Senior Project Manager

About the role

This Senior Project Manager role at EveryMatrix involves overseeing the full lifecycle of client-requested features for their iGaming software. You will be responsible for reviewing feature requests, defining their scope, and ensuring all requirements are clearly documented and understood by development teams. This includes providing user flow details, implementation guidance, and coordinating with various internal business units and account managers to address client feedback and clarify details.

A key aspect of the role is project planning and execution. You will estimate effort in man-days, create comprehensive timelines, and manage task dependencies, prioritization, and risks. This involves creating detailed UXM tasks, ensuring all relevant data is documented for development and testing, and coordinating with teams to remove blockers. Success in this position means consistently delivering features on schedule, managing release requests, and driving production deployments while keeping all stakeholders informed of progress and potential delays.

Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships is crucial. You will communicate priorities, deadlines, and deliverables to internal teams and clients, ensuring expectations are aligned. Regular updates, activity reports, and prompt escalation of issues are expected. The role also includes preparing demo videos, presenting progress to management, and continuously proposing improvements to projects and processes to meet client needs effectively.

Skills that matter here

• communication and negotiation skills: This is essential for clarifying feature details with clients, coordinating with internal teams, and presenting project updates.
• organizational, administrative, and analytical skills: These skills are critical for prioritizing tasks, managing project documentation, and tracking progress effectively.
• critical thinking and problem-solving skills: These are needed to identify and address project delays, remove blockers, and propose process improvements.
• team leadership and motivational skills: While not directly managing a team, these skills help in coordinating and influencing various internal and external stakeholders to achieve project goals.
• Jira: This tool is used for tracking time and managing project or product management activities.
• Timely: This application is used for tracking time related to project or product management activities.

Who this role suits

• A project professional with at least five years of experience in project or product management, or business analysis.
• Someone who thrives on defining and delivering complex software features for external clients.
• An individual who excels at stakeholder communication, managing expectations, and resolving project blockers.
• A person who is adaptable and effective in a fast-paced project environment, capable of juggling multiple priorities.

From the employer

Responsibilities

• Review client-requested features, define their scope, and coordinate with the Account Manager/Integration Manager or other BUs to clarify feature details or address client feedback.
• Ensure all requirements are clearly defined and provide answers to questions related to user flow or implementation.
• Ensure that all new requirements are estimated in MD (man-days) and once added to the current quarter commitment, put up a comprehensive timeline for all client features incorporating tasks dependencies analysis, prioritization and risks.
• Create UXM tasks with necessary details, including requirements, UAC information, user flow, and associated diagrams.
• Ensure all relevant data is accurately documented to facilitate development, testing, and rollback resolutions.
• Coordinate with relevant parties to ensure clear understanding of UXM requirements and actively work to remove blockers.
• Ensure project documentation is complete and easily available.
• Submit release requests, provide updates if releases are impacted by business related factors and actively drive production deployment together with operations manager.
• Provide regular updates and activity reports on features development, including any delays or changes from the established timeline.
• Escalate issues regarding delays or challenges promptly and ensure all key stakeholders are aware of the risks.
• Build and maintain close relationships with stakeholders by clearly communicating priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Keep impacted parties informed about agreed-upon items with Account Managers or clients, making sure expectations are aligned and facilitating smooth project execution.
• Prepare demo videos for the project/ project features and provide updates on progress and deliverables for Internal or Big Demo meetings in front of management.
• Ensure that all relevant information is communicated effectively to keep the impacted parties informed and engaged.
• Regularly update the project roadmap to reflect current progress and future plans, providing clear and timely information to all relevant stakeholders.
• Propose ideas to improve projects and processes to fulfill client needs.
• Track time for all project or product management activities using the company's approved applications: Jira and Timely.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience in project or product management/ownership or business analysis.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; presentation skills with a business analysis/SWOT focus.
• Ability to prioritize tasks/objectives with strong organizational, administrative, and analytical skills.
• Experience in identifying industry leaders and creating specifications that achieve positive results.
• Nice to have: Technical University or University of Economics/Business; relevant certifications (SCRUM, PMP, BA, PO) are welcome.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in team leadership and motivational skills.
• Planning and organizing, decision making, and conflict management skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced project environment and adaptability.

Conditions

• Work Life Balance: 33 days off per year, including public holidays, rising to 43 by year 5 inside the company.
• 3 sick leave days per year (without a doctor’s note) and unlimited medical leave.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid work schedule after passing probation.
• If return to work soon after having child, 1 year 100% WFH for mothers.
• WFH after the child is born – for fathers: 13 weeks of 100% WFH (from the day of the birth of the child).
• Benefits and perks: Lunch allowance, Medical Subscription, Gym membership, Fruits and Sweeties Days, Access to online learning platforms Udemy for Business and O’Reilly and budget for external training, Massage and Physical Therapy at work.
• Frequent free-bar parties, annual whole-company parties (have previously rented our own planes to get everyone together!).
• Fun corner: PS5, lots of board games, pool table, Ping Pong table.
• At EveryMatrix, we're committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where you can thrive both personally and professionally.