Football PMO Director in London

Reporting to: Managing Director, FootballThis is one of the most important leadership roles within Hawk-Eye FootballReporting directly to the Managing Director. The Delivery Director, Football is responsible for building a world-class delivery organisation capable of executing strategic priorities, customer programmes and technology deployments across the global football businessThe role will establish and lead the Football PMO while acting as the Managing Director’s strategic delivery lead, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into successful executionThe Football PMO Director will anticipate issues, solve complex operational problems and ensure that the organisation consistently delivers to world class standardsLead strategic cross-functional initiatives on behalf of the Managing Director, taking ownership from concept through execution and ensuring delivery against agreed business outcomesBuild, lead and develop a high-performing delivery organisation through coaching, mentoring and clear accountabilityOwn the prioritisation, governance and health of the Football delivery portfolioContinuously improve delivery governance, tools, methodologies and ways of working to increase organisational effectivenessDeliver customer implementations, technology deployments and strategic business initiativesLead the successful delivery of Football’s strategic initiatives, customer projects and technology programmesMaintain executive ownership of major and business-critical programmesEstablish effective delivery governance, reporting, accountability and portfolio management across FootballOwn delivery planning and pipeline management, ensuring leadership has clear visibility of progress, risks and prioritiesLead, coach and develop Project Managers, Programme Managers and Technology Delivery Managers, building a high-performing delivery functionOwn the delivery budget and contribute to the successful commercial delivery of new projectsPartner with Commercial during customer discovery, due diligence and bid activities to ensure deliverable, well-planned solutionsWork closely with Product, Engineering, Operations and Global PMO to ensure new technologies are successfully developed, tested, deployed and transitioned into live operationRepresent Delivery within Product Steering, ensuring product roadmaps remain aligned to customer and operational prioritiesDrive continuous improvement across delivery processes, governance, tools and organisational effectivenessBenefitsFlexible & Remote WorkingGenerous Annual LeaveCompany Reward SchemesOnsite GymFree Access to Unmind AppSony DiscountsPension SchemeHealth & Wellness ActivitiesExceptional executive communication, stakeholder management and influencing skillsHighly adaptable, proactive and comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environmentsExperience leading, developing and motivating high-performing delivery teamsFirst-class problem-solving ability, combining strategic thinking with hands-on executionDemonstrated ability to anticipate issues, prioritise effectively and drive outcomesExcellent judgement and decision-makingProven track record delivering complex technical programmes at scaleSignificant leadership experience within sports technology, enterprise technology or similarly complex operational environmentsExperience within sports data, officiating technology or large-scale technology servicesBroad understanding of end-to-end technology delivery, from product development through operational deploymentKnowledge of cross-functional business operations including Product, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Operations and PMO
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