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Director Technology Risk & Resilience

FanDuel

FanDuel

IT
Atlanta, GA, USA
USD 197k-258,300 / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 18, 2025

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, 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 POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is looking for a Director of Technology Risk & Resilience to lead the holistic risk posture across the Technology organization. This strategic, high-visibility role is charged with ensuring FanDuel’s systems, operations, and critical partnerships remain secure and resilient. Reporting to the Technology Assurance & GRC Senior Director, you will oversee a multi-disciplinary team spanning cyber third-party risk and due diligence, technology risk management, business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR), and GRC engineering (tooling & AI/automation).

To succeed, you’ll bring the ability to translate complex risk and resilience challenges into clear, actionable outcomes for business and technology leaders. You will thrive on building trusted relationships across functions, influencing stakeholders at every level, and applying a forward-looking mindset that embraces automation and AI to scale our risk management capabilities. A collaborative spirit, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, regulated industry will set you apart as a leader who keeps FanDuel resilient in the face of change.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.


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

  • Define & Execute Strategy: Set the vision and direction for FanDuel’s first-line Risk & Resilience program, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities across cyber third-party risk, technology risk, BC/DR, and GRC engineering.
  • Cyber Third-Party Risk: Oversee the design and governance of vendor risk management frameworks, ensuring that critical third-party relationships are assessed, monitored, and managed to protect FanDuel’s technology ecosystem.
  • Technology Risk Management: Establish and maintain comprehensive frameworks for identifying, assessing, and mitigating technology risks across infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
  • Resilience (BC/DR): Lead the development and governance of BC/DR strategies across critical systems and services, driving readiness, testing, and assurance against established recovery objectives.
  • GRC Engineering, Automation & AI: Define the strategy for GRC tooling, data models, and workflows. Champion automation and AI-enabled solutions that scale risk and compliance capabilities while supporting the broader GRC function.
  • Crisis Management Support: Serve as a subject matter expert to the 2nd line and Flutter Crisis Management function, providing technical and resilience expertise when needed to support enterprise-level incident response.
  • Metrics & Reporting: Set and deliver resilience and risk KPIs (e.g., RTO/RPO adherence, incident recovery times, vendor risk ratings, GRC adoption), and present insights to senior leadership and governance committees.
  • Regulatory Alignment: Ensure alignment to key regulatory and industry frameworks (e.g., DORA, NIST, GLI, SOX, SOC 2, RMF) and lead readiness activities for audits, assessments, and external reviews.
  • Team Leadership: Provide strategic leadership and direction to a cross-functional team of risk and resilience professionals, building a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Strategic Influence: Champion a culture of proactive risk ownership and operational resilience across Technology, influencing senior decision-making and driving enterprise-wide adoption of resilience practices.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a key connector with Technology, Security, Enterprise Risk, Legal, and business leaders to embed resilience into critical processes and ensure cohesive execution across the organization.


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

  • 10+ years in risk and resilience, with at least 5 years leading teams in technology risk, operational resilience, or cyber domains.
  • Proven track record managing senior professionals and scaling programs in complex, regulated environments.
  • Experience in technology risk frameworks, assessments, and controls.
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery program leadership.
  • Experience with GRC and Resilience platforms (OneTrust, Anecdotes, Riskonnect, etc.), automation, and enabling risk process with AI.
  • CISSP, CISM, CBCP, MBCP, CRISC, or equivalent certifications preferred.
  • Strong presence with the ability to influence senior executives and regulatory stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through high-pressure risk and resilience scenarios and provide SME guidance to crisis leaders.
  • Experience in sports tech, fintech, or other highly regulated industries is a plus.


PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

The applicable salary range for this position is $197,000 - $258,300 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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