Sr. Adv. Project Manager

Corporate:

Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, cross‑functional technology and business projects within Light & Wonder. This role ensures successful delivery through structured project governance, effective stakeholder management, financial oversight, and alignment with strategic objectives. The ideal candidate brings strong project leadership experience, deep understanding of enterprise technology environments, and the ability to drive outcomes across global teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of medium‑to‑large enterprise programs, from initiation to closure.

• Develop and maintain project charters, schedules, RAID logs, communication plans, and status reporting.

• Ensure project scope, timeline, and financials remain aligned with approved baselines.

• Manage vendor partners, contract engagement, SOW deliverables, and performance.

• Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Engage executive sponsors, business owners, and technical leads across global regions (EMEA, APAC, AMER).

• Drive structured communication: weekly updates, steering committee materials, dashboards, risk escalations.

• Translate complex technical topics into clear business language.

• Financial & Operational Control

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and capital/operational spend tracking.

• Ensure accurate reporting against cost centers and program financial commitments.

• Support resource planning and capacity management.

• Risk, Compliance & Governance

• Lead risk identification, mitigation planning, and cross‑functional issue resolution.

• Ensure adherence to SOX controls, privacy requirements, security standards, and internal PMO methodologies.

• Coordinate with InfoSec, Privacy, Architecture, and Compliance teams during project lifecycle.

• Process Improvement & Portfolio Support

• Contribute to PMO best practices, templates, and delivery frameworks.

• Mentor project managers and junior staff; promote consistent delivery standards.

• Support portfolio / intake processes and assist with strategic program planning.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field; Master’s preferred.

• 7–10+ years managing technology or enterprise programs in complex global environments.

• Demonstrated success delivering cross‑functional IT projects (infrastructure, applications, cloud, data, security, ERP, or integration‑heavy solutions).

• Strong command of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid).

• Excellent communication, executive reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Experience managing multimillion-dollar budgets and vendor relationships.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent certifications.

• Experience in gaming, regulated environments, or high‑availability technology operations.

• Familiarity with ERP (Oracle EBS), cloud migration, data platforms, security projects, or enterprise‑scale deployments.

• Strong financial acumen aligned with capex/opex structures.

Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and business acumen

• Leadership and influencing skills

• Problem‑solving and decision‑making

• Structured communication

• Risk‑based delivery mindset

• Ability to drive clarity in ambiguous environments

Work Conditions:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential funct