Senior Manager, Product Design - Gamification & Social Engagement

February 25

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Spectator Sports

201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

⚽ Sports

📋 Description

• Lead Design Strategy & Execution: • Own, enhance, and evolve the our DFS gamification experience, focusing on increasing user engagement, social participation, and retention. • Develop and execute innovative design strategies that align with our customer needs and business objectives. • Collaborate closely with Product, Marketing and Engineering teams to bring our roadmap and platform vision to life. • Drive collaborative ideation sessions, design critiques, and feedback loops and champion user-centered design methodologies, ensuring our products meet high standards of UX. • Explore new gamification trends, user engagement strategies, and social features to continuously innovate and deliver to our brand promise. • Team Leadership & Development: • Lead and mentor a team of product designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing design culture. • Manage team development through coaching, feedback, and professional growth opportunities. • Cultivate a user-centered design approach, ensuring the team balances creativity with strategic thinking and business KPIs. • Operational Excellence & Governance: • Contribute towards and help sharpen design team practices, structures, and governance for optimal efficiency and effectiveness. • Lead team meetings, strategic discussions, and contribute to leadership initiatives. • Maintain high standards of quality, operational excellence, and customer-focused intelligence.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in design, with at least 5 years in management roles leading product design teams, with a track record of shipping impactful products. • Proven ability to inspire and lead design teams toward ambitious goals, providing critical business context, feedback, and direction. • Demonstrated experience leading and developing design teams, with a focus on mentorship and career growth. • A solid grasp of gamification principles, social engagement strategies, and user retention mechanics. • Exceptional communication and facilitation skills, fostering collaboration across multiple departments. • Passion for pushing design boundaries, exploring new practices, and maintaining a high bar for design standards. • Strong analytical skills, leveraging user research, data, and feedback to inform design decisions. • Creative thinker who stays on top of design trends, emerging technologies, and user behavior insights.

🏖️ 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