Engineering Team Lead/ Project Manager

About the role

This role focuses on leading an engineering team to deliver high-quality iGaming platforms. The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring predictable, on-time delivery while balancing speed, quality, and sustainability. This involves tracking progress, managing end-to-end initiatives, addressing risks and dependencies, and collaborating with heads of stream, tech leads, and product managers to align priorities and technical standards.

A key aspect of the position is continuous improvement of team delivery processes, aiming to reduce friction and bottlenecks. The Project Manager will ensure compliance with operational standards, SLA adherence, and the adoption of stream-level processes. This includes owning the quality of deliverables in terms of reliability, performance, and maintainability, and allocating capacity for technical debt reduction.

Beyond project delivery, the role encompasses significant people leadership. This includes directly managing team members, conducting 1:1s, overseeing the performance cycle, setting clear goals, and executing personal development plans. The Project Manager will also drive team engagement, psychological safety, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, and participate in the hiring process by defining team needs and interviewing candidates.

Skills that matter here

• engineering delivery management: This role requires 3+ years of experience in managing the delivery of software engineering projects, balancing speed, quality, and sustainability.
• people leadership: The Project Manager will directly manage team members, conducting performance reviews, setting goals, and fostering team development.
• project and delivery management expertise: The role demands practical knowledge of project management methodologies to track progress, manage initiatives, and handle risks and dependencies.
• resource planning and capacity management: Optimizing team capacity, workload distribution, and on-call rotations to maximize throughput and prevent burnout is a core responsibility.
• stakeholder management: The Project Manager will coordinate with product, engineering, and delivery teams, providing visibility into progress and managing expectations.
• data and metrics analysis: The ability to use data and metrics to inform decisions and improve team performance and processes is essential.

Who this role suits

• A leader who thrives on both technical delivery and people development within a fast-paced iGaming environment.
• Someone who is adept at balancing competing priorities like speed, quality, and sustainability in project execution.
• An individual who enjoys fostering team engagement, psychological safety, and continuous improvement in delivery processes.
• A manager who can effectively communicate and coordinate across various technical and product teams.

From the employer

What you’ll drive:

• Delivery ownership and execution: Own predictable, on-time delivery within the team, balancing speed, quality, and sustainability. Track delivery progress, manage end-to-end initiatives, handle ambiguous requirements, and address risks, blockers, and dependencies. Partner with Head of Stream, Tech Lead, and Product Managers to align priorities, technical standards, and scope trade-offs. Provide regular visibility into team progress, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Process improvement and quality assurance: Continuously improve team delivery processes, reducing friction, bottlenecks, and the cost of change. Ensure team compliance with operational standards, SLA adherence, and adoption of stream-level processes and AI-driven solutions. Own deliverable quality for reliability, performance, and maintainability, ensuring capacity is allocated for technical debt reduction in collaboration with Tech Lead.
• People leadership and team development: Directly manage team members, conduct 1:1s, own the performance cycle, set clear goals, and execute PDPs. Drive team engagement, psychological safety, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and onboarding. Participate in the hiring process by defining team needs, interviewing, and making hiring recommendations.
• Resource and capacity management: Optimize team capacity, workload distribution, and on-call rotations to maximize throughput and prevent burnout. Own team-level capacity planning and flag resource gaps to the Head of Stream.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

• Must-have 3+ years of experience in engineering delivery management and people leadership, including direct management of a software development team in a product or platform environment.
• Practical project and delivery management expertise with adaptable methodologies.
• Understanding of team-level resource planning and capacity management.
• Familiarity with engineering practices, CI/CD, and quality assurance processes.
• Ability to work with data and metrics to drive decisions and improve performance.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-team coordination skills across product, engineering, and delivery teams.
• English language proficiency at B2+ level. Ukrainian or Russian language proficiency at B2 level.

Why you’ll love working here:

• Benefits: Cafeteria — annual budget you allocate to: Sports • Medical • Mental health • Home office • Languages.
• Work-life & support: Paid maternity/paternity leave + monthly childcare allowance. 20+ vacation days, unlimited sick leave, emergency time off. Remote-first + tech support + coworking compensation. Team events (online/offline/offsite). Learning culture with internal courses + growth programs.
• Our culture & core values: GR8_TECH culture is how we win — through trust, ownership, and a growth mindset. We move fast, stay curious, and keep it real, with open feedback, room to experiment, and a team that’s got your back. FUELLED BY TRUST: we’re open, honest, and have each other’s backs. OWN YOUR GAME: we take initiative and own what we do. ACCELER8: we move fast, focus smart, and keep it simple. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED: we grow through challenges and stay curious. BULLETPROOF: we’re resilient, ready, and always have a plan.