Studio Project Manager (Maternity Cover)

• iGaming:
• If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It’s all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. We create our own award-winning games and also partner with premium licensees such as Netflix, Warner Bros and others to bring franchises like Squid Game, Willy Wonka and The Wizard of Oz to life in online gaming products. The company’s OpenGaming(tm) platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices.

Based in our Montreal office, the Studio Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of projects for our Bons Vivants Studio including new games content, launching content into new markets, and large feature improvements. The Studio PM will be expected to oversee multiple projects operating within a matrix organization, utilizing resource pools with a wide range of skill sets.

This candidate will be expected to work independently but provide frequent updates to the Studio Management Team and escalate promptly when risks or issues cannot be managed within the Project. They will also be expected to take opportunities to highlight areas to improve project management and development practices.

Please note - this is a FTC role for Maternity Cover, lasting 9 months.

Primary Responsibilities:

Day to day management of assigned projects working to ensure delivery against agreed project requirements

Understand and actively remove impediments for project teams and project requirements

Create detailed project plans with project teams, ensuring these are clear, understood and tracked

Manage risks, issues and dependencies identified on projects. Escalate as appropriate.

Coordinate, where required, when business processes needed for project success utilize teams external to the project

Update internal reporting packs focusing on project delivery

See projects through to completion

Assist in coordination relating to project specific production incidents and escalations that occur during project timelines

Identify process improvements and raise these with the respective Capability leads

Support financial management, including project creation and time tracking

Qualifications

3-5 years Previous Project Management experience

Experience using tools such as Microsoft Project, Sharepoint, Monday.com , JIRA & Confluence

Highly adaptable and able to move with change within the projects / business

Resilient and able to work well under pressure

Strong organization, collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills

Strong reporting & presentation skills

Confident speaker

Detail-oriented

Nice to haves:

Project Management certifications such as APM, PMQ, PRINCE2 or Agile

Servant Leader experience

Agile experience

Technical capacity with the ability to ‘translate’ technical language

iGaming and industry knowledge

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?

Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace

The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis

Tangible and genuine development - at Light & Wonder, you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that’s not enough ; you will get to enjoy a stunning work location and flexible working practices whilst we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.

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