Technical Project Manager - Data Systems

Sports Betting Technology Project Manager

This role is remote, with one required visit to your designated home office - (3 days per quarter)

Remote option is available for employees located in the following states; AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, TN, WA, WV, and Washington D.C. (States subject to change at any time)

Home Office: Jersey City, NJ

Our direct client is one of the biggest names in the world of betting. Client is leading the pack by delivering products their customers love to use! Client operates sports betting in 18 U.S. jurisdictions and have partnerships with the biggest leagues and media companies in the country including, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, ESPN, and CBS Sports.

On the technology side, client has built an entire sports betting and iGaming platform from the ground up in less than 3 years. Through continuous improvement and data-informed product development, they are adding features so that customers have the best product experience in the market. Product technology team is comprised of the brightest minds in tech, and their culture of autonomy and decisiveness gives the team the freedom to deliver without constantly seeking permission to take action. Client is looking for like-minded superstars that want to work with the best of the best and join the biggest name in sports betting and iGaming as they take over the U.S. market!

What You Will Do:

• Lead projects related to rolling out client's newest technology into new states across the U.S where digital sports betting and gaming is legal
• Within the domain of deploying client's technology stack to new states, develop efficient processes focused on repeatability and scale
• Manage projects that span across multiple agile development teams
• Be hands-on and work closely with the product technology feature teams to solve problems, not just delegate and track
• Ensure that delivery is aligned to business targets and the technical roadmap
• Build and maintain a project plan that tracks the milestones and dependencies across all project work streams
• Track, surface, and mitigate project risks before they adversely impact the project timeline
• Track and follow up on project team member's action items
• Liaise with external parties that have key deliverables within your projects
• Measure and report project status on a weekly basis to all stakeholders
• Identify and empower work stream owners
• Ensure engineering team's roadmaps meet the target dates for projects.
• Work with sponsors to shape and make key decisions on objectives, scope, timescales, deliverables and benefits of the program and gain key stakeholder engagement
• Act as the key project escalation point for your projects, actively working with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify and agree the best options to resolve issues throughout the project
• Improve efficiency of software delivery processes
• Manage relationships with key technical vendors
• Contribute to the release calendar
• Aid in creation of release notes for related project delivery
• Liaise with and request approval from the business for code releases
• Provide general support for GM
• Work closely with William Hill colleagues across geographically dispersed team in a hybrid (virtual/on location) environment

What You Will Need:

• Experience in project delivery, as a program manager, project manager, head of delivery or equivalent
• Detailed knowledge of IT delivery processes and approaches in use across the market i.e. Agile, Scaled Agile, LeSS
• Strong customer focus recognizing internal and external customers, establishing effective relationships and demonstrating a thorough understanding of customer needs
• Experience in process management and process improvement, specifically within an agile product organization
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence
• Experience leading projects migrating from monolithic, legacy technology to modular, scalable technology a plus
• Professional management skills including communication, networking and influencing skills necessary to establish working relationships within the company up to board level and 3rd party development partners
• Confident operating within a constantly changing environment, with frequent prioritization changes
• Able to focus on strategic goals and objectives while dealing tactically with operational issues