Product Manager

Job Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

You'll be joining our Youth & Recreational Sports group, home to digital platforms that empower families, coaches, athletes, and administrators to participate in and manage sports more efficiently and safely. Products like SportsEngine HQ, SportsEngine Motion, SportsEngine Play, and SportsEngine Tourney offer seamless solutions for registration, payment processing, communication, video streaming, and tournament management. Our team also includes NCSI, which helps protect youth athletes by providing essential background screening and training services. Together, we're making sports more accessible and inclusive for millions of young athletes across the country.
Job Description
As a Product Manager at SportsEngine, you will:
• Become a subject matter expert on the products you manage and understand how they solve customer problems
• Write clear, detailed user stories, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria
• Be hands-on in managing project requirements, scope, and delivery timelines
• Own and manage the product backlog in a Kanban/Agile environment, ensuring continuous flow and effective prioritization
• Help communicate strategy, progress, and product direction to internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrate thought leadership in addressing key market problems and customer needs
• Create business cases to support investment in new product capabilities
• Engage with customers, industry influencers, and partners to gather competitive and market intelligence
• Oversee the product launch process from concept to post-launch, ensuring smooth commercialization
• Contribute to the development of market requirements and go-to-market strategies
• Ensure product metrics are tracked and used to inform iteration and continuous improvement
• Break down complex releases into milestones to enable consistent, incremental delivery
• Learn quickly from product releases and iterate using customer feedback and usage data
• Utilize JIRA to manage workflows, track progress, and report on delivery performance
• Maintain and organize product documentation in Confluence
• Act as the day-to-day contact for development teams, clarifying requirements and removing blockers
• Support data-driven product decisions through analytics, user feedback, and team input
• Participate in and lead Agile ceremonies such as backlog grooming, stand-ups, sprint planning, and demos
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Sport Management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a technology-driven organization
• Strong presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Highly detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Strong judgment in managing priorities, resources, and risk
• Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Proven experience delivering SaaS projects on time and within budget
• High proficiency in JIRA (boards, filters, reporting, backlog management)
• Skilled in Confluence for product documentation and internal communication
• Comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience collaborating with engineering, QA, and design teams

Desired Characteristics:
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with JIRA
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver results under pressure
• Strong ability to investigate and learn unfamiliar systems quickly
• Familiarity or background in the sports management industry
• Experience in software engineering, technical support, or systems analysis
• Exposure to customer discovery practices or product analytics tools
Fully Remote: This role has been designated as fully remote, meaning it is expected to be performed from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, typically an employee's residence.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-9zzk37-18-97-14-84-42 in your application.