Program Manager
At FDJ UNITED, the Program Manager's primary responsibility is to structure, coordinate, and safeguard the delivery of high-impact, cross-functional programmes in the European online betting sector. The role supports one or more Project / Program leaders to ensure overall consistency, effective dependency management, delivery against commitments, and alignment with business, product, technology, operations, trading, and compliance priorities.
This role requires orchestrating contributions from Product, IT, Operations, Trading, CRM, Data, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Compliance. The Program Manager will establish governance routines, such as weekly programme reviews, monitoring committees, decision forums, and steering committees. They will provide an integrated view of business, customer, regulatory, operational, and technology impacts, while maintaining clear documentation including consolidated schedules, RAID logs, decisions, actions, and executive reporting.
The Program Manager will contribute to transformation, product launch, platform enhancement, and operational improvement programmes. They will incorporate market requirements such as player experience, sportsbook performance, trading, payments, AML/KYC, responsible gambling, player protection, and local requirements. Maintaining trusted relationships with sponsors, business functions, and delivery teams is crucial, as is mobilising contributors around shared objectives and facilitating alignment across teams. The role also involves producing decision-oriented summaries tailored to executive forums and operational stakeholders.
- Define the programme objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies and success criteria.
- Consolidate the schedule / scope / budget trajectory and provide visibility on risks and decision points.
- Support Program Leaders in removing blockers, prioritising activities and preparing decisions.
- Ensure that commitments made to sponsors and internal / external stakeholders are met.
- Orchestrate contributions from Product, IT, Operations, Trading, CRM, Data, Finance, Legal, Risk and Compliance.
- Establish governance routines: weekly programme reviews, monitoring committees, decision forums and steering committees.
- Provide an integrated view of business, customer, regulatory, operational and technology impacts.
- Maintain clear documentation: consolidated schedule, RAID log, decisions, actions, dependencies and executive reporting.
- Contribute to transformation, product launch, platform enhancement and operational improvement programmes.
- Incorporate market requirements: player experience, sportsbook performance, trading, payments, AML/KYC, responsible gambling, player protection and local requirements.
- Maintain trusted relationships with sponsors, business functions and delivery teams.
- Mobilise contributors around shared objectives and facilitate alignment across teams.
- Produce decision-oriented summaries tailored to executive forums and operational stakeholders.
- Learning and development opportunities
- Social events and activities
- Inclusion networks
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Private medical insurance
- Long service awards
- Pension
FDJ United is one of Europe's largest gaming and betting groups, formed after French lottery operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) acquired Kindred Group - the company behind Unibet - in 2024 and rebranded the enlarged group in 2025. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, it operates lottery, online sports betting, casino and poker across multiple European markets and Australia. Its portfolio includes well-known online brands such as Unibet, 32Red and Maria Casino, alongside FDJ's French lottery and retail network. The group is listed on the Euronext Paris exchange.