Delivery Lead, Sports Platform

Company Description

At bet365, we're one of the world's leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 9,000 people and serve over 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, offering an unmatched experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe, we handle over 6 billion HTTP requests daily and process more than 2 million bets per hour at peak.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of opportunities for growth, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our customers worldwide.

Job Description

As a Delivery Lead you will oversee project delivery and governance, allocating resource effectively to ensure high quality solutions are delivered to stakeholders.

The Sports Platform department is responsible for developing and supporting all Sports critical systems.  We are seeking a technically minded and knowledgeable individual with a proven track record of project delivery. This role will focus on process, coordination, and governance throughout the delivery lifecycle across both the development team and the wider department.

You will maintain a detailed technical understanding of our systems, develop and implement resource plans, proactively address issues and manage stakeholder relations to enhance the delivery process.

Working across the wider team, you will mentor junior team members, sharing knowledge through regular coaching, and ensuring they fully understand the product architecture of the project.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Self-motivation with a drive to succeed.
• Delivery-focused, ensuring efficiency and quality of results. 
• Adaptable and responsive, able to pivot quickly to changing circumstances while maintaining high standards.
• Strong decision making, with the ability to respond effectively in pressured environments and emerging situations.
• Proficient in multitasking and managing multiple activities, shifting focus without compromising quality.
• Skilled in motivating and understanding others, fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage workload and remain responsive to the needs of the wider team.  
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience mentoring, coaching, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
• Detailed knowledge of Business needs, alignment with organisational goals, and passionate about solution delivery.

Additional Information

• Maintaining knowledge of the technical structure, domain, and architecture of your team's systems, including their configuration across development and production environments.
• Developing and maintaining resource plans to effectively facilitate planning and prioritisation, ensuring that project deliveries align with business-required dates.
• Contributing to the successful progression of work items, ensuring the creation of successful solutions and engaging relevant teams for new projects.
• Monitoring the progress of deliverables, proactively communicating updates, managing projects through the delivery cycle, and raising issues promptly.
• Removing blockers, reporting on trends, and innovating to improve delivery processes and the quality of RTL.
• Ensuring adherence to all team and departmental rules, standards, processes, and procedures, while maintaining accurate and accessible documentation for your product areas.
• Acting as a point of contact for the team and stakeholders, escalating issues and taking ownership of problems raised.
• Mentoring other team members to support their development and ensuring the team understands the architecture of the products you are responsible for.
• Fostering strong relationships and liaising effectively with development and IT functions, as well as across all delivery teams.
• Ensuring, clear understanding of role and work requirements within the team, maintaining open communication channels, and fulfilling reporting obligations to stakeholders.

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