Product Manager

Summary

Join NBCUniversal's Youth & Recreational Sports group as a Product Manager at SportsEngine and become a subject matter expert on the products you manage, understanding how they solve customer problems. You will write user stories, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria, manage project requirements, scope, and delivery timelines, and own the product backlog. Responsibilities include communicating product direction to stakeholders, demonstrating thought leadership, creating business cases, gathering market intelligence, overseeing product launches, contributing to market strategies, tracking product metrics, and breaking down complex releases. You will also act as the day-to-day contact for development teams and support data-driven product decisions. This fully remote role requires a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a technology-driven organization. The position will transition to Versant in the future.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

Fully Remote