Senior Project/Program Manager

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it's all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

The Project/Program Management focus specializes in leading cross-functional teams without direct hierarchical authority, to achieve project goals and requirements. Works with project teams and stakeholders to plan, execute, monitor, and control the project. Manage resources, budget, cost, time, quality, risks and other constraints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs project completion for Tables, Utilities and Electronic Table Game Products (TUETG) using an internal customer perspective, typically from initiation through delivery.

• Coordinates cross-functional teams through meetings and progress measurement activity which bring distinct, specific projects to completion both on time and within budget. Departments include but not limited to: Software Development, Software Quality, Hardware Engineering, Product Management, Compliance and Operations.

• Requires people and resource management through others as part of crossfunctional team required to .complete the project.

• Creates presentations and generates metric reports/charts for upper management.

• Works directly with multiple development leads and external Operations/Service teams.

• Develops detailed development schedules for assigned projects.

• Responsible for the effective internal and external communication of information related to projects.

• Conducts regular status meetings and daily stand-ups with the Dev teams.

• Tracks, monitors and reports project progress.

• Creation through closure of Programs/ECRs/ECOs.

• Processing of transfer requests.

• Creation of part numbers.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree.

• 5+ years of relevant Software Engineering/Quality, operations, product or project management experience.

• Gaming industry experience required, table games experience highly valuable.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to multi-task anywhere from 15-30 projects per week.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret rules and regulations.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business requirements.

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from internal or external personnel.

• Excellent inter-personal and team building skills.

• Ability to manage issues requiring problem resolution and conflict management.

• Knowledge of project management tools and processes.

• Knowledge and understanding of project budgeting.

• Knowledge of Oracle's Agile PLM product and Oracle ERP is a plus.

• General knowledge of Tables (Felt Tables and Table Progressives), Utilities, and/or Electronic Table Games is highly preferred.

• Ability to motivate employees.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions: The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations.

This role is hybrid with 3 days a week on-site. We're open to candidates reporting into either our Las Vegas, Reno or Chicago studio.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.

In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.