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Join us at Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), where we're driven by the belief life needs play. We’re on a mission to deliver infinite ways to play using cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to craft immersive experiences that connect, inspire and entertain millions of players worldwide.
From our start as a small mobile games company founded in Israel to our current position as a publicly traded company and industry leader, we continue to be a dominant force in interactive entertainment. With a diverse portfolio of award-winning, category-leading Casual and Social Casino-themed games, including nine of the top 100 highest-grossing mobile games in the US, we're setting the standard for excellence.
Our success story is co-authored by a dynamic team of storytellers, strategists, creators and data scientists who thrive on innovation. We are home of the best, advancing an inclusive culture that embraces our core values and reflects our agile DNA.
With a strong financial foundation, disciplined operations, unwavering player-focused approach and relentless can-do spirit, we're well-positioned for sustained growth. If you're ready to join the driving force behind the evolution of interactive entertainment, we invite you to come play with us.
The Technical Product Owner owns delivery clarity and outcomes for technically complex initiatives. They turn agreed business and product priorities into clear, feasible, delivery-ready work and coordinate execution across Product, Engineering, QA, and stakeholders to ensure predictable delivery with minimal ambiguity, avoidable delays, or rework.
Key Responsibilities
Backlog Ownership & Requirement Shaping
- Manage and continuously refine the technical delivery backlog, ensuring sequencing and readiness are aligned with Product Managers, business goals, engineering capacity, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- Translate complex business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery-ready tasks.
- Phase deliverables (e.g., POC, MVP, future iterations) based on business value and technical complexity.
- Identify and resolve gaps, unclear assumptions, edge cases, and risks during refinement before work is presented to the development team.
Technical Coordination
- Partner with Tech Leads and Architects to identify, track, and backlog internal dependencies, non-functional requirements, technical debt, and system integrations.
- Reduce delivery blockers by clarifying scope, priorities, dependencies, assumptions, and expected outcomes before and during implementation.
Delivery & Stakeholder Alignment
- Align shared understanding of sprint goals, scope, and acceptance criteria with development teams.
- Support acceptance and validation of delivered work against agreed requirements, acceptance criteria, and expected outcomes together with Product Managers, QA, and Engineering.
- Provide visibility to management and stakeholders regarding status, trade-offs, dependencies, and delivery progress.
- Continuously improve backlog refinement and delivery preparation processes to reduce friction.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Delivery Manager in a software development environment.
- Experience working on technically complex products or platforms, with the ability to quickly understand domain-specific workflows, constraints, and dependencies.
- Strong backlog management skills, including story decomposition, acceptance criteria definition, and prioritization.
- Analytical mindset with a proven ability to challenge assumptions, uncover edge cases, and surface risks early.
- Technical literacy sufficient to communicate effectively with developers and Architects (deep hands-on coding expertise is not required).
- Agile proficiency with hands-on experience in Scrum, Kanban, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and iterative delivery practices.
- Excellent communication skills (Upper-Intermediate/B2 or higher spoken and written English) with a highly collaborative, transparent working style.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with databases, APIs, microservices, web applications, distributed systems, and cloud services.
- Background in areas such as ad-tech, mar-tech, data platforms, partner integrations, campaign management, or similar technically complex environments.
- A data-driven mindset, comfortable using facts, metrics, and evidence to support decisions.
What Success Looks Like
- Ready for Dev: Work entering the sprint is clear, well-scoped, and immediately actionable.
- Total Alignment: Requirements, acceptance criteria, and expected outcomes are fully aligned across Product, Engineering, and QA.
- Proactive Risk Management: Risks, edge cases, and dependencies are identified and mitigated before they become delivery blockers.
- Predictable Delivery: Less ambiguity, less rework, and fewer avoidable delays.
Benefits:
Annual company bonus
Competitive salary & flexible working hours
Daily breakfast, lunch, and office refreshments
Private health insurance, dental coverage, and psychological counseling
20 paid vacation days and 5 sick days per year
6 long weekends and 1 day off for your birthday
Gifts for special occasions (birthday, Easter, Christmas, Women’s and Men’s Day, weddings, childbirth, etc.)
Technical library with the option to order books
Access to our educational platform with courses, training programs, and certifications
Career development through coaching and reviews
Internal mobility & referral program
Corporate celebrations, team-building events, and fun activities
Personal care in the office (nails, eyebrows, and barber services)
Modern offices (Kyiv, Vinnytsia) with organized shuttle buses to and from the office
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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