Company Description
We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.
Job Description
OVERVIEW-
Interested in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Deep Learning and other modern technologies? Then the Automated Content team within Sportradar is the right fit for you. We are enhancing the sports experience for fans, athletes, and teams across the globe through world-class AI solutions and are committed to advancing the state of the art of Sport through continuous innovation with a specialized and distributed team focused on research and development in areas such as computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, data science and beyond. We are on a mission to automate sports content creation – the data and video – that feeds products and services we deliver to our partners. The possibilities to revolutionize the world of sport are vast, and we are only at the beginning of our journey.
Our cutting-edge technologies will revolutionize the way individuals interact with and participate in sports. Our objective is to create innovative hardware and software solutions leading to automated viewing experiences, real-time statistics, and event forecasting. By doing so, we are enhancing the lives of coaches, athletes, and fans by developing products that cater to their evolving needs and requirements, as well as enabling an experience where people can engage with sport in new and meaningful ways
THE CHALLENGE:
Working closely with senior management to ensure that products fit the company’s strategic goals.
Working collaboratively to produce and manage the company’s development roadmap and ensuring that there is always a suitably prioritized backlog of user stories ready for implementation.
Being the ambassador for the product and the primary contact for queries relating to the product.
Suggesting quality ideas to improve the products and producing user specifications with sufficient details about the product features that can be clearly understood by the development teams.
Breaking down the specification into epics/features/user stories with the Agile development team.
Understanding the business value behind feature requests and being able to prioritize them in the development backlog.
Helping to solve product-related problems and highlighting risks and opportunities.
Ensuring that projects stay on track to achieve delivery commitments, including problem-solving and trade-off analysis when necessary.
Working with the development team and monitoring the progress of projects during the development cycle to ensure that they have the correct functionality according to the scope.
Maintain regular communication with internal and external partners and customers.
Taking part in demonstrations of software releases and collecting feedback on improvements for future development.
Continually researching the market, our competitors, customer usage behavior and technology trends to ensure that we maintain market-leading products.
YOUR PROFILE:
Interest in machine learning and computer vision technology.
IT-related university degree (BA / MA), or similar.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Great presentation and leadership skills.
Fundamental understanding of the research and software development processes.
Familiarity with the principles of lean product management.
Independent creative and strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills.
High attention to detail in product design while not losing the big picture.
Great organizational and time management skills and the ability to work across different teams.
Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Confluence and JIRA.
Experience in the sports data collection or computer vision business is considered a plus.
OUR OFFER
Competitive salary and benefits.
Work in an international team collaborating with colleagues from all over the world.
Opportunity to work and develop in a dynamic Tech environment within an inspiring and fast-growing company.
A challenging but rewarding and fun environment.
Additional Information
Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences