Advanced Technical Project Manager

Gaming:

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Position Summary

Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services. Coordinates departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project i.e. product on schedule and within budget constraints. Manages specific projects that have a distinct beginning and end. Scrum Masters managing software development projects using the Agile development framework.

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

• Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk management strategies.

• Lead and manage cross-location project teams, ensuring clear communication of roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

• Monitor project progress and make necessary adjustments to meet project goals, with strong follow-up and follow-through to ensure task completion:

• Foster strong cross-team collaboration across different locations, ensuring alignment and effective communication among diverse technical teams.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, including clients, vendors, and internal teams.

• Facilitate regular project meetings, status updates, and communication with stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment.

• Identify potential risks and issues early in the project lifecycle and develop mitigation strategies.

• Track and resolve project issues promptly to minimize impact on project timelines and outcomes.

• Ensure that all project risks are documented and communicated to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Training and/or Experience

8+ years of experience working in the technology industry with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Project Management in a product development company.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong engineering background, with experience working closely with highly technical teams.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across locations and with diverse technical teams.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate technical challenges.

• Strong follow-up and follow-through skills to ensure project milestones are met.

• Experience working in dynamic work environments is a plus.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Expertise in project management tools such as Jira, Trello, Confluence or Microsoft Project

• PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification is preferred.

• Gaming domain is preferred.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s degree is a plus.

Physical Requirements: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions:

• The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses.   As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.   In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. 

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