Project Manager, Digital Product Development

As a Project Manager for our Lottery Digital Products, you will oversee and drive the development of new digital products and solutions within our lottery systems and teams. You will manage end-to-end project lifecycles, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budget, and alignment with our strategic goals. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, software developers, designers, and business stakeholders, to deliver high-quality, innovative digital solutions.

Project Planning and Execution:

• Along with the Digital Product Management team, develop detailed project plans, including scope, timeline, milestones, resources, and budget.
• Coordinate and oversee all phases of the project lifecycle from initiation to completion.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

Team Management:

• Lead and motivate project teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration in an agile environment.
• Allocate resources and manage project team members, both internal and external.
• Identify and address any performance issues or challenges within the team.

Stakeholder Management:

• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, including senior management, partners, and vendors.
• Regularly communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders.
• Gather and incorporate feedback to refine project deliverables and ensure stakeholder satisfaction.

Risk and Issue Management:

• Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Proactively manage and resolve project issues and roadblocks.
• Implement contingency plans as necessary to address unforeseen challenges.

Budget and Resource Management:

• Develop and manage project budgets, tracking expenses and ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Optimize resource allocation to maximize project efficiency and effectiveness.

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure the quality of project deliverables meets established standards and requirements.
• Implement and oversee testing procedures to validate functionality and performance.

Innovation and Improvement:

• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices in digital R&D.
• Propose and implement process improvements to enhance project management practices and outcomes.

Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of retail/lottery operations is helpful, but not required.
• Experience in the iGaming /real money gaming space

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn conceptual feature/functionality into strategic actions.
• Experience with project management methodologies like Agile/Scrum is preferred.
• Tech-savvy with a passion for new technologies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Internal/external presentation skills a must.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Strong starter who can quickly get up to speed on new markets and products.
• Strong affinity for understanding target audience needs and buyer priorities.
• A strong work ethic necessary to succeed in a dynamic, fast-moving and results oriented environment.
• Travel requirements will be minimal

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

Scientific Games Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, "SG") are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain SG employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

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