Director of Product, Financial Platform
As a Director of Product, Financial Platform, you’ll lead the strategy and execution of the systems that power payments, ledgering, and money movement across a global, regulated ecosystem. You’ll operate at the core of financial infrastructure, shaping how funds flow seamlessly and securely across every customer interaction. In this role, you’ll scale platform capabilities that support both customer-facing experiences and critical internal financial operations, balancing precision, compliance, and speed. You’ll also build and develop a high-performing team while influencing how financial systems evolve to support product growth and new market opportunities.
- Define and drive the strategy and roadmap for the Financial Platform, spanning payments, ledgering, money movement, and financial risk capabilities.
- Lead the development of scalable, controlled, and customer-centric financial services that enable seamless transaction experiences across products.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Finance, Operations, Risk, and Compliance teams to deliver high-impact platform solutions that ensure both customer experience and financial integrity.
- Scale shared services, APIs, and internal tooling that power payment operations, reconciliations, financial reporting, and operational controls.
- Drive the strategy for financial risk systems, including monitoring, decisioning, controls, and workflows that support transaction oversight and fraud prevention.
- Oversee ledger and money movement systems, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and resilience across all financial transactions.
- Improve dispute resolution, exception handling, and reconciliation processes to enhance operational efficiency and financial accuracy.
- Lead and develop a team of product managers, fostering strong execution, collaboration, and customer focus across the platform.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or equivalent experience.
- At least 7 years of experience in product management, with experience in payments, financial systems, platform infrastructure, or fintech environments.
- Experience leading and developing product teams responsible for complex platform or infrastructure products.
- Strong experience partnering with engineering, finance, operations, and risk stakeholders in highly regulated environments.
- Proven ability to translate financial data, operational metrics, and risk signals into product insights and decisions.
- Experience building APIs, platform services, or internal tools used across multiple teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across teams and leadership levels.
- Health Benefits: comprehensive health benefits, including various medical plans, dental, and vision.
- Wellbeing Program: free access to programs such as free therapy sessions with Lyra Mental Health Solution, Lyra Employee Assistance Program, the Calm App, Virtual Yoga Classes, and many more.
- Parental Leave & Support: 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave to all global team members and offer workplace lactation support. Additionally, partner with Care.com, a care finder and backup childcare partner for U.S. employees.
- Family Planning: offer a range of benefits that support family planning, including adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, or other family planning.
- Flexible PTO: flexible PTO if you work in the United States.
- Pet Insurance: help save on vet expenses for accidents, illnesses, and more through pet insurance benefit.
- Gym Reimbursement: reimburse part of your gym membership once you enroll in a health insurance plan.
- Financial Planning: 401(k) matching to programs such as Origin Financial.
- Commuter Benefits: access to commuter benefits to help you save money on your daily commute.
- Tuition Reimbursement: tuition reimbursement for educational courses related to their positions or another position at DraftKings.
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.
