Product Senior Director, Core Products

FanDuel

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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

The product team is looking for a senior product leader to define and drive new product initiatives focusing on a variety of “Core” platform capability shared across all of our customer-facing products. This role focuses on our marketing technology (“mar-tech”) and generosity enablement platforms. This includes our promotion & offers platform, marketing orchestration platforms, data integrations and more. In this role you will ideate, draft and shape new features and closely collaborate with Marketing, Engineering, Analytics, Business Development, Legal, Product, Compliance, and many other teams across FanDuel.

The Product Senior Director is responsible for setting the vision and roadmap for their product area and for communicating this across all participants and stakeholders. The role includes ensuring the planning, prioritization and execution of a broad range of successful products. The Product Senior Director works closely with Product Managers to ensure product goals are clearly defined and with engineering counterparts to ensure the smooth delivery of the relevant product solutions to the market for our customers. The Product Senior Director will instill a customer obsessed mindset across the teams and will use a metric/KPI driven approach to roadmap decisions aided by establishing, tracking and reporting on product performance. 

Note this role is not directly responsible for the creation or operational delivery of marketing content; this role will partner closely with those teams to develop a mar-tech stack to enable our business needs. 

What we expect:

  • You should have the ability to create vision and translate into strategy & roadmap
  • You are experienced and comfortable in Hiring/Retaining/Growing/Managing talent and a team of product managers and/or product owners reporting to you.
  • You should be comfortable “being hands-on” in the details
  • You should have the technical ability to understand software, mobile apps and e-commerce. 
  • You should be able to simplify complex concepts, articulate and explain your thoughts affectively, question to gain insights and understand different point of views.
  • You’re a great communicator who can find common ground across different types of stakeholders 
  • You build and maintain solid productive relationships with team members, users, customers, stakeholders, etc. in person or remotely
  • You will build, experiment and iterate on features that will be translated to product enhancements
  • You will craft a strong user experience for our users
  • You will be the voice of the customer - helping define innovative solutions to consumer & business problems. 
  • You are a champion of the MVP concept, distilling the product down to what is desirable, viable and feasible.
  • You can monitor and report on product KPIs.
  • You can collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to scope, design, concept test and deliver innovative solutions
  • Data-driven marketing should be exciting to you. You should be passionate about delivering industry-leading, personalized content to customers across multiple channels in a safe and efficient manner.

THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

  • Design and launch a portfolio of consumer-facing, high-volume products, driving exceptional results 
  • Evaluate suppliers and partner with teams to make build vs buy decisions.
  • Identify, shape, and ensure execution of new products and product initiatives via the Product Roadmap 
  • Ensure transparency and alignment on the roadmap across the group, bridging the gap between product and other functions 
  • Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and operational functions to ensure successful product deliveries and launches 
  • Identify, prioritize, and execute post-launch optimizations and improvements 
  • Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products 
  • Establish and maintain domain expertise on the product, market, and competitors 
  • Play an active supporting role to Product Managers, especially with refining and managing the product backlog/roadmap 
  • Manage and grow a team of product managers, while also expanding existing product work streams 

THE STATS

What we’re looking for in our next teammate

  • Bachelor’s degree required 
  • 11+ years’ experience in product management
  • 5+ years’ experience managing a team of Product Managers or similar roles
  • Previous experience with marketing system such as CDP, DMP, CRM, MCCM, is required
  • Previous experience with marketing execution & orchestration platforms such as Adobe Experience Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Watson Campaign Automation, Braze, Optimove or similar is required.
  • Previous experience with system deploying customer generosity / offers at scale is required
  • Previous experience in a regulated industry with compliance considerations is strongly desired
  • Previous experience with high-volume B2C ecommerce is preferred
  • Previous experience in betting/gaming industry is preferred
  • Proven track record of delivering successful and innovative 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 

PLAYER BENEFITS

We treat our team right

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. 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
  • Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!” 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 another 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. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

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.

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