Project Manager - Race and Sports Book

Link Technologies (LinkTechConsulting.com), a Las Vegas, NV based staffing and IT consulting firm, is currently seeking a Project Manager Non-Gaming for a well-established client in Las Vegas, NV. This will be an onsite, contract opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of multiple projects including managing resource inter-dependencies, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, communications, and quality.
• Ensures all project team members understand the overall scope of each project, and their corresponding individual contributions.
• Ability to promptly resolve project issues and remove associated project delays by driving problem investigation, escalations, and resolution.
• Ability to assess user requirements, identify omissions and gaps, and design optimal solution.
• Provide accurate and timely project status updates to stakeholders to set expectations and ensure a high degree of project success.
• Proactively ensure risks are identified, communicated, and mitigated and that projects are delivered successfully through to production.
• Ensures all projects are managed against a project plan and viable schedule.
• Manage project activities through the effective use of project management principles and the specific methodologies adopted by the PMI and Agile methodology to achieve timely project completion and meet the defined project business objectives.
• Manage the vendor ecosystem, including the managing their contracts.

Link Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project or program management role, preferably with full development life cycle experience
• Experience managing race and sports book system installing and/or upgrade projects
• Excellent at building relationships and creating a strong team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent business facing communication especially with senior stakeholders
• Effective communicator with partners across all technical levels
• Strong management skills across internal partners and external vendors

Not Required, but Preferred

• PMP or Scrum Master certification preferred
• Gaming or Hotel Industry IT Project Management experience preferred
• Experience managing Opera Property Management System installations or upgrades a plus