Hybrid Games Project Manager

at Sporty Group

• Job title: Games Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Games Project Manager coordinating compliance and managing projects within the iGaming sector. Working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful operational outcomes and regulatory adherence.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key point of contact within Games Operations for all compliance requirements, ensuring processes are tracked and completed on time.
• Plan and manage games certification and renewal cycles, taking full ownership of annual regulator submissions to prevent gaps or missed deadlines.
• Serve as the point of contact for all new market entry planning, coordinating cross-functional efforts to ensure compliance and smooth launches.
• Collaborate with product and tech teams on new initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently and with clear accountability.
• Support the creation and ongoing maintenance of a centralized knowledge base for the Games Operations team, improving documentation and knowledge sharing over the long term.
• Partner with legal teams on regulatory compliance documentation, ensuring alignment and completeness.
• Work with multiple stakeholders across regions and time zones to track, coordinate, and execute tasks and projects.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Project Manager, ideally in a fast-paced or regulated environment.
• Experience in iGaming (B2B or B2C), with an understanding of games compliance and certification requirements for casino products.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent time management and self-management skills, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders across locations and time zones, navigating differing priorities and workflows.
• Analytical and data-driven mindset, capable of identifying issues, creating solutions, and improving processes.
• While games expertise is helpful, it is not mandatory—a structured, organized approach and ability to learn quickly are more important.

Benefits

• A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
• 20 days annual leave + public holidays
• Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
• South African employment contract
• Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
• Top of the line equipment
• Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities