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The Rank Group
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
Project Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Company Description The Rank Group is growing rapidly within both our Venues and Digital businesses. If you’re not sure who we are, you may be more familiar with us through our iconic brands; Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casino. We have most recently acquired Stride Gaming, which, together with our existing Digital business, forms Rank Interactive. We employ circa 8,000 people globally, with our UK office functions being located in Maidenhead (Head Office), Sheffield (Customer Solutions Hub), London (Digital) and a further office in Gibraltar, which is home to our existing Rank Digital function. We are evolving as a business and are adding some exciting new brands and concepts to our venues and digital offering. By joining an office-based or operational function with us, you’ll instantly be part of a high-performing and inclusive culture, which works closely to support our Customer-facing teams. Job Description Takes responsibility for the definition, documentation and execution of multiple projects or single larger/more complex projects, actively leading all phases of the project. Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project. Lead team, scope problems and liaise with suppliers both internal and external. Ensure that all activities comply with relevant Operating model procedures, including Service Management, Project Lifecycle Methodology, InfoSecurity, Audit & Control Standards. Owns overall responsibility for project delivery that is on-schedule, within budget and delivers an outcome that is outlined in the approved Scope. Effectively estimates and manages costs and project expenditure, timescales and resource requirements. Proactively escalates risks & issues and facilitates dialog that addresses complicated project level issues. Responsible for stakeholder management that communicates plans, priorities, and project status to relevant stakeholders, steering committee, executive sponsor, and project team. Reports and maintains key information on the current status of all projects and provides project visibility to management in a common and consistent manner Manages the change control procedure for major changes, gaining agreement for revisions to the production environment from business system owners. Facilitate release planning based on roadmap priorities, available capacity and dependencies Ensures that projects are closed out and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and actioned. Produces appropriate documentation to support these processes. Define, agree and implement process improvements based on project delivery performance Influences the establishment and development of project delivery processes and tools with the PMO. Qualifications Technical or other degree (or equivalent) Practical experience of PRINCE2 / PMP / Scrum (or equivalent) Several years’ experience full life cycle delivery of retail, corporate and infrastructure based projects. Experience working within a variety of project delivery frameworks and methodologies. Proven experience of working with 3rd parties - Onshore, offshore, near shore. Detailed knowledge and experience in managing IT related business projects which involve multiple activities and streams of people from both IT and business teams, in a fast paced dynamic organization. The ability to use automated tools to assist in the project management process, by automating mechanical tasks such as scheduling, resource balancing, and time recording e.g. Microsoft Project, Jira Knowledge of online gambling & gaming industry desirable Additional Information Demonstrates sense of passion and pride about own work. Positive attitude and adapts well to change. Inspires passion and excitement around shared goals, promoting environment of achievement. Demonstrates the ability to motivate and influence teams and individuals with whom there is no direct or indirect management responsibility Proven experience of influencing at all levels of the organisation and cross-functionally, and of providing clarity and insight to complex discussions and debates in order to achieve resolution and understanding. Ability to identify and prioritise Stakeholders, build strong relationships, and tailoring the communication to meet the stakeholders needs Able to articulate a compelling vision, and effectively manages self / others through ambiguity. Provides timely and direct feedback to others regarding performance against project objectives Ability to quickly understand new business process areas, functional requirements and technologies in order to successfully lead projects