Project Manager (Outside IR35 3 month contract)

Sharp Gaming; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Manchester is seeking a Project Manager to drive innovative project delivery using their new proprietary platform. You will be responsible for managing cross-functional teams and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement while nurturing strong third-party relationships for successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing TechOps, platform rollouts, and third-party dependencies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain overarching plan across workstreams and align priorities.
• Provide clear communication and reporting on project status.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Relationship building

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Job description

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's to time to join us.

Job purpose

To encourage a continuous improvement approach in all that we do to ensure effective results for the organisation. You will have significant experience working with both agile and waterfall project teams across different disciplines to produce results in a timely manner. You will work closely with your Engineering Managers and Product Owners to plan and agree on your deliverables.

As a Project Manager, you will ensure the timescales are clearly estimated and documented. You will manage the end-to-end delivery of projects, working with business stakeholders for effective planning, reporting, and the launch of new products. This may also result in changes to business processes. You will use your excellent communication skills to provide regular, timely updates on your project plans, deliverables, and actuals to your stakeholders.

Job Duties

• Maintain Overarching Plan: Be responsible for maintaining the overarching plan across your workstreams, aligning priorities with your product counterpart.

• Effective Planning and Management: Ensure effective planning and management of milestones.

• Project Governance: Apply project governance aligned with the project lifecycle of the Delivery team from project setup to closure.

• Team Coaching: Coach the team to effectively apply the right methodologies appropriate for the project.

• Continuous Improvement: Support continuous improvements from project retrospectives.

• Dependency Management: Identify cross-project dependencies and work with the Programme Manager and other Project Managers to manage them effectively. Collaboration will be part of your mantra, and you will help drive this across the organisation.

• Change, Risk, and Resource Management: Apply effective change, risk, and resource management within your workstream, aligning with Engineering Managers and Product Owners where appropriate.

• Communication and Reporting: Deliver clear communication and reporting on project status to your team and the Delivery leadership team.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders across all facets of the organisation to ensure their needs and expectations are met.

• Third-Party Relationships: Define and document the most appropriate strategy to build and maintain excellent relationships with third parties. We work with several high-profile suppliers who move at a fast pace in this industry; therefore, strong relationships are key to delivering results.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Great interpersonal skills.

• Ability to build strong relationships both internally and with our 3rd party suppliers.

• A can-do attitude is a must, to keep our teams and suppliers moving in the right direction to succeed.

• Adept at working in a fast pace challenging environment whilst managing high expectations from internal and external stakeholders.

• Excellent communications skills to provide timely updates on plans and execution to your stakeholders.

• Ability to use data and metrics to drive improvements from within, spotting trends early and removing impediments for your team(s).

• Strong attention to detail.

• Experience in managing TechOps, Platform, New Hardware rollout and third party dependencies would be beneficial.