Delivery Lead – PAM

About the role

As a Delivery Lead at Kindred Group, you will be responsible for managing technical initiatives from evaluation to delivery. Your role will involve continuous monitoring and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure projects align with the company's strategic vision. You will tackle complexities, mitigate risks, and drive value through effective project management.

You will join a team dedicated to delivering safe and entertaining experiences across a portfolio of leading brands. The culture at Kindred Group emphasizes innovation and collaboration, making it essential for you to build strong cross-functional relationships and communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Skills that matter here

• Leadership: This role requires strong leadership skills to coordinate and drive multiple projects effectively.
• Stakeholder communication: Excellent communication skills are essential to negotiate and ensure all parties are aligned on project goals.
• Agile methodologies: A solid understanding of Agile processes is necessary for managing iterative project deliveries.

Who this role suits

• A strategic thinker who excels in problem-solving and driving projects forward.
• Someone who is organized and can prioritize tasks effectively.
• An effective communicator who can influence and explain complex topics to various stakeholders.
• A motivated individual who embodies the company's values and fosters a positive team environment.

From the employer

Key Responsibilities

• Manage prioritized technical initiatives end-to-end—from evaluation through delivery—ensuring continuous monitoring and tracking in partnership with the Technical business lead.
• Report on progress to stakeholders to ensure clear communication and commitment to projects vision and strategy and driven with a business mind-set during execution.
• Remove blockers and manage critical path activities while implementing iterative delivery approaches to realize value early and maintain project momentum.
• Manage complexity in mitigating risks and solving issues within the project on behalf of the technical owner.
• Manage change along the project to ensure a smooth transition to the future state of the project.
• Be an ambassador for the FDJ values by embodying it in all your work.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• A strategic thinker with strong technical background with leadership skills.

Must Have:

• Excellent social skills and the ability to build cross functional relationships.
• Ability to drive and coordinate multiple projects.
• Great stakeholder communication and presentation skills – able to coordinate and negotiate so all parties feel a fair division.
• Excellent understanding of Tech organisational structures and ways of working including development processes and Agile methodologies.
• Business mind-set always driving for value for FDJ.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to build a holistic view.

Expected Behaviours

• Take ownership and responsibility for driving prioritised technical projects, ensuring accuracy and on time delivery.

Must Be:

• An effective communicator and networker, able to influence and explain complex topics to stakeholders.
• Well organised, able to prioritise effectively.
• A creative/lateral thinker able to resolve problems.
• Able to challenge status quo and gain buy-in from colleagues, based on thought leadership, sound reasoning and solid arguments.
• Enthusiastic and positive, living our values in our day to day.
• Highly motivated and driven.