Lead Product Manager, Sportsbook Transformation

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 Lead Product Manager to focus on emerging opportunities and technologies within sportsbook – researching, prototyping and experimenting on complex topics such as AI, NLP, social betting, loyalty. If you’re a strong product leader with an interest in playing a critical role on projects with the potential to disrupt the sports betting industry and create long-term competitive advantage for FanDuel, this may be the role for you

 

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

• People Manager – clearly defined roles, objective performance management, talent development and engagement. Establish and embody a high-performing Emerging Products team
• Evangelize product vision, strategy, objectives, and key results, achieving buy-in from key stakeholders, working across business to ensure alignment, manage dependencies, and secure resources, and driving and influencing role of product in larger strategy
• Inform, shape, and drive execution of market leading product initiatives
• Establish outcome led practices, bringing voice of customer to delivery team
• Define product success criteria, including identifying new levers that may drive overall business success
• Assess product opportunities and lead ideation and prioritization for new iterations and products
• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing and operational functions to lead successful product releases and post-launch optimizations
• Lead communication on the product outcomes, strategy and learnings to organizational stakeholders
• Provide system for leveraging experimentation and research to innovate
• Develop a deep understanding of the drivers of our Sportsbook business and the competitor, partner and supplier landscape at large
• Demonstrate innovative thinking, identifying new opportunities for product based on experimentation, research, competitive analysis, and consumer feedback
• Strongly represent Sportsbook Product & Pricing team on appropriate forums or projects with executive, senior colleagues and key stakeholders

 

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum 7+ years’ experience as a product manager or similar role required

• Considerable experience leading teams and managing projects

• Proven track record of delivering successful and innovative products
• Knowledge and implementation experience of modern product practices and experimentation strategies
• Experience coaching, mentoring or managing others
• Proven ownership and accountability for goals and deliverables
• Demonstrat