Senior Manager, Product Design

Hi, we’re Underdog!

We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever.

We build innovative games and products for American sports fans.

Founded in 2020, our team built four of today’s most widely played fantasy games and recently launched our Underdog Sportsbook. We are the only sportsbook to ever launch on our own home grown technology, which allows us to build different and innovative experiences. We believe there’s so much more to be built for sports fans, and we’ll continue to win by building the best products and experiences for our customers.

The opportunity in front of us to become the biggest company in our space is massive; after all, we’re currently sitting in the fastest-growing consumer industry in the U.S. In just over two years, we reached a nearly $500 million valuation through some of the best investors in the game, including Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and SV Angel. We are many times larger now and our growth is not slowing down.

At Underdog, we believe that sports are for everyone and are building a tomorrow for every fan. Want to help create that future? Join us.

What you’ll do:

• As a Senior Manager, you’ll be responsible for our core product offerings in accounts, payments and cohesion. You’ll further our mission of delivering brand-specific consumer experiences, building cohesive user journeys within a product family, partnering across Product, Engineering and other business partners, and working with Design team members directing rapid visual concepts and producing high fidelity visual design. We are a multi-disciplinary design team where you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with many design groups and specialties to create innovative products that people love to use
• Manage in a true 0-to-1 product environment. Ideate, create, grow, and ship products at scale for sports fans
• Provide day-to-day design leadership that builds a shared understanding of the complete user-centric intersection of design, content, technology and business.
• Be a design activator, working to deliver a vision and strategy that balances revolutionary projects along with a plan for innovative, iterative updates to realize a more extensive vision
• Partner with a variety of teams, inspiring confidence that your team will deliver compelling user experiences that are informed, cohesive, and inclusive.
• Lead a team of product designers with various expertise, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to foster their growth and development
• Drive the end-to-end design process, from concept ideation and wireframing to high-fidelity prototyping and user testing, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience across all platforms
• Advocate for the needs and preferences of our diverse user base data-driven insights to inform design decisions
• Effectively communicate design concepts, rationale, and trade-offs to stakeholders at all levels, fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Who you are:

• 10+ years of Product Design/Creative experience, including 5+ years of management experience leading and inspiring teams of designers
• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of projects demonstrating your design process, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Experience resource-planning and staffing projects and groups based on the available skills to deliver excellent design solutions on time
• Possesses a broad and comprehensive understanding of different systems, theories, and practices of design leadership
• Experience identifying and setting platform strategies, envisioning complex user interactions, and inspiring teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Can communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
• Passionate about sports, Underdog’s mission, and products

Even better if you have:

• Experience in visual design and/or art direction
• Experience in fantasy sports and/or sports betting

Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $216,000 and $250,000, plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills and experience, among other things.

What we can offer you:

• Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• A $500 home office allowance
• A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
• 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents

This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations.

Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.

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