London, St Pauls
Brand:
31 (Unikrn)

About Us

We’re Entain. Our vision is to be the world leader in sports betting and gaming entertainment by creating the most exciting and trusted experience for our customers, revolutionizing the gambling space as we go. We're home to a global family of more than 25 well-known brands, and with a focus on sustainability and growth, we will transform our sector for our players, for ourselves and for the good of entertainment.

In 2021, Entain acquired unikrn to launch the company’s esports practice. unikrn is one of the world’s preeminent esports betting platform. unikrn paved the wave in the sports betting industry by offering esports odds across 35 titles, as well as virtual esports and streamer betting. unikrn also boasts a skill-based betting platform that allows players to wager on themselves in ranked matches in the world’s most popular gaming titles.

 

Objective of the Role

As a project manager for central projects, your role fits into the heart of unikrn operations. You will effectively lead and manage projects and project teams to ensure; alignment with project objectives, scope and delivery as agreed. You will develop and maintain transparency and communications with all stakeholders and aid maturity within unikrn.


 
Job Responsibilities 

  • Lead and managed assigned projects with intent to deliver, on time and to budget. 

  • Ensure that all project team members and stakeholders are on the journey and are well informed.

  • Ability to bring a calm, confident presence to complex situations. Gaining resolution as efficiently as possible.

  • Curate clarity. Your project documentation will be exemplary and will be the foundation of consistent messaging.

  • Maintain accurate governance documentation for both your project(s) and anything required for the Central Projects team, as assigned. support the positive growth and maturity of the Central Projects Team. 

  • Be the guiding light, lead your project team by example. Utilise your expertise to instill best practices

  • As a senior member of the central project teams, engage more junior team members and mentor as appropriate

  • Happy to get stuck in to issues as they arise, ease and assist the maturity of cross functional relationships and deliveries.

  • Understand and champion unikrn’s strategy, vision and long term goals. Consider how your role within the Central Project team will positively impact this.      

 

Key Skills Required 

  • Confident and approachable communicator 

  • Able to approach complex situations with patience and humility

  • Able to get up to speed quickly on understanding different subject matters. 

  • Project management roles held previously

 

Advantageous Requirements

  • Background in gambling companies

  • Customer facing project deliveries

  • Regulatory project deliveries

  • Project Management qualifications

  • Change management experience


About Entain

We may sit on the FTSE100, but for millions of customers worldwide, we’re the brands they hold in their hands – and heart. As the home of household names like Ladbrokes, Foxy and PartyPoker, to name just a few, we elevate lives with moments of excitement. And right now we’re elevating ourselves above the competition. We’re leading the industry in bold new directions - and it’s our diverse and talented team who are making this possible. Believe us, the best is yet to come. For our customers. For our future. For your career.

DEI and Wellbeing @ Entain

Our vision is to be the world leader in betting, gaming and interactive entertainment, and we know that the most successful businesses are the most sustainable ones. Diversity and inclusion is key to sustainability and success and our goal is to attract, engage and retain the best talent globally, bringing the best thinking to our business from inside and outside of our sector. Our ambition is to make sure everyone at Entain feels valued, respected and included. Inclusion is embedded in everything we do, because we know when we feel respected and heard, we do our best work. Sustainability drives everything we do, and doing what’s right is one of our core values. Diverse teams have more creativity, imagination, innovation and problem solving capabilities. We are committed to tackling inequalities and creating a diverse and inclusive business. Here, we celebrate our individual differences, and make sure everyone feels supported, respected, and empowered to thrive – and that starts from the moment you apply to join us. We want our employees to feel healthy and supported at home and at work. That’s why we have our Well-me programme, which provides information, tools and training to help our people look after their mental and physical wellbeing in ways that matter to them.

Life @ Entain

We’re a team who love to play, and win, together. We love building bonds between our people, and we love to build your career up too. Join us, and we won’t just be your employer, we’ll be your biggest cheerleader. We’ll give you the power to lead the conversation on your learning and career goals from day one, and then get behind you with all the support you need to take your career – and our business – to new heights.