Senior Product Manager, BetVision

 

 

A bit about us:  

For many decades, the way fans experience and enjoy sports changed very little.  Sports fans would travel to stadiums/arenas to participate in the live experience or carved out a few hours to sit down in their living room (or the local pub) to tune into the game.   While the internet and mobile devices have made it easier to consume sports from anywhere, technology has, for many years, limited innovation around new ways to engage with sports. 

Today, computers have caught up with our imagination, driving shifts in consumer behavior that are redefining the way fans enjoy sports almost overnight.   This has paved the way for a new era of sports, one where fan experiences are more intelligent, interactive, individualized, and immersive than ever before:

Intelligent: Over the past several decades, data, statistics, data science, and increasingly machine learning/AI have changed the way players train, the way teams get built, and the way tickets/games are priced, and the way fans watch sports. 

Interactive: Today's fans want more capabilities integrated into their fan experience.   They want to leverage the power of their phone and/or their connected televisions to transition from passive viewing behavior to active participant with integrated real-time stats, betting, and shopping only a click away. 

Individualized: Fans increasingly expect their sports viewing experience to be different than that of others.  There is a desire to dictate what they want (content), when they want it (timing), where they want it (delivery channel) and to participate in experiences that are tailored to their unique desires and preferences. 

Immersive: As companies like Unity, Nvidia, Meta and Apple continue to shape our future vision around spatial computing and  mixed reality, sports experiences will become more immersive on the web, on our phones, on our smart TV’s, and on smart glasses.   It will no longer be enough to be watching the action; fans will want to experience and participate in it from the court, pitch, or field.

Learn more about how Genius Sports is driving the next generation of immersive fan experiences. 

 

Job Description:

In 2023, Genius Sports launched BetVision, the next generation streaming experience for sports bettors. Launched initially in the U.S. for the NFL, BetVision was integrated into leading U.S. online sportsbooks, reaching millions of unique streamers in its first year. As we move toward the 2024 NFL season and beyond, we are seeking a smart, talented, and experienced Senior Product Manager to iterate and grow the BetVision product. The Senior Product Manager will work with the Vice President of Product for BetVision and Streaming to define and document user experience and requirements, work with developers, testers, and operations to build, enhance, and maintain delivery of the product, and with global customers to integrate, evolve and deliver a delightful customer and fan experience.

The ideal candidate will have a strong history working on B2B2C and/or B2C experiences across mobile, web, connected TV and mixed reality. The candidate should have proven expertise in streaming products while possessing a strong understanding of sport (e.g. American Football, Basketball, Football/Soccer) and sports betting.

Most of all, we are looking for a teammate with a growth mindset who can leverage their past experiences and lessons learned as well as their track record of innovation to envision, build, launch, and optimize BetVision.

 

Job Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities for the Senior Product Manager, BetVision include the following:

• Iterate and evolve BetVision, applying data-driven insights to enhance the feature set and overall user experience
• Take a leading role in the scaling of the BetVision product
• Partner with our advertising team to grow the world's richest audience graph of sports fans and find the optimal advertising integrations within BetVision
• Work cross-functionally with other product managers within Genius to integrate new capabilities into BetVision
• Identify and design new, personalized experiences that increase in-game handle and engagement
• Contribute to the vision, direction, and roadmap of BetVision
• Manage product level documentation including PRD’s (Confluence) and detailed requirements (Jira) while working closely with the delivery teams to prioritize and execute against the backlog
  
  

Position Requirements

• 5+ years of rele