Delivery Program Manager – Sports Betting in Sofia, Bulgaria. Competitive – discussed at interview.

At a glance

• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
• Languages: English
• Salary: Competitive – discussed at interview
• Start: ASAP
• Relocation: not offered for this role

About the role

CloserHire is partnering with a fast-growing international technology company within the sports betting and iGaming industry to recruit a Delivery Program Manager for their team in Sofia, Bulgaria. This is a key role responsible for driving the successful delivery of complex technology programs and product initiatives across multiple teams. You will connect Product, Engineering, QA, Operations, and business stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered effectively while maintaining clear priorities, timelines, dependencies

What you'll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technology programs and strategic initiatives
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams across
• Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, and Operations
• Define program scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and delivery plans
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure alignment around priorities and expected outcomes
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, blockers, and delivery challenges
• Maintain clear visibility of program progress and provide regular updates to senior stakeholders
• Facilitate planning sessions, status meetings, retrospectives, and other delivery ceremonies
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to translate business priorities into actionable delivery plans
• Ensure teams have clear requirements, ownership, priorities, and delivery expectations

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in Program Management, Delivery Management, Technical Project
• Management, or a similar role
• Proven experience delivering large-scale technology or software development programs
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience coordinating multiple
• Engineering, Product, QA, and Operations teams
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid delivery methodologies
• Experience managing complex project dependencies, risks, resources, and timelines
• Strong working knowledge of tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure
• DevOps, or similar

Salary

Competitive – discussed at interview

Bulgaria applies a flat 10% income tax, and living costs in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna run well below Western European levels — the take-home goes considerably further than the headline suggests.

Benefits

• Strategic delivery role within a growing international sports betting technology company
• Ownership of complex, business-critical technology and product programs
• Opportunity to work closely with senior
• Product, Engineering, and business leadership
• High level of autonomy and influence over delivery processes and ways of working
• Exposure to complex, real-time and high-traffic technology platforms
• Opportunity to shape program governance and continuously improve delivery efficiency
• Collaborative international and cross-functional working environment
• Professional development and career growth opportunities
• Exposure to modern

Why Bulgaria?

Bulgaria is one of the best-value moves in Europe right now — city living at a fraction of Western European costs, an established international community, and a flat 10% income tax.

How the process works

• Apply with your CV — we read every application
• A short introductory call with CloserHire, around 30 minutes
• Interview with the company
• Offer, then we help with the paperwork and, where relevant, the move

From application to starting on the ground usually takes around five weeks.

CloserHire recruits for this role on behalf of our client. We are an equal-opportunity recruiter and consider every applicant on ability alone.