<p>Location: Remote - New York</p><br/><p>Employment Type: Salaried</p><br/><p>Team: Fanatics Betting & Gaming</p><br/><div><b>Company Overview</b></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports ecosystem.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association partners; and Fanatics Betting &amp; Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support.&nbsp; We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>The Role:</u></b></div><div>We are seeking a Director of Engineering to run our In-Venue Sportsbook Vertical. This role is responsible for defining, implementing, training, and executing against our In-Venue application strategy, creating processes, and building tools within Fanatics Betting and Gaming.&nbsp; The Director of Engineering, In-Venue is an expert technologist with experience in managing multiple teams that can influence and defend our quality posture for our customer facing products in our In-Venue sportsbooks. This includes software needed to run the sportsbook such as the kiosk applications, cashier till, odds boards. Additionally, the back-office tools used to manage the operations of the sportsbook as well as all of the hardware the customers and cashiers use.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b><u>Duties and responsibilities may include:</u></b></div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Recruit and build out a best-in-class Engineering organization to build scaled distributed systems that are high quality and highly reliable.&nbsp; Manages multiple development teams and a platform that supports all products within the Fanatics Betting &amp; Gaming product line. </div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Responsible for Vision, Mission, Strategy, Goals and Roadmap (and execution of said roadmap) around areas of ownership</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Collaborate and coordinate complex projects across multiple 3rd party vendors</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Work closely with Marketing and Operations Stakeholders to drive the roadmap. </div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Develop a deep understanding of Fanatics Betting &amp; Gaming and the opportunities for our customers.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Identify technology gaps and opportunities, taking ownership for the technology roadmap within the space and ensuring appropriate engineering investments in the underlying platform.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Drive predictability and reliability through Operational Excellence, and create clear objectives and transparency through use of data and KPIs.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, inside and outside of Engineering, and collaborate with leaders to prioritize technical efforts and provide input on product features and capabilities.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering organization.&nbsp; Be a mentor and role model for engineering. </div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Remain current on technology and trends in engineering.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b><u>What skills are important to us:</u></b></div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>5+ years of progressive experience in engineering management (but we always value aptitude over experience)</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Strong technical skills to translate business needs into engineering opportunities to drive the strategic agenda, in a continuous delivery environment.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Hold a strong understanding of the cloud in industry/user and enterprise trends, with the ability to translate and leverage internal tools and systems to drive innovative solutions resulting in outstanding technologies.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Demonstrated ability to partner closely with the engineering team and implement appropriate tools and practices that balance quality with productivity. </div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Experience managing engineering departments or engineering functions, overseeing large and complex technology and processes.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Strong executive presentation and communication skills.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Excellent influencing and problem resolution skills.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Global experience preferred.</div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Positive and flexible attitude to work in a fast-paced environment and a willingness to embrace new initiatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div><div>●<span style="font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Strong report writing skills with the ability to gather, evaluate and analyze relevant information while structuring material in a logical and coherent manner.</div><div><u>Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud.&nbsp; Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants.&nbsp; Fanatics recruiters will only reach out to applicants from an @fanatics.com or @fanatics.co.uk email address.&nbsp; For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at <a href="http://www.fanaticsinc.com/careers" class="postings-link">www.fanaticsinc.com/careers</a></u></div><div><br></div><div><i>Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.</i></div><div><br></div><div>Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.</div><div><br></div><div><b>NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS/APPLICANTS</b>: In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you (“Personal Information”). The categories of Personal Information that we collect include your name, government issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information.<i>&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or other types of positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies.</div>

Location: Remote - New York

  

Employment Type: Salaried

  

Team: Fanatics Betting & Gaming

  

 **Company Overview**



Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and
harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds
of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database
of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand
name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for
licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports
platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports
ecosystem.



The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a
vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way
fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods
through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in
today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles
company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and
MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through
Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the
collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association
partners; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail
sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports
leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and
professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.



As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners,
suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward
more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an
inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every
level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans.
Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities
where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.



At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite
pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support.  We recognize
that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program
(inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees
with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and
what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.



  

 ** _The Role:_**

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to run our In-Venue Sportsbook
Vertical. This role is responsible for defining, implementing, training, and
executing against our In-Venue application strategy, creating processes, and
building tools within Fanatics Betting and Gaming.  The Director of
Engineering, In-Venue is an expert technologist with experience in managing
multiple teams that can influence and defend our quality posture for our
customer facing products in our In-Venue sportsbooks. This includes software
needed to run the sportsbook such as the kiosk applications, cashier till,
odds boards. Additionally, the back-office tools used to manage the operations
of the sportsbook as well as all of the hardware the customers and cashiers
use.



 ** _Duties and responsibilities may include:_**

●        Recruit and build out a best-in-class Engineering organization to
build scaled distributed systems that are high quality and highly reliable.
Manages multiple development teams and a platform that supports all products
within the Fanatics Betting & Gaming product line.

●        Responsible for Vision, Mission, Strategy, Goals and Roadmap (and
execution of said roadmap) around areas of ownership

●        Collaborate and coordinate complex projects across multiple 3rd party
vendors

●        Work closely with Marketing and Operations Stakeholders to drive the
roadmap.

●        Develop a deep understanding of Fanatics Betting & Gaming and the
opportunities for our customers.

●        Identify technology gaps and opportunities, taking ownership for the
technology roadmap within the space and ensuring appropriate engineering
investments in the underlying platform.

●        Drive predictability and reliability through Operational Excellence,
and create clear objectives and transparency through use of data and KPIs.

●        Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, inside and
outside of Engineering, and collaborate with leaders to prioritize technical
efforts and provide input on product features and capabilities.

●        Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering
organization.  Be a mentor and role model for engineering.

●        Remain current on technology and trends in engineering.



 ** _What skills are important to us:_**

●        5+ years of progressive experience in engineering management (but we
always value aptitude over experience)

●        Strong technical skills to translate business needs into engineering
opportunities to drive the strategic agenda, in a continuous delivery
environment.

●        Hold a strong understanding of the cloud in industry/user and
enterprise trends, with the ability to translate and leverage internal tools
and systems to drive innovative solutions resulting in outstanding
technologies.

●        Demonstrated ability to partner closely with the engineering team and
implement appropriate tools and practices that balance quality with
productivity.

●        Experience managing engineering departments or engineering functions,
overseeing large and complex technology and processes.

●        Strong executive presentation and communication skills.

●        Excellent influencing and problem resolution skills.

●        Global experience preferred.

●        Positive and flexible attitude to work in a fast-paced environment
and a willingness to embrace new initiatives.  

●        Strong report writing skills with the ability to gather, evaluate and
analyze relevant information while structuring material in a logical and
coherent manner.

 _Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud.
Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants.  Fanatics recruiters will
only reach out to applicants from an @fanatics.com or @fanatics.co.uk email
address.  For added security, where possible, apply through our company
website at [www.fanaticsinc.com/careers](http://www.fanaticsinc.com/careers)_

  

 _Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and
charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your
court now._

  

Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices,
working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply
chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with
other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of
Fanatics’ fair labor practices.

  

 **NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS/APPLICANTS** : In connection with your
application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or
describes you (“Personal Information”). The categories of Personal Information
that we collect include your name, government issued identification number(s),
email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact
information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and
demographic information. _ _  We collect and use those categories of Personal
Information about you for human resources and other business management
purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for
potential or future employment or other types of positions, recordkeeping in
relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as
permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with
applicable legal requirements and Company policies.

