Senior Product Manager, Consumer Growth & Fan Engagement

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager, Consumer Growth & Fan Engagement to help shape the next generation of fan experiences across Sports Illustrated, FanSided, and other owned-and-operated properties within the Minute Media portfolio. This role focuses on premium fan experiences, fan identity, personalization, and audience engagement.

What You'll Do

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for fan engagement experiences across our US sports media portfolio, including community, participation, personalization, gamification, and other interactive experiences that deepen fan relationships and drive audience growth, engagement, and revenue.
• Lead fan identity, audience segmentation, personalization, and registration initiatives that strengthen direct audience relationships and drive engagement, conversion, and long-term audience value.
• Leverage AI to create differentiated fan experiences while using AI-native workflows, agents, and automation to accelerate product discovery, experimentation, vendor evaluation, and execution.
• Partner with Business Development, Revenue, Editorial, Audience Development, and Marketing teams to evaluate and launch strategic partnerships that create differentiated fan experiences and unlock new audience and monetization opportunities.
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate third-party technologies and vendors (interactive platforms, gaming providers, AI tools, data and identity platforms, and audience technologies), owning build-versus-buy decisions where appropriate.
• Define success metrics and KPIs, make data-driven decisions, and measure impact from hypothesis through launch, experimentation, and optimization.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Editorial, Audience Development, Growth, Data, Revenue, Marketing, and Engineering teams to successfully launch and scale new consumer experiences.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience building consumer-facing sports products, with experience in sports media, publishing, fantasy sports, betting, fan engagement, or community-driven experiences.
• Deep knowledge of US sports and a strong understanding of how sports fans discover, engage with, and deepen their connection to teams, athletes, creators, and communities over time.
• Experience owning products or features that drove measurable growth in engagement, retention, personalization, audience development, monetization, or customer lifetime value.
• Hands-on experience building personalization, fan identity, audience segmentation, or first-party data products.
• Strong experimentation mindset, leveraging data, customer insights, testing, and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate product discovery, decision-making, and execution.
• Experience driving initiatives independently from concept through launch and optimization in cross-functional environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders across Product, Editorial, Audience Development, Growth, Revenue, Marketing, Design, Data, and Engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and experimentation mindset, leveraging data, customer insights, testing, and AI-enabled workflows to drive product discovery, decision-making, and execution in technical environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fantasy sports, prediction, sports betting, loyalty, or community products.
• Background in sports media, publishing, gaming, or subscription products.

Where You'll Be

Remote (East Coast preferred)

Pay Range

The expected salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $145,000. Actual pay will be determined based on skills, experience, and location.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy
• 15 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health insurance
• 401(k) with company match

Contact Information

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