Senior Client Project Manager

Scientific Games:

Scientific Games is the global leader in lottery games, sports betting and technology, and the partner of choice for government lotteries. From cutting-edge backend systems to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We push game designs to the next level and are pioneers in data analytics and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, legendary performance, and unwavering security to responsibly propel the global lottery industry ever forward.

Position Summary

As a Sr. Client Project Manager, you are responsible to engage with customers and internal project teams to drive and successfully deliver implementation projects that span across one or more business units. You will manage the overall timeline for the project, managing issues and risks, spend to budget, and communicating project status to project sponsors, stakeholders, internal or external customers, and executive management.  We require a Client Project Manager who has strong leadership, excellent communication, and “hands-on” project management skills, as well as proficiency in motivating and leading others through vision, strategic positioning, and leadership characteristics.

Job Duties / Key Accountabilities

You provide a single point of contact for projects and take projects from original concept through final implementation. You facilitate definition of project scope and objectives with a team, and oversee/coordinate all aspects of project, plan, and direct schedules as well as project budgets. You must be capable of operating in a hybrid environment, utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.  You must have strong skills in understanding how to formulate a project budget, forecast, and track financial performance against budget

Qualification / Skills / Knowledge

Required

• Minimum bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience
• 10 + years of PM experience, with at least 5 years in leading large-scale customer implementation projects
• PMP Certified
• Georgia residents are preferred.
• IT Consulting/Contracting or Big-4 IT Consulting experience is a plus!
• Experience in planning and implementation of large-scale programs and projects that involve procurement, software development, infrastructure, logistics, 3rd-party vendors, on-shore and off-personnel, digital, and mobile solutions using Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Implementation experience in delivery of digital software solutions
• Ability to travel and be onsite for customer implementations (up to 30% of time)
• Proven track record of successful project/program management of mid to large size programs or projects
• Ability to organize, define the charter, plan, and create a team environment that will lead into a team motivated to deliver.
• Effective facilitation skills for participatory decision-making
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative critical thinking skills required.
• C-level presentation, communications, leadership, collaboration, and people skills are required.
• Experience with project management of several concurrent projects.
• Professional hands-on experience developing, creating, responding to, writing to, contributing to, and reviewing RFIs, RFPs, Proposals, Proposal Development, Project Costing, Project Budgets, and Project Plans.
• Professional hands-on experience managing programs or projects from RFI through Initiation, Planning, Execution, Management & Control, Closure, Post Go-Live Support, and Turn-Over to Operations.
• Seeking candidates who are motivated, determined, detail oriented, and works independently, can lead teams, works well under pressure, and who will collaborate and will work relentlessly to find solutions to business challenges, and deliver programs, projects on-time, within budget, and an exceptional level of quality and customer satisfaction.
• Agile project management training and experience (certification is a plus!).
• Technical Experience with full SDLC on software, infrastructure, digital, and mobile with QA and Release Management processes (an asset!).
• On-site working requirement at the Alpharetta Georgia Headquarters:  The working onsite requirement will vary between 1 to 3 days a week. Currently the working onsite requirement is 3 days a week.   The working onsite requirement could potentially increase to 5 days a week for a period of time based on the priorities that you are managing and mana