Project Manager

Project Manager - Flutter UK&I, 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 Overview:

The Project Manager is responsible for role modelling and ensuring the adoption of operating model behaviours for the initiative they lead.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Leadership & Business Context

• Motivates co-workers to attain goals and pursue excellence.
• Be resilient when the initiative team is facing setbacks they can't resolve and provide resolution and encouragement.
• Keep up-to-date with commercial status and ensure initiative team understands the wider context of their initiative.

Teamwork & Staff Development

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

Stakeholder Management

• Able to simplify complex issues/risks/plans to effectively communicate (both written and verbally) with non-technical Senior stakeholders.
• Effective at leading initiative meetings.
• Builds a knowledge base of each stakeholder's business, systems and objectives.
• Seeks feedback from stakeholders in a process of continual process improvement.

Governance, Programme Delivery

• Resolves and/or escalates risks and issues in a timely fashion.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• Understands the Flutter UKI operating model and can articulate how it works to stakeholders from different functions.
• Able to adhere, with little support, to optimal methodology, in line with the agreed operating model and initiative specifics
• Hosts 'lessons learned' for the initiative, identify future improvements, shares with the other Project Managers and implements them during the next initiative.
• Quickly adapts planning to new initiatives across different domains.
• Leads medium-high complexity cross-tribe initiatives with little support required.
• Controls initiatives throughout the lifecycle. Reports status and prognosis.
• Initiates management actions in response to initiative progress reports (achievement, productivity and risk).

Skills, Capabilities & Experience Required:

• We are looking for a Project Manager to work with key business customers, stakeholders, external technology partners and groups within the Flutter UKI business to lead initiatives from concept to customers.

• The Project Manager is empowered to drive the successful delivery of initiatives through effective planning, risk and dependency management and transparency with the relevant stakeholders.

• With strong foundations in project management disciplines, they're the go-to person for the initiatives they lead.

• Identifies future or potential pitfalls and creates mitigation or contingency plans in a timely manner to remove obstacles.

• Determines an optimal method for effective flow of communication between multi-regional teams.
• Clearly articulates priorities to the delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Provide visibility of project resourcing from a capacity and capability point of view.
• Ability to set priorities and focus teams on what is most important.
• Maintains excellent composure and professionalism even in very difficult situations; confident under pressure, handles and manages crises effectively; bounces back from setbacks and acts as a role model for others; maintains a positive attitude despite adversity; skilfully handles challenges and obstacles applying insights from others and lessons learned from mistakes.
• Quickly understands and adapts well to new and unfamiliar situations or challenges; consistently performs experiments to find the best solution; learns from others' experiences and shares lessons learned from own mistakes; is transparent about failure and views mistakes as opportunities to learn.

Benefits:

• Hybrid & remote working options
• €1,000 per year for self-development
• Company share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave per year
• 20 days per year to work abroad
• 5 personal days/year
• Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
• Extended health, dental and travel insurances
• Customized well-being programmes
• Career growth sessions
• Thousands of online courses through Udemy
• A variety of engaging office events

Disclaimer:

We are an inclusive employer. By embracing diverse experiences and perspectives, we create a lasting, positive impact for our employees, customers, and the communities we're part of. You don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you, let us know, and we'll see how we can accommodate them.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only the candidates who best meet the job requirements will be contacted for an interview.

By submitting your application online, you agree that your details will be used to progress your application for employment. If your application is successful, your details will be used to administer your personnel record. If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your details for a period no longer than three years, to consider you for prospective roles within the company.