Specialist Project Manager
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Company Profile:
Scientific Games is a global leader in providing innovative retail and digital products, technology, and services to government-sponsored lottery and sports betting programs. With a strong focus on maximizing good cause funding, we are dedicated to creating sustainable solutions that empower lotteries to make a positive impact on their communities. At Scientific Games, we are industry pioneers in data analytics, retail solutions, and iLottery. We combine our expertise in these areas with relentless innovation, performance, and unwavering security to propel the industry forward responsibly.
Our portfolio of products and services includes enterprise gaming platforms, exciting entertainment experiences, and cutting-edge retail and digital solutions. With over 3,000 employees, we are committed to elevating play every day and modernizing connections between lotteries and players around the world to enable healthy engagement.
Founded in 1973, Scientific Games has a long and successful history of building trusted partnerships. Our global headquarters is located at Atlanta, Georgia, and we have a strong presence in over 50 countries worldwide.
If you are passionate about innovation, technology, and making a positive impact on communities around the world, we invite you to explore our current job opportunities and join our team at Scientific Games. Visit our website at to learn more.
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project delivery across markets, managing scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation in line with agreed governance frameworks
- Own project financials, including cost tracking, forecasting, and variance reporting, ensuring projects are delivered within approved budgets
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with government and state lottery client stakeholders at both technical and executive levels, acting as a trusted point of contact throughout the project lifecycle
- Provide clear, structured progress reporting to internal leadership and clients, including risk and issue escalation, milestone tracking, and executive-level status updates
- Translate complex technical requirements into actionable project plans, working closely with engineering and operations teams to define feasible, long-term delivery approaches
- Develop a thorough understanding of product and solution requirements — including deployment environments, performance criteria, integration constraints, and end-user considerations — to ensure delivery outcomes meet client expectations
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies, industry standards, and regulatory developments within the lottery and gaming sector to inform sound project decision-making
Requirements:
- Background studies in IT desired
- A minimum of 10 years of professional project management experience
- Experience in the lottery, gaming, or sports betting industries is preferred
- Must understand backend technologies and have basic database skills
- Fluency in German and strong English skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills are required
- Ability to bridge between customers, account managers, developers, and testers
- Must be comfortable working in a team environment
- Willingness to travel/flexibility to work at customer sites and/or other SG locations
- Project management certificates are a nice-to-have (eg. PMI, IPMA)