Project Manager - 12 months' Fixed Term Contract

We are evoke plc, one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies with internationally renowned brands, including William Hill, 888, and Mr Green and we're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join us on a Fixed Term Contract basis. As an experienced Leeds based Project Manager, you'll report into one of the Heads of Strategic Programmes with a focus on our Retail Transformation roadmap where you'll help execute against approved projects and key change initiatives. You'll have previous 'retail' experience translating complex challenges into easy to digest workable solutions and you'll be customer focused - demonstrating a thorough understanding of customer needs, preferably in a retail setting. What you will be doing:

• Delivering the key change projects as part of our Retail Transformation strategy
• Ensuring that a quality project management service is delivered to senior stakeholders, with exceptional communication
• Demonstrating best in class project management with best in class practices (RAID, Scoping, Stakeholder management, finances, process mapping, dependency management etc)
• Consistently identifying and managing mitigations for project risks
• Measuring and tracking the success criteria for our change initiatives and support the company on illustrating the benefits of the strategic changes we are making
• Building and maintaining excellent project plans that track milestones and dependencies across multiple complex workstreams
• Chairing working group sessions and escalating key updates, risks and issues to the steerco, where appropriate.
  
  We are committed to responsible gambling, and we are looking for people who can support our ethos. To apply to this post, you will have:
• Experience within a project or programme delivery role with excellent project management and organisational skills
• A proven track record of working in a matrix structure and collaborating with a wide network of colleagues with experience delivering and completing successful change projects
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to think strategically and critically in developing efficient approaches to change
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable working with multiple senior stakeholders, you'll have the ability to articulate our strategic vision to the business.
  
  Our roles offer more than just a job, you'll become part of the William Hill family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:
• Family Support Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
• Perks and discounts- Discounts at a range of high-street retailers
• Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.
• Health & wellbeing Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.
• Hybrid working Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!
More about evoke: We're a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class betting and gaming experiences. That's the future. That's evoke. At evoke, you'll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We'll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We'll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that's right for you. Apply At evoke, we prioritise diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth. Sound good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage.