Product Manager, Sportsbook
FanDuel
ABOUT FANDUEL GROUP
FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products all built with one goal in mind — to give fans new and innovative ways to interact with their favorite games, sports, teams, and leagues. That’s no easy task, which is why we’re so dedicated to building a winning team. And 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 our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give.
FanDuel Group is based in New York, with offices in California, New Jersey, Atlanta, Florida, Oregon and Scotland. Our brands include:
- FanDuel — A game-changing real-money fantasy sports app
- FanDuel Sportsbook — America’s #1 sports betting app
- TVG — The best-in-class horse racing TV/media network and betting platform
- FanDuel Racing — A horse racing app built for the average sports fan
- FanDuel Casino & Betfair Casino — Fan-favorite online casino apps
- FOXBet — A world-class betting platform and affiliate of FanDuel Group
- PokerStars — The premier online poker product and affiliate of FanDuel Group
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
Product Managers on the Sportsbook team take responsibility for discovery, planning, strategy, execution, and analysis of a significant segment of our portfolio, focusing on creating betting products our fans will love. They should be consumer-obsessed, understanding how to use qualitative and quantitative research as well as product discovery and design thinking techniques to make our product experiences more fun and more exciting, anticipating the next key feature or game that our fans want even before they know they want it. These key organizational leaders will work with senior team members across technology, commercial, design, marketing, and other functions to create well-researched and innovative product strategies, always keeping a close eye on the competitive landscape, and drawing inspiration from a wide variety of digital products and experiences.
Product managers need to be equally comfortable with strategy and execution. They should understand how the products they define and create will move the needle for consumers and for our business, and they should set and socialize clear metrics to measure and track success. They’ll be point people on cross-functional teams of engineers, business analysts, designers, and other key partners, working with their teams on creating actionable requirements and plans, developing solutions for key consumer problems as a team, and driving effective processes for prioritization, construction, testing, launch, and post-launch measurement and iteration.
Product managers should be dynamic leaders and highly impactful communicators, with excellent ability to present to and gather feedback from senior stakeholders. They should contribute meaningfully to creating a culture of excellence and driving the practice of product management and innovation, helping FanDuel create the future of sports and entertainment.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Assess product opportunities across a significant product segment, driving ideation and prioritization for new initiatives and products
- Develop a clear, actionable product vision and strategy, including driving a roadmap of problems to solve across a product segment
- Establish and maintain domain expertise on the product, market, and competitors, developing a deep understanding of our competitive position and what it takes to win
- Develop a keen understanding of the levers that drive our business
- Work with commercial counterparts to drive product growth strategy through user acquisition, activation, sustained engagement, and expansion into new markets and segments
- Partner with research teams to uncover consumer needs and wants
- Use available data to inform product strategy and execution plans
- Make prioritization and trade-off decisions across product areas, balancing the consumer experience, launch complexity and timeline, development effort, and business value.
- Ensure transparency and alignment with FanDuel stakeholders, writing clear strategic documentation, presenting plans across the organization, and gathering feedback from key partners
- Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing and operational leaders to solve user problems together as a team, ensuring successful product deliveries, launches, and iterations
- Track and report objectively on product performance, recommending iterations or pivots as appropriate
- Investigate issues from different sources, do root-cause analysis, identify systemic gaps, and ensure these gaps are addressed.
- Track and report objectively on product performance
- Contribute to driving a strong, collaborative culture among product, design, engineering, and other stakeholders, both within Sportsbook and across FanDuel Group
- Help identify and develop top product talent
THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a digital product manager or similar role required
- Proven track record of delivering successful and innovative digital products
- Ability to handle multiple simultaneous projects while effectively balancing scope, resourcing, time, and quality
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability for goals and deliverables
- Demonstrated success cross-functionally influencing teams without formal authority
- Strong quantitative skills
- Excellent critical thinking skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Interest in and knowledge of sports, casino and/or sports betting is valuable but not required
- Experience with product discovery techniques, design thinking, and Agile development is highly desired but not strictly required
- Experience with customer facing personalized products
- Some experience managing/mentoring other team members is valuable but not required
THE CONTRACT
We treat our team right
Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
- An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
- Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
- Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
- Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel
- Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms
FanDuel Group is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.
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