Product Manager, Social Engagement

Summary

Join PrizePicks, the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as a Product Manager on our Social Engagement Product Team. You will strategize and execute on product vision, roadmap, and user-facing features for our new Social Engagement vertical. This role requires a strong product management background, experience building products across web and mobile, and excellent communication skills. You will collaborate with engineers, designers, and stakeholders to create engaging social-focused products. PrizePicks offers a remote-first work environment with competitive compensation and benefits, including company-subsidized health plans, 401(k) matching, bonuses, flexible PTO, and generous paid leave.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product management or related disciplines
• A proven track record of building products customers love
• Entrepreneurial drive, passion about our mission, and deep empathy for our customers
• Experience building products across web and mobile apps (Apple and Android app stores)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions
• Strong product discovery and strategic critical thinking skills
• Self-driven ambition with a sense of urgency and a knack for taking audibles in stride and adapting in a high-paced environment
• A constant desire to learn
• You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S

Responsibilities

• Strategize: Identify opportunities to innovate and improve our products, while ensuring a best in class user experience by synthesizing customer pain points, user research, analysis, and stakeholder feedback
• Leverage the power of the PrizePicks community to create new and engaging social-focused products
• Execute: Execute on our team’s product vision, strategy, and roadmap for user-facing features of our new Social Engagement vertical
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and ongoing optimization
• Define and execute on technical requirements, launch strategy, and overall vision of the product
• Collaborate: Work closely with engineers, designers, and a variety of stakeholder groups to define, build, and iterate on a best-in-class user experience
• Learn: Deeply understand the social and DFS landscapes – specifically how they intersect
• Champion a data-driven approach to product decision-making
• Grow: Our team is growing rapidly. We want you to want to grow with it

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the sports/gaming industry and/or a power user of the industry’s products
• Prior experience in the social media industry and/or a power user of the industry’s products
• Obsessive about something. We obviously love sports, but maybe it’s something else for you. What makes you tick? (Being a big sports-head definitely helps too)
• You can add to the PrizePicks Culture. We want to work with people who bring something to the table on and off the field / in and out of the office
• You’re a do-er. Blockers aren’t blockers in your world, and when the play breaks down, you’re more of a Patrick Mahomes than a Carson Wentz
• The ability to work with and define ambiguity
• You have a proven track record of successfully taking products from 0 → 1
• You have a superpower. Everyone’s got one… what’s yours?

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Bi-annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development