Senior Technical Project Manager

Company Description

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtech.com & www.playtechpeople.com

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech’s overall commitment to responsible business practices.

Ready to level up your career?

Playtech’s POP unit is looking for an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager with a curious mindset, excellent communication, and good technical troubleshooting skills.

Job Description

Your influential mission. You will...

• Create detailed project plans, including defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables. Identify the resources needed and develop a schedule to track progress
• Ensure that every project has standardized entry and gatekeeping of project goals and requirements
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties or vendors for the flawless execution of projects. Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Identify potential risks and create contingency plans
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget, maintaining high-quality standards
• maintain clear and constant communication with stakeholders regarding project status
• Oversee the development, testing, implementation and documentation of the technical project to ensure it meets the project objectives
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Guide and support the project team to help them work effectively and meet project deadlines

Qualifications

Components for success. You...

• Have previous experience working in a hands-on technical position
• Have at least 3 years of experience managing technical projects
• Bring an understanding of the development of distributed systems
• Are familiar with project management methodologies: Agile, Scrum etc
• Have an ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different stakeholders, from tech members to executive
• Take ownership of your own work
• Bring leadership, problem-solving, organizational and negation skills

You'll get extra points for...

• Having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar

Thrive in a culture that values...

• Professional and fun team environment, where we offer you proper training and knowledge-sharing
• Your personal and professional growth
• Variety – no day is the same
• Active lifestyle and provide you with a well-being package
• Work-life balance, flexibility
• Fun and engaging company events

Additional Information

PLAYTECH OPEN PLATFORM (POP) TEAM 

Playtech Open Platform (POP) serves as an integration hub that enables well-defined integration between 3rd Party Gaming Systems (RGS) and Playtech Gaming Platform as well as Playtech Casino content and 3rd party wallets. It provides single-game aggregation for all 3rd party content and enables the seamless distribution of Casino content across Playtech licensees. It allows 3rd Party and PT RGSs to integrate with a variety of iGP through standard third-party Interfaces hiding the complexity of custom protocols. It also replaces the old legacy system and together with the marketplace provides end-user game discovery and configuration.

It is the next-generation platform from Playtech that opted to create new business opportunities. The platform is highly accessible, scalable, distributed and event-driven, running on a private cloud at different data centres. It is built using reactive micro services architecture and written in Scala programming language. It uses No-SQL Couchbase Database for data persistence and storage and an Elasticsearch multimode cluster for keeping all application and system information.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.