Lead Licensing Specialist

Join IGT as a Lead Licensing Specialist to oversee regulatory licensing operations, ensuring compliance across jurisdictions while leading a team in Las Vegas. IGT, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale! From the casino floor to your mobile screen, we deliver thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences —powered by world‑class content, strong technical and commercial capabilities and nurtured by a culture of collaboration, accountability, and ownership. Whether it’s spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and long‑term value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to customers we serve. If you’re ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here.

• •Lead the daily activities and workflow of the regulatory licensing team, ensuring applications and renewals are accurate, complete, and submitted on time.
• •Manage entity, key employee, officer, principal, and occupational licensing requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• •Oversee monthly, quarterly, biannual, annual, and other required regulatory filings.
• •Analyze licensing regulations and provide clear guidance to internal departments and business partners.
• •Serve as a primary point of contact for commercial and tribal regulatory agencies, responding to questions, requests, audits, and investigations.
• •Coordinate the collection of information from internal teams for licensing applications, required filings, audits, and regulatory reviews.
• •Identify licensing or compliance challenges and collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop timely solutions.
• •Lead assigned licensing projects, monitor project activities, and communicate progress to regulatory compliance leadership.
• •Create and maintain licensing requirements within the Company’s regulatory licensing software.
• •Train users on internal licensing systems, processes, and compliance requirements.
• •Partner with software providers and internal teams to troubleshoot system issues and recommend program enhancements.
• •Develop standard operating procedures and implement process improvements that increase accuracy, consistency, and efficiency.
• •Recruit, train, coach, evaluate, and develop direct reports while managing schedules, performance, and other personnel matters.

• •This is an opportunity to combine your regulatory licensing knowledge with team leadership, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
• •Join IGT and play an important role in supporting responsible, compliant business operations across a complex and evolving regulatory environment.

• •Building collaborative relationships
• •Decision making
• •Drive results
• •Foster innovation
• •Personal energy
• •Self-leadership

• •The estimated starting compensation range for this role is $70,000 – $82,500 annually USD, based on a good-faith assessment at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary.
• •IGT complies with all applicable pay transparency and compensation laws and collective bargaining agreements, where applicable.
• •Base pay is one component of IGT’s total rewards program. Depending on the role, employees may be eligible for bonus or commission opportunities. IGT also offers a comprehensive benefits package, which may include a 401(k) savings plan with company contributions, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and other wellness programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

• •High school diploma or GED required.
• •Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience preferred.
• •Five to eight years of regulatory compliance experience supporting entity, individual, key employee, or occupational licensing.
• •Experience within a casino, gaming, or gaming-supplier environment preferred.
• •At least one year of direct people-management or supervisory experience.
• •Advanced knowledge of licensing requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• •Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• •Ability to manage competing priorities, sensitive information, and deadline-driven regulatory requirements.
• •Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work directly with regulators, auditors, business leaders, and employees.
• •Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• •Advanced knowledge of ArdentSky or similar regulatory compliance and licensing software preferred.