Director, Project Management

Fanatics Collectibles • Coppell, TX

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About The Position

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Director of Project Management to lead day-to-day project execution, with a focus on its Entertainment portfolio. As additional licenses come online, this leader will help scale the development and launch of licensed trading-card products. The Director will lead an existing team of project management professionals and build the processes, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment needed to support a growing portfolio.

This builder-operator role requires addressing immediate execution challenges while creating a more predictable and scalable project management function. The ideal candidate has led teams in licensed physical products, consumer products, entertainment merchandise, or a similarly complex product-development environment, and can navigate external licensor requirements, shifting dependencies, and high-visibility launches.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience leading complex project or program management within licensed physical products, consumer products, entertainment merchandise, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing project management professionals.
• Track record of improving processes while maintaining accountability for active, fast-moving work.
• Experience navigating external licensors, intellectual-property requirements, or other dependencies outside the organization’s direct control.
• Strong executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to evolving, ambiguous, or high-pressure environments.
• Experience with project tracking, forecasting, and portfolio-reporting tools.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with Workfront or Airtable.
• Interest in sports, entertainment, trading cards, or collectibles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Entertainment project management team by setting priorities, clarifying ownership, coaching team members, and fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee end-to-end development and launch of multiple licensed trading-card properties, keeping dependencies, milestones, risks, and decisions visible and actively managed.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for product-development and launch issues, bringing internal teams and external partners together to reach timely solutions.
• Improve project management processes, tools, reporting, and communication practices to support portfolio growth and make execution more consistent and predictable.
• Partner with product teams, executives, and external licensors, including partners who may be unfamiliar with trading-card development.
• Anticipate potential issues, develop mitigation plans, and communicate portfolio risks and tradeoffs clearly to senior leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed