Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI) is a market leader in online casino and sports betting, currently operating real-money gaming with our brands: BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co. We’re building bridges between online, social and land-based gaming businesses to create amazing, integrated experiences that keep players in the game.

We are looking for a Product Owner, Sportsbook, who is the critical bridge between product strategy and delivery execution.

This role oversees the product definition, design, and development of sports wagering experiences, including featured bet offer pages, bet slip, odds and pricing display, live/in-play betting, live streaming, and more. It also covers sportsbook promotional and bonus features that drive player acquisition, engagement, and retention.

Our mission is to engage and delight players by delivering fun, fair, friendly, and focused experiences. We are committed to transparency, responsible gaming, and building an award-winning platform that provides exciting, differentiated, and personalized offerings to our customers.

What You'll Do

Backlog Ownership & Story Definition

Own, maintain, and prioritize the sportsbook product backlog, keeping it organized, transparent, and aligned with the product roadmap as needs evolve, removing stale items and splitting oversized stories
Translate epics and requirements from Product Managers into clearly written user stories with sufficient context, defined scope, and testable acceptance criteria covering functional, quality, and experience standards

Sprint Planning, Delivery & Acceptance

Serve as the day-to-day voice of the product during daily standups, sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and execution

Act as the primary contact for engineers, designers, and QA, clarifying requirements, answering questions, and unblocking delivery

Make real-time prioritization decisions during sprints, balancing scope, quality, and timelines so teams build the right thing, in the right order

Collaborate with QA on test coverage and edge cases, review completed work against acceptance criteria, and conduct user acceptance testing

Product Alignment & Outcome Support

Work with Product Managers, Senior Product Managers, or Directors to understand each initiative’s problem context and business intent, and with Product Managers and Data teams to understand its success metrics and KPIs

Keep delivery aligned with the original product intent and expected outcomes

Include analytics instrumentation and tracking in story requirements to support post-launch measurement

Provide delivery-side feedback to inform future discovery, shaping, and roadmap decisions

Stakeholder Communication

Update product leadership on delivery progress, risks, blockers, and scope adjustments, and communicate sprint outcomes and release status to relevant business stakeholders

Escalate scope changes, ambiguities, gaps in epic definitions, and delivery or quality issues that could affect expected outcomes to Product Managers

Document backlog decisions, priority changes, and delivery trade-offs for transparency

Regulatory & Responsible Gaming Awareness

Incorporate regulatory, compliance, and responsible gaming requirements defined by Product Managers and the broader product team into delivery requirements

Verify that betting and promotional features meet market-specific requirements before release

Escalate regulatory concerns arising during delivery to Product Managers and compliance stakeholders

Continuous Improvement

Participate in retrospectives to improve delivery processes, handoff quality, and team collaboration

Identify recurring delivery friction, including ambiguous epics, missing requirements, and scope creep, and work with Product Managers to address root causes

Stay current with agile best practices and contribute to evolving RSI’s product delivery standards

What You'll Bring

A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, information systems, data science, marketing, economics, engineering, or a relevant field is preferred