The Role

A leading casino operator is seeking a best in class Director of Electronic Gaming.
The company are focused on what their product, service and environment look and feel like for the next ten years.
They are seeking to fill this key role in their Senior Management team. The role will report to the Group Managing Director who is keen to strengthen an area which contributes a substantial proportion of the company’s profitability.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for managing a large, modern estate of technologically advanced machines, manage a planned expansion of electronic gaming and upgrades to existing management systems and reporting.
Further development in technology, premises and marketing mean this is a very exciting time to join a business which is seeing opportunities where others see problems, and is ready to invest substantially to grow its business.

Key Responsibilities

Achieve targeted levels of profit contribution across all areas of EG
Manage key supplier relationships ensuring a high level of shared objectives, sharing of best practice, performance data and development of new hardware and software
Provide high-quality information to senior management team to ensure optimal decisions
Identify new business opportunities within the EG sector
Project manage capital investment on new equipment and location upgrades
Work within the Senior Executive team to help develop overall business strategy
Co-operate with the Business Finance Partner and team to ensure that accurate, timely and useful information is generated which informs business decisions and addresses any ongoing concerns
Manage directly a talented team of EG focused staff and management across all sites.
Work with site management to ensure the agreed EG strategy is correctly and fully employed

Personal Characteristics & Experience

The role will suit an individual who has gained at least ten years of experience in a customer facing gaming or leisure business and held a least one other UK based senior management role
Experience of working with server-based gaming machines is essential
Confidence in an area which is technology-led
Skilled at managing in a collaborative manner to ensure that issues can be addressed, and business decisions implemented across multiple departments
Financially literate and numerate and able to interpret data and present it in a manner which engages and informs colleagues and board level users
Comfortable as a member of a senior management team and able to contribute to the overall development of the business strategy
Challenging and rigorous in their approach to the business
Able to manage remote team-members where required
Experience of other leisure businesses would be considered an advantage
International experience is welcomed as it will bring in additional dimension to discussions
A confident and outgoing personality and willingness to adapt and overcome are key personality traits we are looking for.
Personal Management License holder from UK Gambling Commission, or able to apply and achieve this in a reasonable time period.

Additional

Reports to Managing Director
Package includes Salary, plus bonus, private medical care, pension and LTIP, mileage allowance, discounted parking, plus a significant bonus earning opportunity in 2021-22.
Flexible attitude to working hours, must be willing to operate in line with trading hours where required.
For further information please send a copy of your CV to steven@grs-recruit.com

(Position Filled) Director of Electronic Gaming - UK - £100K+