Senior Technical Product Manager
Overview
PrizePicks is a leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, covering NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. The company is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager - Data to lead the internal data platform.
Responsibilities
Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as the product-accountable owner for the internal data platform, partnering directly with non-technical business stakeholders such as Fraud, RevOps, Partnerships, Acquisition, Player Accounts, Accounting, and Finance.
Capture requirements at source and translate raw business problems into product framing, scope, and acceptance criteria before delivery starts.
Engage upstream product teams - gameplay, discovery, growth - to define data event tracking and instrumentation requirements before features go to build.
Prevent reporting gaps by owning the data requirements conversation early in the product development lifecycle.
Strategy: Own the product roadmap across the full data platform lifecycle, sequence stakeholder requests and platform investments against capacity and business priorities, and identify recurring patterns to turn them into durable mart and view extensions.
Execute: Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for data deliverables, partner with Analytics Engineering on data mart and stable view design, ensure requirements and UAT criteria are clear before AE begins building, and own the product decisions around pipeline health, SLAs, and failure triage.
Collaborate: Bridge analytics, analytics engineering, and data engineering conversations so internal consumers experience one product team, not three. Champion a data-quality-first culture and surface data trust issues early.
Industry Knowledge: Develop deep familiarity with how each stakeholder function uses data, and lead: Report to the Group Product Manager and manage a combined Analytics Engineering and Data Engineering team.
Requirements
Strong understanding of data modeling fundamentals, ability to reason about grain, fan-out risk, and dimensional design decisions.
Working knowledge of ETL and data pipeline concepts, experience owning product decisions around pipeline health, and experience engaging upstream product teams on data event tracking and instrumentation requirements before features go to build.
Experience partnering with or managing data engineering and analytics engineering teams on platform-level deliverables, and track record of building durable reporting and data infrastructure solutions.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, bias toward listening before scoping, and comfort with ambiguity and the patience to build trust with stakeholders.
Qualifications
7+ years of product management experience, with relevant time on internal-facing data products, BI platforms, data engineering, or stakeholder-driven reporting work.
Experience working in risk, fraud, or finance reporting domains, experience with data quality frameworks, and experience designing or operating an intake and sequencing process for cross-functional data requests.
Track record of ongoing formal and informal learning in data engineering or analytics engineering, and a passion for daily fantasy sports and an understanding of the competitive landscape.
Skills
Strong understanding of data modeling fundamentals, ETL and data pipeline concepts, and experience engaging upstream product teams on data event tracking and instrumentation requirements before features go to build.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, bias toward listening before scoping, and comfort with ambiguity and the patience to build trust with stakeholders.
Benefits
Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
401(k) plan with company match
Annual bonus
Flexible PTO
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