Job Description
GRC Project Manager
Reports to: Chief of Staff to Chief Legal Officer and Group Commercial Director
Location: Dublin/London
About Flutter:
Flutter Entertainment is a FTSE100 global leader in online and retail sports betting, gaming and entertainment with over 14 million customers worldwide. We pride ourselves on being a responsible operator committed to making a positive contribution to the communities we operate within. Across the globe we employ over 14,000 people in over 20 offices and over 600 retail sites.
Function overview:
The Group Legal and Commercial Function is tasked with the key objective of protecting the Flutter brand, its customers and shareholders. The function consists of legal, risk, regulatory, compliance and commercial activities, including the Group strategy and roadmap for Safer Gambling - a core component of the Group's strategy. The Group Legal and Commercial Function will influence the strategic direction of the Group's four Divisions (US, Aus, UK/I and International) by setting the risk appetite and establishing the necessary governance, policies and standards to ensure our legal, risk, compliance, regulatory and safe gambling matters are managed in a robust and agile manner.
Role purpose:
Group Risk are currently in the process of planning for the implementation of new Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) technology across the Group. As the GRC project manager within the Group Legal and Commercial Function you will be responsible for driving and delivering this strategic large-scale and exciting project being undertaken by the function. You will be responsible for planning, overseeing and leading the GRC project from ideation through to completion, and will be required to interact with a range of stakeholders across the business, most often managing several moving priorities and functions. Excellent communication and organisational skills, an ability to influence and other soft skills are important as the role will require engagement with a wide variety of audiences across the Flutter organisation and across the three lines of defence. If these are attributes that resonate with you, we'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
· Chair the Design Authority for the programme and ensure relevant stakeholders are feeding into system design and configuration at appropriate times
· Coordinate Group and Divisional resources for the flawless design, implementation and overall execution of the GRC project
· Assist in the definition of scope, objectives, and prioritised functional requirements involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
· Work across various risk, compliance and control functional areas to agree prioritisation and delivery of requirements
· Work closely with the business, vendor and Divisional teams to ensure the project is delivered on-time, within scope and business benefits are achieved
· Work with project manager to develop detailed a project plan to monitor and track progress, manage changes to the project scope and schedule, analyse successful completion of short and long-term goals
· Develop prioritisation backlogs where required by function/team to ensure agile delivery of requirements
· Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation and specifications
· Initiate actions in response to progress reports (achievement, productivity and risk).
· Manage the relationship with all relevant stakeholders
· Report and escalate to management as needed
· Perform risk management to minimize project risks
· Identify future or potential pitfalls and create mitigation or contingency plans in a timely manner to remove obstacles.
· Host 'lessons learned' sessions, identify improvement processes, share learnings and experience.
Key Skills and Experience:
· 5+ years' experience of delivering great results in project management
· Experience on previous GRC technology implementations desirable
· Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification is a plus
· Ideally will have experience within and a passion for the industry, our products and a good understanding of how other functional teams operate
· Demonstrable experience of working at scale in global organisations to successfully deliver against strategic objectives.
· Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines to deliver projects to completion, execution focused.
· Ability to navigate multiple types of requirements and priorities across different functional areas.
· Extensive experience of stakeholder management, including senior leadership.
· Experience of operating within a fast-paced online/eCommerce or similar organisation.
Competencies:
· Excellent communication skills, ability to adapt and adjust to needs of team and stakeholders.
· Team player with personal characteristics that engender trust and confidence
· Strong analytical skills and commercial acumen, ability to see the bigger picture
· Highly organised and results orientated, ability to plan and deliver major projects
· Detail orientated, ability to find creative solutions to complex problems
· High energy and drive, ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment, with the resilience to challenge and be challenged
· Creative thinker, curious, actively seeks stimulus and drives continuous improvement