Product Owner - Hawk-Eye Replay

Hawk-Eye Innovations develops, markets, and delivers the most sophisticated officiating tools in sport. Beginning with tennis and cricket in 2001, Hawk-Eye continues to diversify and grow into new sports and new applications through its commitment to new ideas and cutting edge technology. It is accurate, reliable, and practical, with fans around the globe now demanding it to be a part of serious sports events.

We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Europe, and are a fundamental part of officiating and broadcasting in over 20 international sports across our tracking services, SMART (Synchronised Multi-Angle Replay Technology), data platforms and innovation products.

If you like a challenge, innovating, and developing disruptive technology, you’ll love working here.

The Product:

Hawk-Eye Replay, built on our SMART systems, provides an intuitive replay interface for instant replay and remote production broadcast. It features playback, slow-motion, data-driven clipping applications, and scalable architecture. As a Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in steering the future trajectory of this product.

Role Impact:

• Drive the enhancement of our broadcast replay product by translating user and business needs into actionable work.

• Lead a product or platform through its entire lifecycle, ensuring it meets industry standards, SLAs, and customer expectations.

• Oversee the team backlog, set deliverable priorities based on strategic goals, and guide agile delivery.

• Collaborate effectively with diverse teams, demonstrating strong leadership and organisational skills.

• Determine product success metrics and closely monitor them to inform business decisions.

• Occasionally travel internationally for client interactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion the vision, roadmap, and ROI of the product.

• Define, prioritise, and communicate backlog items guiding Agile teams.

• Ensure product quality and timely roll-outs.

• Handle 3rd line product support and ensure SLA targets are met.

• Engage with stakeholders in the product’s conceptual phase.

• Represent the product internally/externally and stay updated with market trends.

Required Skills:

• 2-3 years as a Product Manager/Owner, handling the digital product lifecycle and stakeholder management.

• Knowledge of broadcast industry products.

• Proficiency in managing complex products integrating hardware and software.

• Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, defining marketable features, and writing requirements.

• Exceptional communication abilities.

• Understanding of product technologies.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in a B2B setting and familiarity with cloud-based solutions.