Software Engineering Vice President – Sportsbook Product
The VP of Sportsbook Product Engineering will play a critical role in leading our product engineering teams to deliver rapidly incremental customer value. You will lead a talented team of engineers responsible for building a next-gen customer experience that powers America's #1 Sportsbook, including personalized experiences, live betting experiences, generosity, searching and navigation, social and other innovative features. This role requires a fast-paced technology leader that puts the customer first, using their strong leadership and communication skills to work product leadership and drive their teams to deliver customer value every two weeks. The capacity to make decisions fast, through a blend of strategic thinking, technical expertise and a bias for action is key.
- Develop and execute the strategic vision for the Sportsbook product engineering organization, ensuring it aligns with the overall Sportsbook Product and Technology Strategy and FanDuel business objectives.
- Collaborate with executive leadership, Product and Sportsbook Core Engineering to define goals, metrics, and ways of working.
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of fast-paced innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent is key to building a high-performing and motivated team.
- Oversee the design and development of innovative sportsbook customer experiences.
- Ensuring the teams are operating with a customer-first mindset, delivering quality and performant experiences that bring something new to the customer every two weeks is essential.
- Implementing best practices for engineering, including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and incident response, is critical to maintain operational excellence during peak betting events and live sports.
- Partner with Sportsbook Core Engineering leaders to ensure high availability, performance, and security of sportsbook services with a focus on minimizing downtime during critical sporting events and managing technical debt.
- Collaborate with the Sportsbook Core Engineering leaders to support on complex changes to the systems and architecture and to prioritize architecture and service evolution that allows your teams in product engineering to deliver autonomously faster and better customer value.
- Work closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet our business goals.
- Communicating Sportsbook product engineering plans, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders ensures transparency and alignment.
- Staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes is vital to drive innovation and competitive advantage in the sports betting space.
- Evaluate and implement new tools, technologies, and processes to enhance sportsbook customers experience with innovative, performant and intuitive features.
- Manage the Sportsbook product engineering budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources, and investment in strategic initiatives.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (required).
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on product engineering and delivering customer value (required).
- 5+ years of leadership experience in a senior engineering role, such as Director or VP of Engineering (required).
- Proven experience with leading geographically dispersed teams (required).
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API design (required).
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams that can deliver incremental customer value every two weeks (required).
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions (required).
- Deep experience with Lean, Agile, and Continuous Delivery principles (required).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders (required).
- Passion for technology and innovation, with a continuous learning mindset (required).
- Expert in aligning engineering investment with customer outcomes and business metrics (required).
- Strong business acumen and understanding of how product engineering impacts overall business success (required).
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously (required).
- Knows when to apply structure and when to remove friction-no “process for process’s sake” (required).
- Prior experience in managing a diverse office or location, with a focus on cross-functional leadership and operational excellence (required).
- Proven ability to create, manage, and drive initiatives that enhance workplace culture, ensuring a healthy and productive environment (required).
- Experience in creating programs and policies that boost employee morale and reduce turnover (required).
- Ability to lead efforts in inclusion initiatives (required).
- Ability to develop and execute strategic plans for office presence, growth and development, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives (required).
- 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.
- 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.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and stock program participation.
- Paid personal time off.
- 14 paid company holidays.
FanDuel Group 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 North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. 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).
