Senior Director, Product

Job Description

Responsibilities

SportsEngine, Inc., an NBC Sports Group company and leading provider of Sport Relationship Management (SRM) software, is hiring a Senior Director of Product to join our Product team in Minneapolis to deliver our strategic growth goals by improving existing products and creating new products.

In this highly visible position, the Senior Director of Product is responsible for determining, driving and leading the product strategy and direction of SportsEngine's platforms with direct management of multiple product teams that identify market needs and transition those needs into SportsEngine products and solutions.

Reporting directly to the VP of Product and Strategy, this person will be a key leader of the senior leadership team within the Product Development department and will be responsible for delivering great products that meet our company goals and exceed our customers expectations.

As a senior leader of the Product Development team at SportsEngine, you will...
• Determine and drive the product strategy and direction of SportsEngine's platforms
• Provide mentorship, oversight to and directly manage Product Managers, Product Owners and Data Analytics
• Work cross-functionally with Senior Leaders, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success to ensure departmental alignment to our company goals
• Conceptualize, build and deliver features, enhancements and new products that drive business and customer value
• Create a data-driven culture that accelerates our business growth
• Communicate strategy, direction and progress to internal and external audiences
• Lead cross functional teams for successful delivery of new products to market
• Demonstrate thought leadership with how product(s) address key market problems/needs
• Listen to the market to determine needs by actively engaging with customers, and participating in youth sports events and organizations for primary research and experience
• Create business cases to justify investment in additional product capabilities
• Determine how best to incorporate new product capability via build, partner, buy evaluations
• Manage contact with customers, industry influencers and strategic partners to obtain competitive and market data for product
• Oversee commercialization/launch process for product releases to confirm successful delivery of new product capabilities from concept to post launch delivery
• Be responsible for market requirements, pricing, market sizing, competitive analysis for product(s)

Qualifications/Requirements
• 8+ years working as a product management leader, SaaS background is preferred, or equivalent
• Strong technical and business background
• Solid business acumen and strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Advanced presentation skills and strong written/verbal communication
• Good judgment with respect to managing priorities, resources and risk
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to break down complex problems and formulate plans
• Previous people management experience essential

Desired Characteristics
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Have 5+ years of professional experience working on consumer and business web applications
• Demonstrated track record of strong execution and experience partnering with technical teams to deliver results.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnk3p3-3-145-191-169-42 in your application.