Technology Project Manager

About the job

Technology Project Manager

SailGP is racing redefined. The world’s most exciting racing on-water, SailGP was established in 2018 and is headquartered in London. The annual, global championship Races for a Better Future accelerating change in everything it does.

The fan-centric, in-shore racing takes place among the sport’s top athletes in some of the most iconic harbors around the world and offers the sport’s largest monetary prize of $1 million. Rival national teams battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 60 mph/100 kph.

In 2020, SailGP set a new standard as the first climate positive sports and entertainment property and began delivering actions and innovations that advance the global adoption of clean energy. Underpinning the organization’s purpose-driven agenda is a diversification of the league, with the goal of immediately progressing gender and racial equity and inclusivity.

SailGP is a global organization with defined values that shape the culture of its diverse team: deliver quality, break boundaries, make an impact, stand together, and strike a balance.

Role summary

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced project manager to join the Technology team at a pivotal stage of our growth. As Technology Project Manager you will be responsible for delivering a range of key and significant technology projects from across the technology estate on behalf of SailGP and third parties, ensuring the projects are delivered with a consistent approach.

Working with key stakeholders from the technology team and across the business, you will help to identify new technology solutions and make step changes in internal processes to improve efficiencies, reduce cost, reduce our impact on the environment and improve our customer digital experience. These projects include but are not limited to the F50 Simulator, commercialisation of key technologies and supporting the development and advancement of key technology infrastructure and systems.

Essential Responsibilities:

• As Technology Project Manager you’ll be accountable for effective delivery of complex products and services on behalf of SailGP and third parties.
• You may be responsible for 2-3 smaller delivery teams, or alternatively a single delivery team to deliver a more complex/technical product alongside our partners.
• We’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills who’ll enjoy working in a delivery focused, agile environment with multidisciplinary teams.
• You’ll be experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, supporting and continuously improving products of significant scale and complexity and delivering greenfield projects.
• Working as Technology Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for building, maintaining and motivating teams; protecting the team from distractions and scope creep, encouraging collaboration and providing clear guidance on project priorities.
• You will proactively manage dependencies, risks and issues to overcome obstacles to delivery, and clearly communicate these to key stakeholders
• Co-create business cases, RFPs and project plans for technology projects
• Manage project roadmaps and product backlogs
• Manage and maintain delivery plans that highlight forecasts/estimates and confidence levels
• Monitor progress and define milestones on each project to ensure delivery in line with agreed timetables
• Produce regular and succinct reporting for the members of the technology team
• Using experience of technology delivery and technical practices to help translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Manage budgets and commercial supplier relationships

Background & Technical Skills Preferred

• Solid and demonstrable experience working within a Technology team
• Experience of working in an Agile environment e.g. Scrum
• Experience of managing third party suppliers/partners
• Process mapping/modelling
• Facilitation of working groups
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking
• Expertise in Smartsheet and Miro

Desirable

• Experience of working on commercial projects
• Experience of working on engineering based projects
• Experience of working on technical challenging projects
• Expertise of using AtLassian products e.g. JIRA

Attributes

• Enjoy networking and cultivating productive working relationships
• Able to work with all levels within an organization including senior executives, managers and technical staff
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Ability to operate both independently and in a collaborative, team environment
• Superior organisation, prioritisation and coordination skills
• Ability to work effectively and thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment
• Culturally sensitive and able to effectively work globally
• Ability to work under pressure
• Self-starter, action-orientated, resourceful; can take project from start to completion
• Highly organised / excellent time management
• A valid passport

Location:

• SailGP operates a flexible/hybrid office working policy which ensures there are opportunities for individuals to connect with their colleagues and for departmental collaboration, whilst continuing to provide flexibility to strike a balance between work and home life.

Closing Date:

July 30th, 2023

SailGP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.