Senior Project Manager

Light & Wonder • Chicago, IL

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

Gaming: Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe. Position Summary We are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Light & Wonder team. The person will manage the Game Development Projects in Chicago Illinois related to the Class 3 Gaming markets that Light & Wonder provides software for. They will report into the Sr. Director position. The Project Management function specializes in leading a team, typically cross-functional, to achieve project goals and requirements. Work with project teams and stakeholders to plan, execute, monitor, and control the project; manage resources, budget, cost, time, quality, risks and other constraints. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Works directly with multiple development leads and external Operations/Service teams. Develops detailed development schedules for assigned projects. Conducts regular status meetings and daily stand-ups with the Dev and Quality teams. Tracks, monitors and reports project progress. Responsible for the effective internal and external communication of information related to projects. Creates presentations and generates metric reports/charts for upper management. This is an hybrid role, 3 days a week in office based at our studio in Chicago, IL. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required. Experience: A minimum of 5 years operations, product or project management experience. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: Ability to multi-task anywhere from 15-30 projects per week. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret gaming rules and regulations. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from internal or external personnel. Excellent inter-personal and team building skills. Ability to manage issues requiring problem resolution and conflict management. Knowledge of project management tools and processes. Knowledge and understanding of project budgeting. Knowledge of Oracle’s Agile PLM product and Oracle ERP. General knowledge of Class 3 Gaming architecture and ancillary components preferred. Ability to motivate others. 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: · The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations. Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W 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 L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
• A minimum of 5 years operations, product or project management experience.
• Ability to multi-task anywhere from 15-30 projects per week.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret gaming rules and regulations.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from internal or external personnel.
• Excellent inter-personal and team building skills.
• Ability to manage issues requiring problem resolution and conflict management.
• Knowledge of project management tools and processes.
• Knowledge and understanding of project budgeting.
• Knowledge of Oracle’s Agile PLM product and Oracle ERP.
• Ability to motivate others.

Nice To Haves

• General knowledge of Class 3 Gaming architecture and ancillary components preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works directly with multiple development leads and external Operations/Service teams.
• Develops detailed development schedules for assigned projects.
• Conducts regular status meetings and daily stand-ups with the Dev and Quality teams.
• Tracks, monitors and reports project progress.
• Responsible for the effective internal and external communication of information related to projects.
• Creates presentations and generates metric reports/charts for upper management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees