Project Manager - Information Technology

About the role

This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering medium to large scale technology initiatives supporting NYRA Bets digital platforms and enterprise technology objectives. It requires strong execution discipline, effective cross-functional coordination, and the ability to manage risk, dependencies, and delivery commitments in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage the end to end delivery of information technology and digital product initiatives, from concept through launch.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency tracking to ensure successful execution.
• Cook up and coordinate work across IT, engineering, product, design, business teams, and external vendors to ensure alignment and accountability.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and cross-team dependencies, escalating as appropriate.
• Partner with Agile and Scrum teams to ensure project plans align with sprint execution, release schedules, and delivery commitments.
• Track project progress and performance against approved plans; adjust timelines and sequencing as needed to meet objectives.
• Provide clear, concise project status reporting, delivery metrics, and escalation summaries to management and leadership.
• Ensure initiatives comply with NYRA technology standards, security policies, regulatory requirements, and operational readiness expectations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management tools, templates, and delivery practices within the IT organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field is preferred; PMP certification and career experiences may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional project management experience, preferably supporting IT or digital product initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience delivering web platforms, mobile applications, or customer facing digital solutions.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum engineering teams required.
• Familiarity working within the PMBOK principles and formal project management practices; PMP or similar certification preferred.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as gaming, financial services, or payments.
• Ability to be licensed within the state of New York and other jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional project management experience, preferably supporting IT or digital product initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience delivering web platforms, mobile applications, or customer facing digital solutions.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum engineering teams required.
• Familiarity working within the PMBOK principles and formal project management practices; PMP or similar certification preferred.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as gaming, financial services, or payments.

Skills

• Strong execution discipline.
• Effective cross-functional coordination.
• Management of risk, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Partnership with Agile/Scrum engineering teams.
• Project management tools, templates, and delivery practices.

Benefits

NYRA offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement savings plan, paid time off, and more. Specific details are subject to change and will be communicated to the selected candidate.

Pay

$90,000 - $150,000 annually.

Schedule

Full-time, remote option available.