming company in the world with over 80 years of sports betting expertise.

At Caesars Sportsbook, we believe all our Team Members should be treated like Caesars. It’s the mantra we were founded on, and the standard that drives us to provide our customers with best-in-class service.

As we continue to Blaze The Trail with our Caesars Sportsbook & Casino app, the expansion of our Caesars Sportsbook retail locations, our World Series of Poker franchise, our William Hill legacy brand, and partnerships with the biggest names in sports and entertainment, we’re creating new and exciting opportunities for you to be a part of our empire and make an impact.

Interested in joining the team? Check out our job postings and see what we have to offer, people. And remember—We Are All Caesars!