Agile Delivery Lead

OpenBet is sport. The world's top sports betting brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored services. We have their back. So they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences, to entertain millions of players worldwide.

OpenBet’s mission is to power growth and player engagement for operators through a global betting ecosystem that delivers at scale, at speed, at every great sports event. Our 1000 talented colleagues are the market's top team. We achieve billions of bets in a season; 60,000+ per second (more transactions than Amazon on Prime Day); 100% uptime (zero Superbowl crashes!) and we're built on 25 years of imaginative technology that is iterated daily.  

OpenBet has established a premium client base of more than 75 operators worldwide and has 34 licences across the fastest growing regulated sports betting markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The team is growing at scale driven by accelerated demand for our products and significant investment. We offer the speed, dynamism and growth opportunities of a start-up, underpinned by the stability and strength of a global employer.  

Working at OpenBet every day is an opportunity for you to create exciting betting entertainment for millions of sports fans across the globe. 

Objective of the role:

Coordinate planning and execution of a specific work-stream across involved engineering teams of a specific pillar. Ensure consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals, according to the defined software delivery process.
Act as the interface between Engineering and GPMO / Product Management / Customer Success Management.

Responsibilities:

Processes

• Oversee and drive consistent and effective team processes
• Ensure that the Sprint Ceremonies of the team are run effectively and efficiently
• Coach a team on the preferred process
• Collaborate as member of the Delivery Department to identify patterns in impediments, resolve issues and formulate improvement steps

Initiatives

• Assigned to drive an Initiative or a work stream

Planning

• Drive backlog prioritisation in alignment with Product / Project Manager
• Facilitate the definition of work scope and estimation, resource allocation planning and delivery timelines
• Proactively manage changes in the scope, identify potential crises, and orchestrate contingency plans

Communication/ Reporting

• Effectively communicate delivery expectations to team members and stakeholders based on the discussions with Product and Project Mgmt
• Identify and facilitate ceremonies to coordinate work across the teams in order to achieve initiative goals. 
• Develop methods to monitor work progress and provide delivery reporting (Provide a detailed level of progress monitoring and transparency). Cooperate with Development Lead to get the KPIs from the teams

Execution

• Facilitate the high-level estimation of new initiatives
• Ensure initiative will be delivered within the agreed timeline - track timelines, milestones,and deliverables 
• Drive discussion with stakeholders to identify, analyse, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate the risks
• Assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between workstreams or functional areas
• Actively manage dependencies between the teams and different workstreams

If you’re the right candidate for us you’ll be able to demonstrate:

• University or College Degree in Computer Science or relevant field;
• At least 3 years of experience as a Delivery Manager or Project Manager or Scrum Master in an agile software development environment or a similar role;
• Good leadership skills. Able to motivate, support and drive change at a team level;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, embracing the change and driving improvement. Working effectively without comfort zone boundaries;
• Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and Software Development Processes;
• Working knowledge of JIRA or similar tools;
• Prior experience in software engineering is preferred;
• Good understanding of risks, issues, and the triple constraint.

This position is hybrid, 2 days a week in the office which is located near Peel metro station. 
Working hours are flexible.   

Why would you enjoy this opportunity with OpenBet?:

• An opportunity to work with a close team directly for a big name customer.
• Cutting edge technologies and products.
• Responsibility for all parts of the system, which means a huge room to grow within the job.
• Competitive benefits.
• An open and supportive environment.
• The opportunity to interact with global teams and the possibility to switch teams as you and our business continues to develop and grow.
• Exposure to real work, business-critical projects, the chance to develop exciting client projects, and interact with lots of code!
• Tangible and genuine development - at OpenBet you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that’s not enough, we provide you with the guidance and development skills you need to progress quickly and enhance your career.