Software Project Manager

Brightstar Lottery; Dieppe; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightstar is seeking a Software Project Manager to join our team in Canada. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, program managers, customers, and stakeholders to plan, execute, monitor, and deliver software projects that meet business objectives.

The role requires 3–5 years of software project management, a bachelor’s degree, strong communication and risk management, and the ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business, Information Technology, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• 3–5 years of related software or technology project management
• 3-5 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and project execution methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that align with customer strategies, business goals, and operational requirements.
• Define project scope, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, and resource needs to support successful execution.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring collaboration, accountability, and clear ownership of tasks.
• Serve as a primary liaison between customers and internal project teams
• Monitor project progress, track performance, analyze, review, maintain, and forecast project spending to support effective financial management.
• Oversee project deliveries to ensure solutions are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with quality expectations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Management or IT

Job description

Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com .

Short Description

We are seeking a Software Project Manager to join our team. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, program managers, customers, and stakeholders to plan, execute, monitor, and successfully deliver projects. The Software Project Manager is responsible to track progress, mitigate risks, and communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure that deliverables meet business objectives and customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that align with customer strategies, business goals, and operational requirements.
• Define project scope, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, and resource needs to support successful execution.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring collaboration, accountability, and clear ownership of tasks.
• Serve as a primary liaison between customers and internal project teams
• Monitor project progress, track performance, analyze, review, maintain, and forecast project spending to support effective financial management.
• Oversee project deliveries to ensure solutions are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with quality expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business, Information Technology, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
• 3–5 years of related software or technology project management
• 3-5 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and project execution methodologies.

Preferred

• PMP Certification is an asset
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is an asset
• Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is an asset
• Excellent communication, organization, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience effectively managing competing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and concurrent projects

Success Profile

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Brightstar is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, and to creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged.Brightstar is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, covered veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, federal laws or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.

All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.