A remarkable opportunity to be able to deliver a significant contribution within a highly successful business in the North West. Due to continued growth aligned with investment in infrastructure, software & people we are seeking an Social Media Marketing expert to help take us to the next level and support our move to provide an online customer experience.

We are the leading cross-border retail sports betting group in Europe with the majority of its intermediaries being in Cyprus, Germany and Italy, as well as locally-licensed outlets in Belgium, Croatia, Romania and now Poland making a total of over 1,400 outlets.

 

The Technical Project Manager helps to ensure the successful delivery of multiple, concurrent software and more general IT projects. Primarily as a facilitator the TPM keeps everyone in the team on track by helping to solve problems in a professional, objective way. He/she often draws on a strong delivery background and experience in mentoring colleagues and implementing best practice techniques and continuous process improvements. The TPM must be able to cooperate with all team members, ranging from Developers, Quality Assurance, to Interface Designers and Business Analysts, whilst remaining objective regarding his/her own responsibilities and allowing the team sufficient self-management freedom to deliver against the requirements. The internal matrix structure will include business and IT Operational units. The TPM should be able to coordinate the repeated on-time delivery of sprints and be able to effectively communicate progress and status to the stakeholders.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the team delivers on-time against a defined schedule by resolving problems and actively take ownership of auxiliary tasks.
  • Facilitate estimations required by Business Analysts and validate these estimations based on historical performance and, over time, based on his/her experience working with the team.
  • Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts to optimize the deliverables in each sprint and ensure the estimates do not exceed the team’s velocity.
  • Work with build and change management to timely raise changes to the (production-) environments and to understand and mitigate the risk of deployments.
  • Establish the planning and to ensure resources are scheduled according to the company’s overall program of priorities.
  • Establish and maintain a good rapport with the relevant (business-) stakeholders, frequently communicate e.g. progress of the deliverables and overall status.
  • Coach the team into adhering to the delivery process, which is lightly founded on SCRUM principles. Actively participate in process review meetings.
  • Ensure key elements of the process, such as sprint kick-off meetings are held in an efficient and organized manner, focused on the desired outcome.
  • Ensure the resources allocated to delivering the requirements are adequate, raise resourcing issues as appropriate.
  • Facilitate team building, assist in conflict resolution and participate in career development and recruitment.
  • Vendor management as required, including preparation of RFPs, management of suppliers or subcontractors, management and negotiation of contracts

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of project management experience working in a Product Development environment.
  • Exceptional communication (oral/written) and skills. Strong English is a must-have.
  • Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects applying practical experience gained in a number of Formal and/or Agile project management methodologies.
  • An inquisitive nature, not easily overwhelmed, comfortable communicating in open forums with peers and senior staff alike, resourceful and with excellent negotiation skills.
  • Self-starter, firm but friendly character, able to obtain respect from colleagues and with a likeable manner to get the most out of people.

 

Assets:

  • Undergraduate degree; Computer Science, Electrical or Process Engineering or Business
  • Formal Project Management certification
  • Proficient with tools such as MS Project and issue tracking systems such as Jira.
  • Technical experience using a primarily WEB / Java based technology

If you are interested to find out more, call The Betting Headhunter, Gavin Chase on 07838 206602 or email gavin.chase@cnaint.com