Technical Project Manager
As a Technical Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving critical initiatives that align with our ambitious goals. This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where every single day offers new challenges and rewards. Join us to lead innovative projects that make a tangible impact!
- Work with collaborators, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams to facilitate and complete project intake and discovery efforts. This aligns Product Madness’s business goals with the Aristocrat project portfolio.
- Maintain a transparent, up-to-date status of projects and provide relevant reporting.
- Champion process optimization, enable beneficial change, and sustain a culture dedicated to relentless improvement.
- Define and track key benchmarks and metrics to evaluate the health and efficiency of project management practices.
- Conduct detailed project discovery activities to gather requirements, analyse 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 efficiency, and adjust as needed.
- Stay informed about industry trends, new tools, and methodologies connected to project management, argument development, and change management.
- Ensure alignment with governance frameworks, project management methodologies, and regulatory requirements.
- Adapt and contribute to the overall success of the project management practice within the organization.
- Coordinate release planning activities across multiple projects.
- Facilitate communication between technical teams and business collaborators regarding release status, timelines, and potential impacts.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
- More than 6 years of applicable experience as a Project Manager, directing strategic project intake, discovery, end-to-end delivery, and change management for several initiatives.
- Outstanding critical thinking and analytical skills, aligning operational project objectives with business goals, delivering tangible results, and continuous process improvement.
- Specialist in project management methodologies, frameworks, and standard processes, with proficiency in both Agile approaches (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and traditional project management practices.
- Strong communication and interpersonal talents combined with the skill to impact and engage collaboratively with associates across all tiers.
- Strong experience managing complex operational projects in a matrix organization.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- Experience in reporting status, risks, issues, and resource utilization to collaborators and leadership.
- Proven leadership qualities, with the capacity to motivate and uplift cross-functional teams while nurturing a culture of excellence.
- Familiarity with resource management, capacity planning tools, and techniques.
- Knowledge & experience working with Jira & Confluence
- 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- nice to have
- Passion for mobile games & the social casino category.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.