Associate Director, Product, Global Sports

DraftKings

London

2 weeks ago

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We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, developing cutting-edge products, and shaping the future of responsible gaming.

Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.The Crown Is Yours We are growing our sportsbook content product team. Our team sits in the intersection of sports modeling, trading, and engineering and plays a critical role in the day-to-day success of our sportsbook operation. We deliver real-time, end-to-end betting content enjoyed by millions of customers across North America.In this role, you’ll help define the future of how innovation, data science & technology shape sports betting products. You’ll have the freedom to think creatively and the resources to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in our industry.What you’ll do as an Associate Director, Global Sports Content:

Work closely with trading leadership on the creation and prioritization of the sportsbook content product strategy and roadmap.

Collaborate with Data Science, Engineering, Product Management, and Analytics across the organization to align on goals, product specifications, requirements, and planning.

Manage a team of 3 product managers focused on Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Hockey content.

Ensure execution runs smoothly within the Sportsbook product teams and across partner teams, breaking down the roadmap into the product backlog, supporting user stories, acceptance criteria and creating interaction models to stay on track.

Partner with our best-in-class sportsbook trading team to align on go-to-market strategies for new content.

Monitor the industry to identify gaps in our coverage and work with operations to create opportunistic merchandising strategies for our content.

Work with sports intelligence to evaluate the success of our in-house models and determine how to best maximize the availability, profitability, and speed of our models.

What you’ll bring:

5+ years of Product Management experience, preferably in a quantitative domain.

Existing domain expertise of the sportsbook business model

Passionate and follows Soccer, Tennis, Hockey & Golf closely

Ability to communicate effectively with data scientists and traders to support the model development lifecycle and prioritization of work

You are strategically minded, with a strong analytics orientation, an ability to comprehend information from various sources, and an eye for business leverage

You understand how sports content gets operationalized by a trading team.

#LI-AN1Join Our Team We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

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