About the job

PointsBet (ASX: PBH) is a digital sports betting and technology company, partnered with NBC Universal as the Official Sports Betting Partner of NBC Sports. We are dedicated to bringing the fastest betting experience in the world to sports lovers across the United States.

We are currently looking for a Release Manager to join our Denver, CO based team. As Release Engineer you will play an integral role in supporting PointsBet’s continued growth and success.

ABOUT POINTSBET

We provide an opportunity for our people – our most powerful and irreplaceable resources – to work in an environment that is rewarding, fun, challenging, and an instrument for both personal and professional growth as PointsBet continues to become a major force in the newly legalized US Sports Betting market.

PointsBet is a sports betting operator that sits in the very rare position of owning and controlling its technology end to end. Our proprietary platform and our commitment to an in-house approach powers unrivalled innovation and personalized experiences that our customers cannot get anywhere else.

Our partnerships with leading sports organizations, teams and franchises provides both our customers and team members with unique sporting experience:

• Exclusive, Official Gaming Partner of the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL) and their home venue, Ball Arena
• Official Sports Betting Sponsor of the Chicago Bears (NFL)
• Exclusive, Official Gaming Partner of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
• Official Gaming Partner of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL) and Little Caesars Arena
• Proud Sports Betting Partner of the Detroit Pistons (NBA)
• Official Sports Gaming Partner of the Indiana Pacers (NBA)
• Proud Sportsbook Partner of the Indianapolis Colts (NFL)
• Authorized Betting Operator of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
• Authorized Gaming Operator of Major League Baseball (MLB)
• Official Betting Operator of golf’s PGA TOUR
• Exclusive, Official Betting Partner of LaLiga North America
• Exclusive, Official Partner of University of Colorado Buffaloes

As we continue to take the sports betting world by storm, we will continue to bring our proprietary and best-in-market technology, modernized and premium brand mentality, expert trading practices and proven growth marketing strategies to emerging sports betting markets.

Bet on us – there is no greater time than now to join the PointsBet family!

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Track the scope of sprint-based software deployments across multiple geographical locations
• Communicate upcoming release windows and assist tech and product teams in planning releases
• Be accountable for the quality of releases through deployment planning to ensure component versions, their dependencies, and deployment steps are accurately captured
• Empower the team to adhere to well defined change management and release processes
• Communicate with the following stakeholders to ensure release scopes, timelines, and progress are accurately understood by all senior management, IT development stream leads, QA, Product managers, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers
• Co-ordinate resources for performing deployments during planned release windows
• Assist in the construction and execution of run sheets for large complex releases
• Track components that have been released and be responsible for ensuring the same component don’t move out of sync
• Create and maintain technical dependency matrix for microservices components to help plan out order of deployments
• Implement processes and tools which improve release quality and efficiency
• Automate tracking and reporting using the latest tools available on the market
• Understanding and adhering to release notes communication process mandated by US regulators
• Assist in the compilation of release notes for submission to regulators

SKILLS WE SEEK

• 3+ years’ experience in sprint planning, change management, or release planning.
• 3+ years’ experience working with work tracking tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps boards)
• Proven experience with overseeing or executing production deployments across a variety of application setups
• Hands on experience with configuration management and CI/CD tools and software engineering practices
• Experience with source control systems such as git and best practices in branching strategies to support reliable continuous delivery
• Change management experience
• Production support experience highly regarded
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure highly regarded
• Experience with deploying micro services highly regarded

WHAT WE OFFER

• Company paid medical plan for employees and dependents.
• Dental and Vision.
• 401(k) with a generous match.
• Bonus program.
• Medical and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Paid Time Off and 10 paid holidays.
• Conveniently located in Downtown Denver just 3 blocks from Union Station

PointsBet is dedicated to a culture of high performance and ensuring our employees are setup to deliver their best. We offer a fast-paced, dynamic work environment where emphasis is placed on our most important asset: our people. If you are driven and in search of a new opportunity that values people, creativity, opportunity, results, and a commitment to excellence then this is where you want to be!

PointsBet is an Equal Opportunity Employer