Job Description

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Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.

Do you see yourself as one of those “out-of-the-box thinkers”, “Technical masterminds”, “Outstanding creatives”, or “Mind-boggling number crunchers”? If so, we want to welcome you to the Betway family and celebrate what makes you unique!

Our global customer base is exploding and we need your skills to support us on this exciting journey! Don’t look back and submit your application before the opportunity passes you by..

We are looking for a highly skilled and proactive Project Manager to lead the delivery of strategic and regulatory initiatives within our sports betting business. This role is critical in managing projects across regulated markets, ensuring compliance with strict regulatory frameworks, and driving transformation and people-focused programs. The ideal candidate will be a strong problem solver, capable of navigating tight deadlines, complex stakeholder environments, and evolving business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory & Compliance Delivery

• Lead projects focused on launching and maintaining operations in regulated markets.
• Ensure all deliverables meet jurisdictional compliance requirements, working closely with Legal, Compliance, and Product teams.
• Manage timelines and dependencies to meet regulatory deadlines without compromising quality.

Project Leadership & Execution

• Deliver complex, cross-functional projects including transformation programs, platform migrations, and people initiatives (e.g., org design, onboarding, training rollouts).
• Develop detailed project plans, manage risks and issues, and ensure timely delivery within scope and budget.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across Product, Engineering, Compliance, Operations, and Commercial teams.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, providing clear updates, insights, and recommendations.
• Lead and facilitate steering committees (SteerCos), ensuring governance, accountability, and decision-making.
• Act as a key escalation point, resolving issues swiftly and maintaining delivery momentum.

Budget & Resource Management

• Own project budgeting and financial planning, including resource forecasting and vendor negotiations.

Required Experience

• Proven experience managing projects in regulated environments, ideally within sports betting, gaming, or fintech
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks and regulatory delivery in multiple jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated success in delivering transformation, people, and technology projects
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience with senior leadership and governance forums.
• Skilled in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project).
• Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Managing a program of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
• Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Full project life cycle ownership, successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
• Report on project success criteria results and KPI's
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
• Understand inter-dependencies between technology, operations and business needs
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team
• Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices
• Driving positive customer satisfaction levels with the project.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

You will have:

• Technical project management experience within a software / web development environment
• Leadership skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A proven track record of successful projects
• Proven success in providing on site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Establish practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
• Self-started with the ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and decision-making skills
• Experience working with an Agile environment or understanding the principles of Agile software development
• Excellent presentation skills

It would be a bonus if you also had:

• Experience working on Compliance projects
• Knowledge and/or experience of DSDM
• Experience of working in the online gaming / gambling industry
• Experience with working on projects involving M&A transactions

Person Specification

• Motivated, takes ownership for their work and has exceptional attention to detail
• Articulate and engaging character who is easy to get along with
• Natural leader who has the ability to drive consensus and buy-in
• Highly organised with good time management skills
• Self-motivated individual who can work well in an unstructured environment

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please assume your application has not been successful.