Acquisition and Investment Strategy Director

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New York City, NY, USA
Hybrid
146K-183K Annually
Senior level
Gaming
FanDuel makes sports matter more to fans, by delivering the gaming experience they deserve.
The Role
Lead media investment strategy and operations for FanDuel Sports: build and develop a high-performing media planning team, optimize media investment and partnerships, drive ROI via analytics and marketing mix modeling, automate processes, partner with finance and GTM, and improve reporting to meet business performance targets.
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THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We’re looking for a Director of Media Investment Strategy, Planning & Operations to shape and lead our media investment allocation strategy with data-driven decision making. We’re looking for someone with marketing & commercial savvy to drive company growth through our Sports product. This is a high-profile role with the opportunity to make a material impact on the business outcome for FanDuel Group.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

  • Build, lead & develop a high performing team focused on delivering excellence in media planning, investment strategy & operations to drive business results.
  • Evolve overall media planning process, ensuring commercial & brand strategy fuels sophisticated media investment to extract optimal results from our partnership portfolio.
  • Manage & challenge existing media investment practice principles to drive brand & business growth both short & long term.
  • Partner with media investment leads to ensure ongoing optimizations in-period, especially around key sports tentpoles to unlock optimal return & ensure fulfillment.
  • Relentlessly drive process & workflow efficiencies with dedicated focus on operational automation to improve overall media org throughput.
  • Partner with GTM teams to optimize investment across sports & help define short-term and long-term optimization to deliver commercially sensible growth results.
  • Holistically understand our marketing investment through marketing mix modeling insights to drive marketing ROI.
  • Support in all major partnership endeavors & joint business plan agreements with tier 1 digital media partners across the calendar year to unlock optimal value for the FanDuel business across all products.
  • Strategically partner with internal media analytics team to further develop performance reporting capabilities & visualizations to provide the digital media team with key insights to enable campaign & strategy optimizations.
  • Drive focus with media team leadership group to ensure achievement of business performance metrics & payback targets.
  • Work with finance counterparts to build & sign off annual marketing investment, to include guidance of quarterly re-forecasting process, ensuring finance goals translate into marketing objectives.
  • Lead large scale partnership investment valuation work with media investment and strategic partnership counterparts
  • Mature our media practice constantly iterating and improving our reporting, insights, experiments, and partnership portfolio.
  • Lead and influence media and campaign marketing teams to help deliver against media targets.
  • Foster a test and learn culture that continues to improve our performance and processes.

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

  • 8+ years of experience in digital/growth marketing with a focus on consumer acquisition
  • 5+ years of managerial experience preferred
  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business or Analytical field (or other relevant discipline) preferred
  • Strong communication skills and experience influencing senior leadership teams
  • Proven growth mindset; Product led, data driven and highly creative
  • Results oriented, with the need to be objective and measure performance
  • Metrics driven and continuously seeking improvement of marketing efforts to increase quality and productivity
  • Strong commercial & financial acumen with proven ability to manage senior stakeholders.
  • Track record of delivering business outcomes
  • Strong analytical rigor to your decision making
  • Ability and eagerness to effectively balance the big-picture strategic work with execution
  • Proficient in a range of tools across the marketing stack: Amplitude, Appsflyer, GA, Tableau preferred
  • Customer focused
  • Interest in the sports gaming industry preferred

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.  

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email [email protected].

The applicable salary range for this position is $146,000 - $183,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in digital/growth marketing with a focus on consumer acquisition
  • 5+ years of managerial experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or analytical field
  • Strong communication skills and experience influencing senior leadership
  • Proven growth mindset; product-led, data-driven, and creative
  • Results oriented and metrics driven with objective performance measurement
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen with ability to manage senior stakeholders
  • Track record of delivering business outcomes
  • Strong analytical rigor in decision making
  • Ability to balance strategic big-picture work with execution
  • Proficient with Amplitude, Appsflyer, Google Analytics, and Tableau
  • Customer focused
  • Interest in the sports gaming industry

Fanduel Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fanduel and has not been reviewed or approved by Fanduel.

  • Affordable Benefits Feedback suggests medical coverage includes options with $0 premiums and relatively low deductibles, reducing out-of-pocket costs. Company-paid or heavily subsidized plans extend to dependents and include HSA options for eligible employees.
  • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests comprehensive health and dental coverage, strong mental health resources, and wellness programs are widely valued. Offerings include PPO/EPO/Kaiser choices with supportive services for preventive and ongoing care.
  • Parental & Family Support Feedback suggests family-building and caregiving supports are robust, including fertility benefits, adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, backup care, and generous parental leave. Resources such as priority childcare access and a family concierge are also provided.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
3,693 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier mobile gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across sports betting, iGaming, horse racing, advance-deposit wagering, daily fantasy sports. In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV its broadly distributed linear cable television and leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 25 retail locations. The company is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, (NYSE: FLUT) the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands.

Why Work With Us

We are the #1 sports betting app in North America leveraging the intersection of consumer-facing tech with sports industry data to lead the US market. We offer a way to launch a career in online betting, learning from industry experts and backed by a top NYSE listed, global company. And, we have fun turning sports into experiences for fans!

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