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Project Manager Role

The Project Manager will be responsible for planning, actioning and reviewing changes that are required to this sportbetting website and operations.

Ensuring that business cases (budget and benefits) are updated and plans in place to realise benefits for all change requests.
Delivering approved projects within agreed timescales and budgets
Ensuring that projects are planned, managed and reported in line with the Online Project Management Framework
Undertakes assurance activities to monitor project progress against milestones, quality criteria and costs
Identify and ensure appropriate actions are taken to resolve / mitigate against key issues, risks and dependencies across projects and programmes
Supporting and working with the Programme Lead to promote the smooth delivery of the business project portfolio
Specifically this role is targeted at looking at rapid delivery of new functionality for the business.
The other part of the role is to provide general Project Management support for Gibraltar office.
Ensure Management Behaviours Framework is adhered to.

Team

This role reports directly into the Sports Betting Program Manger
Working closely with business leads in Gibraltar and the ability to utilise analysts, developers and testers.
Work with the IS Procurement Manager to maintain relations with suppliers and keep them informed and involved in future IS strategies;
Ensure that team / individuals all have clear understanding of roles and responsibilities as well as an understanding of the wider business priorities and how their activities fit into the wider business goals
Ensure that resources are managed to ensure optimal utilisation
The role will require travel to all locations and 3rd party suppliers offices

Principal Accountabilities

IT Delivery, Quality and Availability

To ensure all projects are agreed with the business and prioritised.
Ensure that all projects are planned using the Project Management Framework and that resource is available to deliver the work
Manage project budgets where applicable
To manage the design, build and unit test of the business applications or Infrastructure projects, ensuring that delivery costs are competitive with the market
To define and scope all projects in accordance with the Project Management Framework
To ensure that applications are developed making best use of the current and planned infrastructure
To own and provide effective management of suppliers for the delivery of new and changed applications, ensuring that they meet their obligations, including Orbis.
Identify and manage project dependencies across the portfolio
To ensure that the selected systems development methodology is applied within the project management framework
To ensure that projects and phases are initiated in a controlled manner
To ensure that the necessary governance structures are created
To ensure that the risks and issues are managed
To ensure that changes against the agreed scope are managed
To ensure that the necessary configuration management is in place for all project deliverables

Operational Budgeting and Reporting

Understand the budgeting and cost elements of the project portfolio and the detailed breakdown of components;
Develop a quarterly forecast as required to ensure future requirements are catered for.

Performance Criteria

Qualifications, skills & experience

Gained Project management qualification or certification
Minimum of 2 years experience in a Project Management / Delivery Lead Role
Previous experience of managing projects through the full Project Life Cycle using a structured methodology such as PRINCE2 or others.
Understanding and knowledge of RAD (Rapid Application and Agile development techniques are desireable
Understanding and knowledge of Sports Betting
Previous experience of line management and developing a project delivery team
Experience of supplier management and awareness of how the external market affects the business and service
A strong customer focus, recognising internal and external customers, establishing effective relationships.
Strong communication (verbal/written) and influencing skills, with an ability to manage internal and external relationships up to senior levels of management
Experience of delivering projects via third parties

If you are interested in this Project Manager job, please contact Andy Taylor – at@sportsrecruitment.com

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