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Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join the Information Technology PMO team on a Fixed Term Contract basis and lead the end-to-end delivery of key technology transformation projects across King.
This role will support projects across a range of technical areas, including IT, Security, Networks,, Cloud, and other infrastructure-related services. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing multiple high-visibility projects, working with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that project outcomes deliver clear business value.
Your role within the Kingdom
Project Planning and Delivery
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and schedules.
- Lead the planning and delivery of multiple concurrent technology projects.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within agreed scope, and aligned to business priorities.
- Organise and lead project status meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder updates.
- Prepare and distribute clear project progress reports.
- Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers.
- Track project progress and correct deviations from agreed plans.
- Maintain delivery plans and ensure regular, timely delivery of value.
Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, leadership, and external partners where required.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across IT, Security, Networks,, Cloud, and other business areas.
- Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and dependencies clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
- Translate complex technical information into clear, simple updates for non-technical audiences.
- Ensure stakeholder expectations are understood, managed, and aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
Team Leadership
- Lead and motivate cross-functional project teams.
- Support team development and help team members remain focused on agreed commitments.
- Remove roadblocks and help teams maintain momentum.
- Promote collaboration, accountability, and effective ways of working.
- Encourage a sustainable delivery pace while maintaining high standards of quality.
- Support a positive team environment where everyone is engaged and able to contribute meaningfully.
Process Management and Improvement
- Apply a balanced approach using both traditional project management and agile delivery practices.
- Define and manage clear project management processes appropriate to the size and complexity of each project.
- Champion continuous improvement across PMO processes and delivery ways of working.
- Support the adoption of agile project management best practices where appropriate.
- Help improve project governance, reporting, planning, and delivery consistency.
The successful candidate should have:
- Available for occasional travel to King offices in Europe.
- Proven experience in technical project management, product management, or delivery management.
- Experience using both traditional and agile project management principles.
- A strong track record of delivering complex, high-impact technology projects.
- Experience managing projects across areas such as IT, Security, Infrastructure, Networks, Cloud, DevOps, or Software Development.
- Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills.
- The ability to manage competing demands across multiple projects.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience working with business and technical stakeholders at all levels, including senior and executive stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of business needs and the ability to build trust with stakeholders.
- A proactive, flexible, enthusiastic, and results-driven approach.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- A creative approach to problem-solving, with the ability to balance detail with the bigger picture.
The following would be beneficial:
- Project management or agile certifications, such as PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or similar.
- Strong mentoring, coaching, collaboration, and team-building skills.
- The ability to understand complex technical topics and explain them clearly.
- Previous experience writing code or working in a technical, infrastructure, or security-focused role.
- Experience working in a fast-paced technology or gaming environment.
Personal Attributes
We are looking for someone who is:
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving and changing environment.
- Confident leading teams through ambiguity.
- Able to balance structure, governance, and agility.
- Collaborative and able to build strong relationships across teams.
- Clear, concise, and confident when communicating.
- Detail-oriented while still able to maintain a strategic view.
- Motivated by delivering meaningful business value through technology transformation.
Contract Type
This is a Fixed Term Contract role. The successful candidate will be brought in to support the delivery of defined technology transformation initiatives within the Infrastructure PMO.
Location
London, UK
Applications should be submitted in English through King’s careers site.
About King
With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.
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