Senior Infrastructure Project Manager - Flutter UKI, Hybrid

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager - Flutter UKI, Hybrid

About Betfair Romania Development​:

Betfair Romania Development is the largest technology hub of Flutter Entertainment, with over 2,000 people powering the world’s leading sports betting and iGaming brands. Exciting, immersive and safe experiences are delivered to over 18 million customers worldwide, from our office in Cluj-Napoca. Driven by relentless innovation and commitment to excellence, we operate our own unbeatable portfolio of diverse proprietary brands such as FanDuel, PokerStars, SportsBet, Betfair, Paddy Power, or Sky Betting & Gaming.

Our Values:

The values we share at Betfair Romania Development define what makes us unique as a team. They empower us by giving meaning to our contributions, and they ensure that we consistently strive for excellence in everything we do. We are looking for passionate individuals who align with our values and are committed to making a difference.

Win together | Raise the bar | Got your back | Own it | Positive impact

About Flutter UKI:

Flutter UK & Ireland are the UKI region of Flutter Entertainment. They unite a dozen brands, including powerhouses Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and Sky Betting & Gaming, bringing together hundreds of teams and thousands of colleagues, who create trusted entertainment for millions of customers every week.

Role purpose:

The Infrastructure Senior Project Manager will work with key business customers, stakeholders, external technology partners and other groups within Flutter UK&I business to lead complex initiatives from concept to customers. 

This role is trusted to drive the successful delivery of complex initiatives through effective planning, risk management and communication with the relevant stakeholders. 

As an experienced Project Manager, you will have strong foundational knowledge of all areas of project delivery and will be seen as a go-to person.

 
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning of technology initiatives based on prioritization input and for owning supplier relationships from a technology perspective.

Accountabilities:

Leadership & Business Context

• Relentlessly drive results and motivates and inspires co-workers to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Resilient when the initiative faces setbacks and can resolve issues and provide the team with resolution and encouragement
• Leads by example in terms of work ethic and professional attitude.
• Keeps up to date with commercial status and ensure your team understands the wider context of their initiatives.

Teamwork & Staff Development

• Coach and guide on common language usage across multiple initiatives.
• Contributes to staff recruitment.
• Supports new team members to onboard.
• Supports junior/ intern members to grow in their career.

Stakeholder Management 

• Simplifies complex issues/risks/plans to effectively communicate (both written and verbally) with non-technical Senior stakeholders Communicates effectively and confidently with senior level stakeholders including MD and Exco level.
• Provides clear concise communication to all levels of the organisation (Communicate effectively and credibly across a wide range of channels with senior stakeholders).

Governance, Programme Delivery

• Leads stakeholder meetings effectively (including steering meetings). 
• Keeps project team well informed of changes to specifications and scope. 
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Defines and agrees initiative level communication plan. Communicates effectively as per agreed comm
• Quickly adapts planning to new and unfamiliar complex initiatives across different domains
• Is accountable for all initiate Lifecyle ceremonies including kick-offs, realisation reviews, retros, steering meetings etc.   
• Identifies, tracks and manages initiative risks and issues through to closure – ensures senior stakeholders are informed of progress and resolution.
• Determine an optimal method for effective flow of communication between multi-regional teams.
• Clearly articulates priorities to the delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Works with Infrastructure Delivery team to provide Resource View from a capacity and capability point of view
• Compiles the retrospective outputs with value delivered, OKRs performance, ROI, effort, cost, lessons learned, actions that can lead to improvement.   
• Coordinates the assessment of