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Data Product Director

New York, NYHybridFull TimeDirector$197,000–$246,000 /yrPosted 4 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • data product strategy
  • governance
  • adoption
  • modernization
  • data-as-a-product
  • operating model
  • vision
  • roadmap
  • Marketing
  • Analytics

Nice to have

  • SQL
  • Python
  • reporting tools
  • data visualization tools
  • audience management
  • MarTech tools

Role summary

FanDuel is seeking a Data Product Director to lead their Marketing Data Products team. This role is responsible for defining and executing the strategy, roadmap, and governance for marketing data products, aiming to transform data into a strategic asset. The Director will collaborate with cross-functional teams, leverage analytics and AI to improve marketing effectiveness, and build a high-performing data product team. Key responsibilities include developing enterprise data strategy, championing data product adoption, and ensuring data meets regulatory and business requirements. The ideal candidate has 8-10 years of experience in Product Management, preferably in data platforms, with deep understanding of data products, analytics operating models, and data governance. Experience with data technologies like Databricks, SQL, Python, and MarTech tools is essential. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills are required.

THE POSITION

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We are looking for a Product Director to join our Data Products team within Fanduel Technology.

This leader is accountable for Marketing’s data product strategy, governance, adoption, and modernization agenda, including advancing a scalable data-as-a-product operating model. As a Data Product Director, you will play a critical role in defining and executing the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our Marketing data team. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Analytics, Data Engineering, ML and AI Engineering, Data Science, Data Governance, Application Product and Engineering and Business stakeholders. You will be responsible for understanding market trends, identifying customer requirements, and translating them into data features and enhancements. This position requires strong technical knowledge, strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills.

The role will transform data into a strategic business asset by establishing trusted, reusable, and well-governed data products as the preferred foundation for analytics, insights, activation, and performance measurement. This leader will align investments with business priorities, champion a data-driven culture, and deliver measurable improvements in marketing effectiveness, customer outcomes, and decision-making.

THE GAME PLANEveryone on our team has a part to play

  • Define and lead the multi-year Marketing Data Products & Platforms strategy and roadmap, aligning data investments with business priorities, customer outcomes, and enterprise objectives.
  • Partner across Marketing, Analytics, Data, Technology, and Business leadership teams to shape and execute the future-state marketing data and analytics strategy.
  • Participate and represent data in Marketing's analytics modernization strategy, ensuring capabilities evolve to meet current and future business needs.
  • Champion the adoption of trusted, reusable, and well-governed data products that improve measurement, insights, activation, and decision-making.
  • Drive the transition from fragmented data assets toward standardized "gold" data products that serve as the foundation for analytics across Marketing.
  • Leverage analytics, AI, and emerging data capabilities to enhance marketing performance, customer outcomes, and business growth.
  • Strengthen confidence in data through consistent governance, business ownership, and clear definitions of critical data assets.
  • Ensure data products and analytics outputs meet regulatory, risk, and business requirements while maintaining trust across stakeholders.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior business leaders on analytics, insights, and data-driven decision-making in marketing domain.

    • · Collaborate with teams from all around the business to understand data challenges and opportunities

  • Build, lead, and develop high-performing data product team that works across the organization to build data product capabilities.

    • THE STATS

    What we’re looking for in our next teammate

    Proven experience (8-10 years) in Product Management, preferably in the data platform or big data domain.

  • Deep understanding of data products, analytics operating models, enterprise data strategy, and trusted data management.
  • Experience leveraging analytics, AI, and customer insights to improve marketing effectiveness, customer engagement, and business growth.
  • Knowledge of marketing, customer, digital, activation, and performance measurement frameworks.
  • Experience translating complex business and customer needs into actionable insights and measurable outcomes.
  • Ability to balance strategic vision with execution and drive enterprise adoption of data products and analytics capabilities.
  • Experience working with Data Technologies like Databricks, data warehouse and data pipeline technologies.
  • Strong understanding of data management concepts, data engineering, data governance, and related technologies.
  • Experience using SQL, Python and a variety of reporting and data visualization tools.
  • Familiarity with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), audience management, and related MarTech tools like Xtremepush, Hightouch or similar is preferred
  • A self-starter able to work both autonomously with minimal supervision and collaboratively within an agile team.
  • Track record of managing, developing and coaching team members.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and drive results in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  • Experience working in Agile development methodologies.
  • Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops.
  • Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
  • Drives high standards for individual accomplishment and works to meet or exceed challenging goals.
  • High level of self-awareness displayed and good understanding of the behavior relating to the environment.
  • Ability to constructively challenge and question as well as actively listen.

    • ABOUT FANDUELFanDuel 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).

    PLAYER BENEFITSWe 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.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.

    The applicable salary range for this position is $197,000 - $246,000 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.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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