Director of Product

Overview

Sci Play is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, offering free‑to‑play games that millions of people enjoy daily for their authenticity, engagement and fun. The company offers nine core games, including social casino titles such as Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino  and Quick Hit Slots , and casual games including MONOPOLYSlots, Bingo Showdown, 88

Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure .

The Director of Product for Jackpot Party is responsible for defining and delivering a product vision that prioritizes player‑first solutions. This role bridges creative ideas and execution, collaborating closely with Game Economy and Monetization teams to align strategic goals while leading the Product Management department.

• Vision Communication & Delivery: Clearly articulate and continuously reinforce the product vision across all levels of the organization, ensuring teams understand the strategic rationale, desired outcomes, and how their work contributes to the broader vision.
• Strategic Product Leadership: Partner with senior leadership to define a long‑term product strategy grounded in player needs, market trends and business objectives, translating high‑level vision into clear, actionable direction for cross‑functional teams.
• Cross‑Functional Influence & Alignment: Build strong, collaborative relationships with Game Economy, Analytics, Engineering, Art, Production and QA, creating shared ownership of priorities, resolving cross‑team conflicts constructively and ensuring alignment on feature goals, trade‑offs and player impact.
• Own the Product
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Define, prioritise and maintain the strategic roadmap, balancing near‑term opportunities with long‑term innovation, leveraging KPI gap analysis, competitive intelligence and ROI frameworks to drive impactful decision‑making.
• Execution & Operational Alignment: Ensure roadmap commitments are feasible and aligned with development capacity, partnering closely with Production, Engineering and QA to anticipate risks, manage dependencies and maintain predictable delivery.
• Player‑First Mindset: Champion player experience by ensuring features and experiences are intuitive, engaging and aligned with core UX principles.
• Feature Quality & Implementation Oversight: Work closely with Engineering, Art and UX to ensure features meet product intent, achieve quality standards and are delivered with excellence.
• Data‑Driven Decision‑Making: Collaborate with Analytics and Game Economy to define hypotheses, design experiments, validate results and iterate based on performance metrics, fostering a culture of data‑driven experimentation.
• Market & Competitive Insights: Monitor market trends, competitive landscape and genre evolution to inform product strategy and ensure category leadership.
• Team Leadership & Development: Build, mentor and grow the Product Management team, establishing processes, frameworks and standards that elevate product discipline and execution.
• Stakeholder & Upward Communication: Provide clear, concise and proactive communication to senior leadership regarding progress, risks, priorities and strategic opportunities, managing expectations and ensuring alignment through transparent reporting.
• Cultural Leadership: Model and reinforce a culture of clarity, alignment, accountability and collaborative problem‑solving across the organization.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Game Design or a related field.
• 8+ years of product management experience in gaming, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record of delivering successful product strategies in the Social Casino or free‑to‑play gaming industry.
• Exceptional leadership and team‑building skills, with experience managing cross‑functional teams.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, with expertise in using data to drive decisions.
• Deep understanding of player behaviour, retention mechanics and monetisation…