Senior Project Manager

2 Months ago • 6 Years + • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager at Product Madness, you'll collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align strategic objectives, manage project intake and discovery, drive process improvements, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Responsibilities include planning and implementing PMO capabilities, defining KPIs, conducting project discovery, leading reviews, monitoring change management, ensuring compliance, and developing a release management strategy. You'll oversee multiple projects, collaborate with various teams (Producers, development, QA, operations), and mentor junior team members. Success requires exceptional strategic thinking, technical expertise, and strong communication skills in a matrix organization. The role is crucial in driving the success of production and strategic technical initiatives, ensuring the delivery of exceptional products.
Must have:
  • 6+ years Project Management experience
  • Strategic thinking & analytical skills
  • Agile/Waterfall methodologies expertise
  • Exceptional communication & collaboration
  • Complex project management in matrix org
  • Stakeholder management & reporting
Good to have:
  • AgilePM, PgMP, PMP or CSM certification
  • Gaming/entertainment tech sector experience
  • Knowledge of software development workflows
  • Familiarity with resource management tools
Perks:
  • Snacks, weekly breakfasts & lunches
  • Lavish parties
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Social get-togethers

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Production Team. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams to align Aristocrat’s strategic objectives with Product Madness’s project portfolio. End to end project management will include facilitating and executing project intake and discovery efforts, driving process improvements, facilitating positive change, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Owning the projects’ outcome, making sure there is tight governance and a driving force is essential for this role. Exceptional strategic thinking, technical expertise, project management skills, customer focus will be instrumental in achieving successful project outcomes.

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Senior Project Manager in our central team, working closely with Game Producers in Business Units and with the wider Aristocrat PMO teams will oversee multiple projects within Product Madness.

What You'll Do

Key Responsibilities:

Successful operational excellence for strategic project delivery demands critical daily, weekly, and monthly requirements and duties in the role:

·   Collaborate with stakeholders, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams to facilitate and execute project intake and discovery efforts, aligning Product Madness’s business strategic objectives with the wider Aristocrat (ALABs’) project portfolio

·   Having a transparent up-to-date status of the projects and relevant reporting

·   Driving process improvements, facilitating positive change, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

·   Plan and contribute to the development and implementation of PMO capabilities, toolsets and processes aligned with the PMO framework and methodology, driving operational excellence and ensuring efficient project execution.

·   Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to assess health and effectiveness of the project management practices.

·   Conduct thorough project discovery activities to gather requirements, analyze risks and dependencies, and define project scope and success criteria.

·   Lead regular project reviews to evaluate project performance, risks, and issues.

·   Monitor and evaluate change management efforts, measure effectiveness, and adjust as needed.

·   Stay updated on industry trends, emerging tools, and methodologies related to project management, business case development, and change management.

·   Ensure compliance with governance frameworks, project management methodologies, and regulatory requirements.

·   Adapt and contribute to the overall success of the project management practice within the organization.

·   Develop and maintain a comprehensive release management strategy aligned with project objectives and organizational goals.

·   Oversee release planning activities across multiple projects

·   Collaborate with Producers, development teams, QA, and operations to establish and optimize release processes and schedules.

·   Facilitate communication between technical teams and business stakeholders regarding release status, timelines, and potential impacts.

·   Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering their growth in technical skills, project management practices.

What We're Looking For

Required Skills and Experience

·   Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.

·   6+ years of relevant experience as a Project Manager, leading strategic project intake, discovery, end to end delivery and change management for multiple initiatives, and overseeing the operational excellence of PMO functions.

·  Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, aligning operational project objectives with the business' goals, delivering tangible results and continuous process improvement.

·   Subject matter expert in project management methodologies, frameworks, and best practices, with proficiency in both Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)/Waterfall  and traditional project management practices.

·   Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

·   Strong experience managing complex operational projects in a matrix organisation.

·  Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines.

·   Experience in reporting status, risks, issues, and resource utilisation to stakeholders and leadership.

· Strong leadership abilities, including the ability to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams and foster a culture of excellence.

·   Familiarity with resource management, capacity planning tools and techniques.

 

Preferred Skills and Experience

 ·    Knowledge of software development workflows, automated deployment processes, and collaborative coding platforms.

·   AgilePM, PgMP, PMP or CSM certification is highly preferred.

·   Experience in the gaming or entertainment technology sector.

·   Passion for mobile games & the social casino category.

·   Knowledge of regulatory requirements in the gaming industry.  

About You:

You are a strategic thinker with a creative mindset, capable of turning complex ideas into actionable plans.

You possess a strong business acumen, combined with technical expertise.

You are passionate about people and product, ensuring both are at the heart of everything you do.

You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are infamous for rolling up your sleeves to get things done.

This role is pivotal in driving the success of our production and strategic technical initiatives within the Business Units and ensuring the delivery of exceptional products that delight our customers and drive business growth.

Why Product Madness?

You will be joining a global powerhouse where you will be part of a world-class talented team that creates remarkable hit games such as Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino, Mighty Fu, and Big Fish Casino.  The success of these titles has led to over 400 million downloads and more than 50 million active users. But there is no stopping us there, we also have a new games team that is working on bringing new hit games to the market. Product Madness is an Aristocrat Technologies company within its digital games division of Pixel United. 

Outstanding growth has seen us build Product Madness to more than 800 team members and counting, you can join one of our seven global talent hubs including London, USA, Canada, Spain, Poland, Ukraine & Israel.

You will be part of a company that is not only Mad about games but Mad about our people. Living by our value of people first, you will feel this firsthand from the moment you step into one of our fantastic studios. This is made possible by our amazing studio experience team who help make Product Madness such a fun place to work. Be it arranging endless snacks, weekly breakfasts & lunches, lavish Christmas & summer parties, happy hour drinks, social get-togethers and so much more. 


So what is stopping you from coming and joining the Madness?

Our Values

  • People First

    We have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each person's voice will always be heard and addressed.

  • MAD for More

    Always improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s best games company.

  • Champion Together
    We excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos.

  • Globally Inclusive

    We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact.

  • Customer Focused

    We always think from the customer's perspective - be it players or internal customers.

    Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!

Travel Expectations

None

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About The Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 7000 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be.


Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day.  


Come and join us – let’s play!


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 @𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 @𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

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