Manager, Scratch

We’re looking for an experienced product manager with people leadership experience to join our WCLC Product team.

Reporting to the Director, Product Management, the Manager, Scratch & Win Games is responsible for developing and executing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our Scratch & Win ticket portfolio. This role will lead a product team, and in collaboration with many internal and external partners, oversee all aspects of their products including data analysis, portfolio optimization, and inventory management.

**Responsibilities**
- Drive the long-term sales and profit of the Scratch & Win (S&W) category.
- Develop a long-term product strategy and roadmap.
- Identify problems and opportunities, then analyze qualitative and quantitative data to create data-informed solutions to improve the product portfolio.
- Lead a product team to develop S&W tickets that delight customers as well as achieve business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Brand Management to help define marketing strategies and plans.
- Establish projections and monitor financial performance, providing variance analysis as needed.
- Champion refinements to process and automate where available.
- Develop and manage solid business relationships with WCLC teams, Provincial Organizations, Vendors, and Product Managers at the other Canadian Lottery Corporations.
- Represent WCLC nationally on product committees that oversee national game design, market research, and overall national portfolio management.
- Related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications and Competencies**
- 3+ years of product management or product operations experience in a data-informed environment.
- 3+ years of people leadership experience.
- Excellent understanding of product management principles, including product strategy, user research, and portfolio management; a professional Product Management certification is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-informed decisions.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, to tailor the message method and content for the intended audience.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, to build excellent relationships with internal and external partners.
- Experience in a government lottery and/or Scratch & Win development experience would be considered an asset. Available to travel on occasion.
- ** Who we are**

You may not be very familiar with WCLC, but you’re almost certainly familiar with the products we help bring to players throughout the Prairie Provinces and the North every day; lottery games like LOTTO 6/49, SPORT SELECT, and dozens of instant scratch tickets.
WCLC is the non-profit organization authorized to manage, conduct, and operate lotteries - at retail and online - and other gaming-related activities for the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as well as the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. We work closely with our provincial partners to bring a first-rate lottery experience to our players and meet their changing needs with new technology and tools.

We know it’s our people that make this possible, which is why we invest in building talented, adaptable, and accountable teams who are proud to live and work in our region. We’d love to talk to you about how you fit into that.

APPLY with your resume by November 7, 2024.