Betfair is Recruiting

This person will own the product and be responsible for delivering new products , features and functionality in order to grow the business and meet key strategic objectives.


Clearly a graduate from Porterhouse Blue. But sadly this is recruitment speak.

(I had a very bright CA working for me at Deloitte.  He came into my office and said "If Mike surname deleted) uses one more Cliché I will punch him in the face." 

We did not go on to discuss red braces.

and roadmap for Betfair’s core exchange products.


Could somebody explain what that means?

I could be described as perplexed on this subject of roadmaps.

However it appears to be such a good cliche and I am suggesting that roadmaps should replace  "Free Money" and "100% Bankers".

Be gentle. Whoever wrote this is not a native English speaker.

"In the hope to discover" instead of "in the hope of discovering";

"This role will be working" instead of "this role will involve working" (the employee will be working, not the role);

"Grow the business" instead of "expand the business" (businesses grow, you don't grow the business; to grow a vegetable implies planting and beginning from scratch, not increasing the size of something already established).

I would guess the author is German.

My only beef was the over use of cliches.  I don't want him to be sacked, just to say it like it is.

Typically for Betfair, the job spec's don't actually exist in the link that they provided.

Is it the "Exchange Sports Product Manager"

I want to be a Team Leader dammit.

Do you have a passion for sports?

What's that got to do with it? I haven't got a passion for Britain's got talent, the royal wedding or Australian politics either but I'll study it and watch it all day if  I think I can make a few quid.

And what does "This person will own the product" mean?  Does the package come with full ownership of bf's core business?  Sounds a bit generous.

Fair enough, Investor. I'd ghuess that people who grow businesses are the same twerps who drive roadmaps.

What's that got to do with it? I haven't got a passion for Britain's got talent, the royal wedding or Australian politics either but I'll study it and watch it all day if  I think I can make a few quid.

lol

I think soccer is the most tedious sport ever invented, but that doesn't stop me from making money on it. In my case Asian soccer played by teams I can't even pronounce. In fact, I think complete indifference to the sport in question helps me bet dispassionately.

I had no idea what SCRUM and AGILE were so I googled "SCRUM frameworks", underneath is the headline from http://scrummethodology.com/

The Scrum methodology of agile software development marks a dramatic departure from waterfall management. In fact, Scrum and other agile processes were inspired by its shortcomings. The Scrum methodology emphasizes communication and collaboration, functioning software, and the flexibility to adapt to emerging business realities — all attributes that suffer in the rigidly ordered waterfall paradigm.

Anybody able to translate into English for me?

ocean0201.... you've got the job imo

No one is going to fulfil all the requirements unless they are doing the exact same job for another betting company....which is probably why they are advertising it here

Degree is really bare bare minimum these days. If you havent got a degree now your over 50 or opted out of education at earliest chance. Lots of kids going straight for the Masters now after degree

They arent saying you should be Agile or scrum experts, just that you have ownership experience within them. That would be common enough or as product manger you would have have similar experience at very least. in other words "have you owned a product idea and taken it through to completion"

Tech background is needed as its internet/website, not cars, or media or chocolate bars. Doesnt mean techy but you have worked in the tech/software industry

Agree though, they will just get someone who is in similar job as elsewhere, its just musical chairs.

i disagree just checking..

what betfair need here is a paradigm shift with out of box thinking and find someone who is customer centric and can bridge the gap between customer expectation and technical feasibility.. he/she should walk the talk and raise the bar by fast tracking innovation 24/7..

u can see i do this for living

Just cos its jargon, doesn't make it BS.

Agile software development was a real breakthrough. Although IMO SCRUM is agile development for dummies.

I'd be a good chance for this job if I didn't live 8 timezones away and wanted a job, which I don't.

In 1981, I was one of 30 people that was given a place at Concordia University's Computer's in Commerce.  We, the 30, were to be on the forefront of computer industry in Canada. 

I sat among the 30.  There were two girls.  The rest had those plastic inserts in the their chest pockets to protect from ink stains. 

After five weeks of filling in punch cards (not the stress of deadlines), looked at my classmates and couldn't imagine spending the rest of my life with these people.  I stood up in a lecture and headed for the door not looking back.

Northern Telecom offered me a job within a week for 24K 1980's dollars.  I was too hung over to go to meet the headhunter. 

I formed a mildly successful band and never looked back.

I unfortunately have the visions but don't fit the mold (not in an eccentric way.  Just my approach).  I can corporate with the best of them but my ideas and visions don't rely on that.  Rock'n'roll was a tough game and as a business, you need to understand creativity, structure and management to be in it.  I ticked those boxes.

If any of you land the job, give me a call.  Two or three products for the table.  One will make the short-list.