FOX Sports is the global innovator in sports production and we are looking to maintain our creative excellence in the digital world with the consumer products that we create for our customers.
At FOX Corporation, we write the software and build the products millions of sports and entertainment consumers choose to enjoy. Our strong product development team is expanding as the demand for digital entertainment continues to grow.
Now's your chance to get into the sports and entertainment industry while also advancing your technical skills.
For this growth position, we are specifically looking for an entry-level product manager who enjoys working in a casual, flexible, high-paced work environment.
The ideal candidate is passionate about sports and delivering the best user experience to fans. The role will support the Director of Product Management in the ideation and development of the core web user experience to help drive discoverability,
engagement, and retention enabling Foxsports.com to continue to be a best in class product. The successful candidate will have experience managing digital initiatives and will collaborate with a team of
product managers, engineers, designers, UX researchers, and data analysts to drive our key goals.
If you are interested in working on customer experience, product development, and strategy for a market- leading app/website/digital product, we'd love to hear from you.
You’ll be joining a growing team that’s passionate about sports and sports fans. You’re empowered to discover and deliver impactful solutions and drive the business.
Responsibilities:
- Support the Director of Product Management with development and launch of new features and capabilities for Foxsports.com in partnership with our Engineering , Design, and Research.
- Work effectively with a team of developers to ensure a consistently smooth process of code deployment to market
- Be the voice of the customer and the product evangelist to users, executives, and partners
- Contribute to the proactive engagement product strategy and execution of the roadmap
- Feed the product backlog, ensuring our Engineering team has adequate detail to interpret user stories and success criteria
- Liaise with various partners like the CMS team and Editorial as required on new capabilities
- Produce detailed written specifications (i.e. user stories) for web products
- Gather requirements to define minimum viable product and phasing
- Perform thorough user acceptance testing with strong attention to detail and performance
- Ship experiments in partnership with our growth and data science team to test bold product hypotheses designed to improve our ability to get users engaged with the content on web and other platforms
- Plan future features, releases and iterations, based on qualitative and quantitative data
- Understand the competitive landscape and evolving customer needs
- Stay current on sports and entertainment products, topics and trends
- Other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
Requirements:
- BA/BS in Computer Science, engineering, related disciplines or equivalent practical experience
- Ability to communicate with effectiveness and empathy
- Enthusiasm and passion for great products and demonstrated customer focus
- Ability to take a collaborative approach to operate in a matrixed environment
- Can-do attitude with a passion for digital products and technology
- Analytically savvy – leveraging both quantitative and qualitative insights to drive outcome-driven product decisions
- Curiosity about the why and how
- Sense of urgency and enthusiasm in developing a best in class products
- Proactive – you find a way to solve problems regardless of how unclear they initially appear
- Experience writing product specifications for development teams
- Strong affinity for sports and familiarity with competing products
- Interest in gambling, live streaming, data visualizations, esports and social media platforms
- Comfortable with giving and receiving candid feedback
- Experience participating in and collaborating with others on the team as well as across the organization for the achievement of business goals
What we're really looking for is someone who...
- Takes great pride in his/her work and is excited to show it off to friends
- Understands the importance of strong teamwork to create great products
- Anticipates product problem areas before they happen
- Analyzes a problem and thinks through potential solutions before asking dev team to write a line of code
- Is always looking to improve, learn from and share knowledge with his/her peers
- Assesses project scope and provides accurate time estimates
- Consistently meets deadlines, anticipates issues and raises concerns early
- Solves problems without being asked
- Enjoys working with others
- Is flexible and open to feedback
- Enjoys creating products, talking about digital products and using digital products on all platforms and devices
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
At FOX, we foster a culture and environment where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent across our company. We live in a diverse world, with different ideas and different perspectives that come together to spark new ideas and make great things happen. That means reflecting the diversity of the world around us is critical to our company’s success. We ensure that our viewers, communities and employees feel heard, represented, and celebrated both on screen and off.
