ABOUT FANDUEL
FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") 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 United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.
FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey , Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.
Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.
FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, 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).
THE ROSTER…
At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.
THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it
The VP of Engineering will be responsible for leading the data focused technology, engineering and platform teams, whose output directly empowers business insights and decisions at FanDuel.
Reporting into the SVP Data, the role will partner with a multitude of senior stakeholders to understand FanDuel’s technology across teams and products. This will involve determining a path forward to delivering technology that will facilitate the role data plays within FanDuel, with a clear focus on shepherding the quality, reliability, and accessibility of data to all partners and powering a range of services.
This leader will be accountable for building, growing, and mentoring a world-class team of data and platform engineers to help FanDuel accomplish its goal of making sports matter more to fans by delivering the gaming experience they deserve.
THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
- Lead execution of Data projects to support FanDuel’s goals and strategic initiatives
- Build organizational technical capabilities to enable the ingestion, integration, modeling, and transformation of internal and external datasets at scale.
- Modernize Data Engineering infrastructure so that FanDuel can scale effectively with the rapid growth of the business globally
- Drive the technical data strategy for the company in close alignment and partnership with the SVP of Data
- Collaborate closely with leaders in Product Management, Analytics, Compliance, IT and Operations to ensure that they can use the data as a strategic competitive advantage
- Ensure the Data Engineering organization has the resources, capacity and skills to meet the company’s ambitious goals and meet the overarching business priorities.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CTO leadership team in developing strategy
- Manage costs associated with running Data infrastructure and operations
- Ensure that the core data assets are secure and meet all regulatory requirements
- Strengthen external partnerships as a source of talent and technical capabilities, including related to big data platform solutions
Leadership:
- Drive the performance management by communicating job expectations, monitoring performance, providing feedback and facilitating employee development
- Maintain transparent communication by appropriately communicating organization information to team through department meetings and regular interpersonal communications
- Lead and motivate teams to create a workplace culture consistent with the FanDuel mission
THE STATS
What we’re looking for in our next teammate
- Strong experience with data technologies such as Redshift, Tableau, and Databricks, among others.
- Knowledge of and hands-on ability with modern data technologies. Ability to make technology and architecture decisions and to guide the organization on best-in-class approaches
- Track record of transforming and modernizing technology in a data intensive space.
- Demonstrated strength in leading data strategy broadly, which includes experience with data governance, quality and security
- 10+ years’ experience in a pivotal data leadership role which involved leading a comprehensive data strategy; experience building and managing large (80+) data engineering organizations
- Deep experience perfecting the right processes and workflows needed to scale data and engineering organizations, while expanding into new markets and products
- Track record of recruiting and developing outstanding talent in a distributed global environment; strong management expertise and proven experience developing senior talent
- An ability to develop productive relationships access the entire organization in order drive tangible business value, with a keen focus on high-impact analytics
- Demonstrated experience in building infrastructure, platforms and data science tools to solve complex business problems. This includes enabling machine learning, quantitative methods, predictive modelling, and other analytics technology frameworks and techniques.
- Experience in data heavy environments required; experience in gaming/lifestyle consumer technologies appreciated
- Experience delivering value in a highly regulated industry is a plus
- well as being on call for urgent PR matters
- Strong grammar skills and meticulous attention to detail
- Extensive knowledge of internet sports culture (including passion for fantasy sports)
- Ability to create engaging social media copy with minimal guidance and multitask in real time
PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right
From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:
• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
• Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another
FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!” 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 another 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. We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!
This role includes flexible time off (including unlimited paid time off for full-time employees) and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws."
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