Integration Team Lead
EveryMatrix is looking for a dedicated Integration Team Lead to join the team in Bucharest, Romania. This role involves the end-to-end delivery of client integrations and software solutions within the iGaming and sports betting space. It is a delivery-focused position with full ownership of client integrations from project initiation through to go-live and post-deployment support.
The Integration Team Lead works closely with international clients, internal development teams, senior stakeholders, and third-party vendors. The role requires managing multiple integrations in parallel while ensuring that all delivery remains on time, within budget, and meets high-quality standards.
- Act as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of international clients during the integration lifecycle.
- Build strong, long-term relationships and ensure client requirements, priorities, and expectations are aligned.
- Manage senior stakeholder expectations.
- Own the full project lifecycle from initiation through deployment and post-go-live support.
- Manage multiple concurrent integrations and delivery streams across distributed teams.
- Define scope, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables in collaboration with internal business units.
- Create and maintain delivery plans, schedules, and budgets, tracking progress against agreed baselines.
- Ensure integration and development work meets agreed quality and compliance standards.
- Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, proposing practical and creative solutions.
- Ensure delivery governance, reporting, and project administration are accurate, timely, and consistently maintained.
- Apply a data-driven approach to delivery, using metrics to track performance and inform decisions.
- Coordinate and manage third-party vendors and external delivery partners.
- Actively contribute to the Integration Management community by sharing knowledge, reusing best practice, and driving delivery efficiencies.
- Champion lean agile ways of working and continuous improvement.
- Line manage a team of Integration Managers or coordinators, providing day-to-day direction and support.
- Set clear objectives, conduct regular one-to-ones, and carry out performance reviews for direct reports.
- Mentor and coach team members, supporting their professional development and certification goals.
- Identify skills gaps within the team and organise relevant training or knowledge sharing sessions.
- Allocate workload across the team, balancing capacity against portfolio demands and client priorities.
- Foster a collaborative team culture that encourages knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Act as an escalation point for the team on delivery blockers, client issues, or resourcing conflicts.
- Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members as the team scales.
- Proven experience delivering complex software or iGaming integrations on time and within budget (required).
- Strong hands-on experience applying lean agile delivery approaches in software development (required).
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a client-facing B2B environment (required).
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering and delivery teams (required).
- Ability to lead, motivate, and influence without direct authority (required).
- Experience managing third-party vendors and external technical partners (required).
- Prior line management or people leadership experience, ideally within a delivery or integration function (required).
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritise effectively (required).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (required).
- Experience in iGaming, betting, payments, or regulated B2B platforms (nice-to-have).
- Project, programme, or agile certifications such as PMP, MSP, Certified Scrum Master, or equivalent (nice-to-have).
- Start with 22 days of annual leave, increasing by 2 days each year up to 32 days.
- Hybrid work schedule available after three months, with up to 50 days of work from home per year.
- Two Free Fridays each year, limited to one per quarter.
- 3 sick leave days per year without a doctor's note.
- Daily catered lunch or monthly lunch allowance.
- Private Medical Subscription.
- Access to online learning platforms like Udemy for Business and LinkedIn Learning, plus a budget for external training.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program through TELUS Health.
- Office perks including parking, on-site massages, and team-building activities.
- Access to an office space with a pool and gym.
EveryMatrix delivers iGaming software, solutions, content and services for casino, sports betting, payments, and affiliate management to global Tier 1 operators as well as to newer brands. The platform is highly modular, scalable, and compliant, allowing operators to choose the optimal EveryMatrix solution and combine with third-party and in-house technology and capabilities. EveryMatrix empowers clients to unleash bold ideas and deliver outstanding player experiences in regulated markets. The company has more than 1,300 employees across 15 offices in 15 countries and serves 300+ customers worldwide, including the regulated US market. EveryMatrix is a member of the World Lottery Association (WLA) and European Lotteries Association. In September 2023 it became the first iGaming supplier to receive WLA Safer Gambling Certification.