About the position
FanDuel 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).
Responsibilities
- Partner with the HRBP team to support the people strategy for North America and the UK within the Sportsbook Product & Pricing organization.
- Collaborate on improving the work environment and tooling for our Trading and Risk teams to enhance day-to-day effectiveness.
- Support the development and execution of onboarding and training programs that equip team members for success and growth.
- Help identify and nurture top and high-potential talent through career pathing, mentorship, and aligned development opportunities.
- Promote cross-functional connection by supporting teams in building strong, collaborative partnerships across the broader organization.
- Participate as a member of the SPP Leadership Team, contributing thought partnership and helping to ensure time spent together is aligned, impactful, and forward-looking.
- Support the Trading, Risk, Product, and Sports Modeling teams in executing against their respective strategies.
- Evaluate organizational readiness and identify areas needing further planning, resources, or capability development.
- Ensure teams are clearly and proactively communicating progress against deliverables and long-term objectives.
- Help define and uphold clear goals, accountability structures, and dedicated resources for all major transformation initiatives.
- Lead strategy around productivity excellence for SPP department, identifying and implementing ideas to improve performance via greater productivity.
- Audit and sharpen (or remove) meetings/committees' purpose and priorities.
- Identify roles or processes to be removed or changed or where org structures are suboptimal.
- Identify capability gaps/bottlenecks that slow down throughput.
- Capture list of non-productive tasks we spend time on. Decide what to keep/kill.
- Highlight the people who are driving productivity and positive change and ensure they are set up for success and are rewarded and celebrated.
- Educate our leaders on culturally positive behaviors and changes we can make.
- Represent the SPP LT on multiple strategic steering committees.
- Join the Global Trading Team leadership group, collaborating with international colleagues on shared initiatives.
- Act as an autonomous representative of the department in executive and key stakeholder forums.
- Manage the Senior Manager, Commercial Trading, ensuring they have clear, challenging goals and are held accountable for delivery.
- Oversee margin budgeting and forecasting, and report on performance across relevant timeframes.
- Develop deep expertise in margin drivers, identify trends early, and translate insights into action across pricing and product strategies.
- Support the Investor Relations team and Executive Committee in preparing materials for financial reporting and investor engagement.
- Assess and validate opportunities in minor or growth sports, recommending optimal investment levels and strategic approaches.
Requirements
- 10 years plus 4 years management experience.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- High energy & high integrity individual with a learning attitude.
- Exceptional communicator and influencer.
- People-focused people leader that is both high EQ and strategically astute.
- Substantial industry knowledge. Commercially savvy with a strategic mindset.
- Experience in working with specialists in trading/product/data science/engineering/similar preferred but not essential.
Benefits
- Array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck).
- Programs for fertility and family planning.
- Mental health support.
- Fitness benefits.
- 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.
