Technical Project Manager

Project Manager

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.

We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment, we play an essential role in the Group's goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming, developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.

We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions, keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.

Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths, backgrounds and new perspectives, we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.

The Role

A technical project manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the planning, execution, and completion of technology initiatives within an organization. This technical project manager serves as a liaison between the technical team and other departments, and stakeholders, ensuring the project meets objectives and timelines. The role requires a deep understanding of technical/architectural principles, and the ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams.

This position may require travelling to other locations, including the US.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Delivery planning and reporting across the initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within the agreed scope. 

• Input into overall prioritization exercise, help communicate agreed priorities, ensure they're respected and drive actions towards enabling them.

• Facilitate technology input into investment requests, in drafting business cases.

• Input into the overall prioritization exercise helping to communicate agreed priorities and drive actions towards enabling them. 

• Work together with the delivery teams and Leadership on resource allocation, planning and driving efficiencies.

• Provide a clear view on the ongoing budget for the ongoing initiatives in the programme of work.

• When working with new suppliers, coordinate technical due diligence and clearly articulate the commercial input.

• Team player that can work in a fast-paced environment, with technical and commercial teams, focused on achieving the desired outcomes.

• Generate reports that advises on the effectiveness of the delivery streams, with a view to resolve challenges in adopting Scrum practices.

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in project management roles. 

• Proven track record in the software delivery lifecycle, in adopting the Agile Scrum methodology. 

• Ability to plan against technical outcomes, defined as part of achieving the target architecture for the focus tribe's business objectives.

• Experience in managing projects end-end; from concept to business benefits realisation. 

• Ability to clearly demonstrate business goals and influencing teams to achieving the desired outcomes. 

• Pro-active work ethic with the ability to deliver results and meet challenging deadlines. Successfully managed customer engagements to completion and customer satisfaction. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex technical challenges, in a simple and effective manner. 

• Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders based on mutual respect, openness and transparency. 

• Promote change as an opportunity to improve a set of core values, principles and practices. 

• Works at pace and conveys a sense of urgency through high levels of collaboration to the team. 

• Ability to coach and mentor teams in the use of Agile Scrum methodologies. 

• Experience in implementing 3rd party products and platforms. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

We'd Like You To Master In

• Building Support: Capable of establishing close relationships with stakeholders, based on trust, integrity and respect. Able to raise awareness and build momentum behind the Group technology strategy. 

• Objective: Provides impartial and unbiased input, ensuring equal treatment for all and champions decisions making through the empowerment of collaboration. 

• Collaboration: Work effectively and in partnership with our stakeholders on group shared goals that align towards the achievement of the technology strategy. Provides leadership in promoting a collaborative environment across teams. 

• Adaptable: Has the ability to manage change and adapt toward new requirements or changes in strategy. 

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to analyse patterns within the business divisions generated by implementing current strategy. Understand what is needed to achieve competitive advantage through greater agility, faster time to market and improving the customer value proposition. 

• Communication: Proactive and considered in approach with stakeholder communications. A good listener, capable of providing constructive feedback that can support conflict resolution. 

• Agile Scrum: A practitioner of Agile Scrum that can coach teams how to optimize delivery streams. Ability to generate reports using tooling that outlines effectiveness in the delivery process within the business division. 

This is what you should have. What do we have, you ask? Well...you can check our amazing perks & benefits right here! 

So ... are you in? 

Equal opportunities

At Blip, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking, and working to apply.
We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion. 
Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to apply for the position and to ensure this role aligns with your needs, please send an email to [email protected].

We will only respond to inquiries related to disabilities.