Product Director - New Ventures

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.

FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.

Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER

At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is looking for a Product Director to define and drive our New Ventures Products. The role sits within the FanDuel Flywheel & New Ventures org and will be solely focused on assessing, building and delivering new venture opportunities. Working closely alongside commercial and engineering partners you’ll ideate, draft and build new venture products that can meet FanDuel’s Flywheel’s goals of deepening engagement with existing customers and opening up new customer acquisition opportunities. 

The product director is responsible for setting the vision and roadmap for their area and for communicating this across all participants and stakeholders. The role includes ensuring the planning , prioritization and execution of a broad range of products. Expect to have 2-3 completely new ventures released in your first year. You’ll need to be customer obsessed, willing to spend time with the customers. Alongside the VP of Product, you’ll derive the Strategy for your team, formulate key results and track performance against them. Teamwork is key and commercial, product and engineering alignment will be crucial.  

What We Expect: 

• Experience in launching completely new products to market. You are a champion of a MVP concept, distilling the product down to what is desirable, viable and feasible
• Work closely with commercial and engineering partners to achieve the companies’ high expectations
• Lead a team of product managers and product owners to be focused on achieving our products goals 
• You’ll have experience in emerging regulated markets and can work closely with our legal and compliance teams to ensure we win with integrity
• Be comfortable “being hands-on” in the details
• You should have the technical ability to understand software, mobile apps and e-commerce
• Simplify complex concepts, articulate and explain your thoughts affectively, question to gain insights and understand different point of views
• Have great communication skills and find common ground across different types of stakeholders 
• Build and maintain solid productive relationships with team members, users, customers, stakeholders, etc. in person or remotely
• Build, experiment and iterate on features that will be translated to product enhancements
• Craft a strong user experience for our users
• Be the voice of the customer - helping define innovative solutions to consumer & business problems
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to scope, design, concept test and deliver innovative solutions

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Design and launch a portfolio of consumer-facing, high-volume products, driving exceptional results 
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