Infrastructure Core Project Manager

About the role

Playtech's Infrastructure Unit is looking for an organized and proactive Infrastructure Core Project Manager to lead internal infrastructure initiatives. The role coordinates cross-team work, manages project delivery and supports the development of stable, scalable and secure infrastructure services. It sits within the Infrastructure Core Process & Project Management team, which improves processes and supports internal R&D and cross-team projects without owning or operating platforms directly. The position reports to the Infrastructure Operation Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Manage Infra Core internal projects end-to-end, including planning, scope definition, milestones, risk management and delivery.
• Lead project routines, give clear status updates and keep communication with stakeholders transparent.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality, security and compliance standards.
• Work with Infra Core teams (Network, System, DBA) and other infrastructure domains (monitoring, automation, platform) to keep initiatives aligned.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies, remove blockers and facilitate alignment between technical teams and operational stakeholders.
• Implement project management and infrastructure governance best practices and drive continuous improvement in processes, documentation and reporting.
• Support standardization of infrastructure services, tools and operating procedures, and help translate infrastructure strategy into actionable project plans.
• Use automation tools and technical understanding to support new infrastructure changes.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of experience managing technical projects.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure components (compute, monitoring, identity, networking, automation, cloud).
• Ability to break down complex technical topics into clear project plans and actions.
• Leadership, organizational, negotiation and problem-solving skills, with strong stakeholder management.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent initiatives while keeping teams aligned.

Required skills

• Solid knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Kanban or hybrid approaches.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, CMDB, monitoring/alerting platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Extra points for an infrastructure engineering or operations background, ITSM experience (incident, problem, change management), security/compliance knowledge, and certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL or Scrum Master.