Project Manager

InCrowd Sports; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team where you will lead exciting digital projects in the sports industry. This role is perfect for a proactive Project Manager who thrives on collaboration and problem-solving. You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while fostering strong client relationships. With a focus on agile methodologies, you'll be instrumental in driving project success and creating enjoyable experiences for both your team and clients. Embrace the opportunity to grow in a supportive environment that values diversity and offers career progression.

Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Mobile Phone Plans

Access to High Profile Sports Events

Training and Development Support

Social Events Throughout the Year

Career Progression Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in digital project management with a focus on agile methodologies.
• Ability to manage client relationships and align stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver sports products on time and within budget.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders throughout project delivery.

Skills

Digital Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Financial Literacy

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Project Management Certification

Tools

Scrum

Agile Frameworks

Job description

Our Project Managers are organised people leaders that thrive on solving problems, working with teams and delighting clients. You are an experienced Project Manager capable of working with multi-disciplinary teams covering technical, QA, Data, Design, and InCrowd’s commercial team to deliver complex client facing products across frontend web and app solutions and data oriented solutions.

This role is not simply about task management. You are the person looking ahead, removing roadblocks, getting the client engaged, planning and pivoting as well as managing stakeholders, the scope and project finances. You will be able to lead a team to come up with innovative solutions and turn successful individual projects into a valuable long term client relationship.

You are pragmatic and organised, and communicate clearly and often, stating needs and putting forward solutions. You will be supported by the Head of Project Management and a team of talented colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, documenting and delivering fantastic sports products on time, within scope and within budget.
• Working on a handful of digital projects simultaneously
• Being client facing throughout the project delivery
• Engaging, aligning and communicating with stakeholders and third parties
• Mitigating risks and resolving issues on your projects, escalating issues when appropriate
• Working within an agile framework, utilising Scrum
• Managing the project backlog, ensuring tickets are created, sufficiently detailed and ready to be worked
• Ensuring project controls are utilised appropriately
• Making projects enjoyable for your team and your client by building great relationships, being fair, and ensuring everyone’s voice feeds into the collective output
• Delivering amazing work which you’re proud of and moves the business towards its goals and objectives
• Supporting on wider delivery initiatives as required

Key Candidate Requirements

• Good digital project management background with a fair understanding of methodologies, tools, ways of working and best practice
• Digitally and technically literate. You know how to talk to developers, appreciate design thinking, and have experience building websites, apps, CMS’, and working with data
• Experience working with external clients and third parties and able to align multiple stakeholders to a common goal
• Able to build and manage successful client relationships
• Financially literate and able to recognise opportunities for project growth, in line with clients’ objectives.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic and changing environment and able to prioritise effectively.
• Good with people and clear straightforward communicator
• Self starter and able to motivate and lead a team to great outcomes

Working For InCrowd

InCrowd is a team of highly skilled individuals with a healthy, friendly, creative and relaxed environment.

There are often sporting and team events you can join if you wish and the teams nurture and support each other – research groups, training and conference budgets are part of InCrowd’s culture.

InCrowd is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. InCrowd does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

As an employer, InCrowd offers:

• Actively supporting development and training
• Company benefits, including cycle to work and discounted Sky , mobile phone and working equipment schemes
• Access to high profile sports events
• Support for additional training and education.
• Social events throughout the year both in person and online
• Opportunity for career progression in a fast-developing team.
• Hybrid work offering

Up for the challenge?

The recruitment process will focus primarily on your values and energy for the role. Send your CV and something that shows why you’re perfect the right person for the job! This can be anything; a supporting email, a video or perhaps a case study of previous work….. the team want to find out more about you. Please email everything to [e-mail]