Location: Remote - USA
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.
As the Director of Product - Sportsbook for Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will build and scale the FBG Sportsbook product across iOS, Android, and web platforms. The Director of Product will hire and lead a team of best-in- class product managers focused on creating unique and differentiated experiences for customers.
Responsibilities
· Own and be accountable to senior leadership for KPIs related to product and business objectives for the Sportsbook
· Build and lead a team of product managers, and create career pathing opportunities for product manager team members
· Work closely with Engineering, Data, and UI/UX teams to design and implement a best-in-class, intuitive, and scalable product from the ground-up
· Develop and own the product strategy and roadmap, prioritizing the features that create customer-first experiences and drive our primary KPIs
· Work cross-functionally across the Fanatics ecosystem to best utilize and incorporate Fanatics strategic assets into the FBG product
Experience and Skills
· 7+ years of progressive experience as a product leader and product manager, preferably in an B2C digital native app focused product organization
· Preference to work in an entrepreneurial, hyper growth environment where decisions are made quickly
· Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and effectively work cross-functionally across different teams at FBG and the larger Fanatics organization
· Excellent communication skills, with an ability to simplify complex problems into product decisions and value propositions to senior leadership
· Experience in scaling and managing product teams and owning the end- to-end product lifecycle from ideation to execution and deployment
· Ability to collect and leverage customer data, user research, and competitive analysis at scale to inform decisions and the product roadmap
· [Preferred] Passion for sports, gaming, and entertainment products that drives empathetic and thoughtful product decisions affecting customers
· [Preferred] Experience building entertainment products for sports fans and/or gaming consumers or a deep understanding of real-money gaming products and the sports betting and online casino industry
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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.
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