Travel to various jurisdictions to understand the specific differences in product and game development requirements, with findings and reports presented to appropriate internal stakeholders.
Disseminate market intelligence to other departments.
Provide direction in areas of game and product development, formalising the process by utilising existing Product and Game Specification documents.
Provide briefings on third party product including extraordinary items such as link signage, toppers and Plasma displays.
Assist to formulate long-term product and game development strategies for specific products and markets and outline the life cycle of the specific projects. Also assist in the development of ongoing player and customer research.
Ensure Product and Game Specification documents remain updated and meet jurisdictional requirements with changes disseminated to all relevant departments.
Write, proofread and signoff on all game and product support material including promotional literature in both hardcopy printed and softcopy electronic formats.
Develop product and game briefings for Sales and Marketing and other departments when required, to ensure all departments are fully aware of IGT product offerings. Highlight the features and benefits of each product maximising all selling points and when required conduct product and game presentation to internal and external customers.
Prepare and maintain showroom and test bed sites.
Work with sales to develop product release strategy ensuring adequate product is available for relevant jurisdiction and the best return on investment is achieved.
Develop solution visions for APAC and collaborate on roadmap with Content Management.
Collaborate with product vertical Product Managers and Content Managers to find best solutions for the region
Create overall solution strategy for the region, research and development of solution definitions. Write and validate solution definitions, manage change control.
Monitor/review customers and their implementations
Assesses how well the solution (as well as competitive offerings) address issues of the prospect/customer both within the context of current directions & deals, and in the abstract business sense, currently, in the near term, and under the long-term plan.
Propose, prioritize, and justify investments in internal development or external development/alliances/technologies, from the highest levels down to the line item feature requirements.
Guide projects in development from solution definitions to completion, mediate discrepancies and re-prioritize throughout the development cycle.
Assist in solution pricing and or licensing agreements terms and conditions internationally applicable.
Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide solution definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
Develops and maintains a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for solution development.
Prepares necessary documentation and coordinates Solution Life Cycle across functional areas within the company; identifies full life cycle costs.