Director, Product Strategy and Operations
About The Position
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Fanatics is seeking a Director, Product Operations to lead the operating strategy and organizational effectiveness of our Direct-to-Consumer Product organization supporting Fanatics Live and Fanatics Collect. This role will translate product and business strategy into clear priorities, scalable operating mechanisms, and coordinated execution. This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who can bring structure to complex, ambiguous problems, align senior stakeholders, and build systems that help a growing Product organization operate effectively at scale.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in product operations, program management, product management, business operations, or a related leadership role in a technology or digital product organization.
- Demonstrated experience leading a Product Operations, Program Management, or comparable capability supporting multiple product and technical teams.
- Experience partnering with senior and executive leaders to translate strategy into functional plans and organizational execution.
- Strong understanding of product development, portfolio management, roadmap planning, prioritization, operating models, and cross-functional execution.
- Track record of designing and implementing scalable operating mechanisms, governance models, and organizational practices.
- Strong strategic and conceptual problem-solving skills, including the ability to navigate issues where objectives, ownership, or solutions are not clearly defined.
- Exceptional communication and executive-level synthesis skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations, decisions, and actions.
- Demonstrated ability to influence across teams and seniority levels, reconcile competing perspectives, and lead through others.
- Experience developing talent and establishing clear accountability for outcomes.
- A collaborative, low-ego leadership style with a strong bias toward clarity, practical solutions, accountability, and results.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the Product Operations strategy and operating model across Fanatics Live and Fanatics Collect.
- Partner with Product leadership to translate business and product strategy into operating priorities, plans, and mechanisms for execution.
- Establish and evolve planning and operating cadences, including roadmap reviews, portfolio reviews, leadership forums, and annual and quarterly planning.
- Maintain an integrated view of product priorities, investments, dependencies, risks, and commitments across multiple product areas.
- Establish governance and decision-making frameworks that clarify ownership, tradeoffs, escalation paths, and accountability.
- Lead complex, business-critical programs spanning Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and business teams.
- Identify systemic execution barriers and organizational friction, and drive senior stakeholders toward scalable solutions.
- Set standards for core product practices, including planning, roadmaps, prioritization, decision records, and knowledge management.
- Build and develop Product Operations capability and talent, creating leverage for Product Managers and leaders across the organization.
- Serve as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to senior Product leadership on operating effectiveness, organizational priorities, and execution risk.
Benefits
- The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.
- For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
