Programme Manager
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Your mission
You are an experienced Programme Manager who is passionate about delivering impactful Product & Services. In this role, you’ll lead strategic Programmes and complex Projects, collaborating across teams to ensure alignment with our organisational goals.
You will drive results with a focus on leadership, team development, and continuous improvement, while managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
You will report to the Enterprise Portfolio Management, an efficient, collaborative, and diverse Portfolio, Programme and Project management function. With a strategic mindset and agile approach, you'll provide visibility and guidance, ensuring our work delivers high business value and contribute to our broader objectives.
What you'll do
- Drive Programme and Project Delivery: Lead and oversee the delivery of strategic initiatives, ensuring governance and alignment with business objectives. Proactively identify and manage dependencies, risks, and constraints, ensuring that all Programmes and Projects meet high standards and deadlines. Demonstrate ownership and accountability for the individual and team outcomes
- Leadership and Team Development: Mentor and support team members, providing constructive feedback and ensuring they have the resources they need to succeed. Encourage continuous learning and development, helping individuals grow professionally and become high performers. Be a role model for change, proactively seeking opportunities to enhance processes and driving action to improve team performance and efficiency. Challenge the status quo and foster an environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, trust, and collaboration. Use your influencing skills to gain alignment and ensure buy-in from various teams.
- Strategic Oversight: Collaborate with leadership to ensure that initiatives are aligned with broader organizational goals. Guide your team towards delivering on ambitious, high-impact Programmes and Projects while keeping the bigger picture in mind and adapting to shifting priorities. Think ahead and bring solutions for future problems.
- Effective Communication: Communicate Programme and Project updates clearly and effectively to a variety of stakeholders, ensuring that both technical and non-technical audiences are informed and engaged.
- Ownership and Accountability: Lead by example in taking ownership of Programmes and Projects, ensuring teams deliver results and meet objectives while aligning with the organisation’s strategic direction. Encourage a culture of accountability and high standards within the team.
What you'll bring
- Proven experience in effectively leading and developing high-performing teams. Ability to inspire, motivate, and guide others toward success while fostering a positive and supportive work environment.
- A strong understanding of the broader business context and the ability to link team efforts to organizational strategy. Demonstrates foresight in anticipating challenges and taking proactive steps to address them.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills, with a focus on establishing trust, collaboration, and open communication across various levels of the organization. You can engage stakeholders, influence decisions, and foster cross-functional teamwork.
- Demonstrated empathy and self-awareness, using emotional intelligence to support your team's growth and performance. A people-oriented leader who supports individuals in becoming autonomous and successful.
- Proven experience in leading large, complex, and critical projects, with a focus on managing change and driving results. You excel in an agile environment and can effectively navigate shifting priorities and constraints.
- Superior written, verbal, and presentation skills in English. Comfortable communicating complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed.
- Experience with iterative development, agile principles, and project management frameworks like PMP, Prince2, or Scrum. Comfortable managing concurrent initiatives with agility and flexibility.
- Strong proficiency in using project management tools (e.g., Atlassian Suite, MS Project, MS Visio), and adaptable to using new technologies to streamline processes and enhance project outcomes.
- A proactive approach to identifying areas for improvement in processes and protocols, and the ability to lead change initiatives effectively with your team.
- A relevant degree in a technical or business discipline (e.g., IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Business) is a plus.
- Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, Prince2, Agile Scrum Master) is desirable.
- Line management experience would be advantageous.
What's in it for you
- Private life and health insurance for you and your family.
- Gym reimbursement.
- Four weeks per year to work from anywhere for eligible employees.
- Company bus lines for convenient transportation applicable for employees Malaga based.
- Relocation package for you and your family including soft-landing package services to help you settle in (applicable for relocation to Malaga, if you are moving from a different city/country)
- Learning Pocket for personal development.
- A hybrid working model with flexible hours.
- 3 volunteering paid days each year.
- Generous referral programme.
- Workplace perks such as gaming room with darts, pool, ping pong table ,foosball, consoles and much more! We also enjoy massages and a kitchen stocked with coffee, fruits, nuts and ice cream.
- 25 days of annual leave.
- Private Pension Scheme (Opt-in).
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Our Beliefs and Commitment to You!
We value creativity and innovation from our diverse team. The Workshop welcomes candidates of all genders, orientations, disabilities, races, ages, nationalities, and beliefs. Great ideas come from great people who thrive on being empowered to improve our products and processes!
Our DNA:
At The Workshop, we foster an inclusive and multicultural environment where diversity is celebrated. With more than 300 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 30 languages, our offices in Málaga, Madrid and London focus on collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and well-being initiatives.
Our Culture:
The spirit of play has always been part of our blueprint at The Workshop. Our journey began with a passion for reinventing the player experience. Today, we continue to build and deliver exceptional online betting products for our partners and their players. Excellence is our standard. We set the bar high for ourselves to deliver software and products that stand the test of time. With our signature rebellious spirit and a love for challenges, we are driven to solve the unsolvable. We don't just develop software; we build the future of online betting.
Why join
Join our team and you will thrive in an environment led by:
- Global Innovation: Join a dynamic company pioneering cutting-edge technology worldwide with an environment that encourages new ideas and continuous growth.
- Personal Growth: Explore new opportunities through internal mobility programs.
- Well-being Support: Benefit from initiatives promoting work-life balance and personal development.
- Community Impact: Influence the tech community inside and outside of The Workshop and mentor others as we shape the future together.
- Department
- Operations - EPM
- Locations
- Málaga, Spain
Málaga, Spain
Life at The Workshop
We’re lucky enough to have a home in some of the world’s best tech hubs – Málaga, London and Madrid. Our Inventors represent 40 different nationalities and speak almost 30 languages. Check out our current vacancies above, but don’t worry if there’s nothing available – we’d love to hear from you anyway.
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