Director, Entertainment Project Management (Licensing)

Fanatics; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Director of Project Management to lead day-to-day execution, focusing on our Entertainment portfolio. This leader will scale how licensed trading-card products are developed and brought to market, building processes, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment to support a growing portfolio.

The Director will manage an existing team of PM professionals, resolving execution challenges while creating a predictable PM function.

Qualifications

• 10+ years progressive experience leading complex project or program management within licensed physical products, consumer products, entertainment merchandise, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing project management professionals.
• Track record of improving processes while maintaining accountability for active, fast-moving work.
• Experience navigating external licensors, intellectual-property requirements, or other dependencies outside the organization’s direct control.
• Strong executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to evolving, ambiguous, or high-pressure environments.
• Experience with project tracking, forecasting, and portfolio-reporting tools; direct experience with Workfront or Airtable is helpful but not required.
• Interest in sports, entertainment, trading cards, or collectibles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Entertainment project management team: Set priorities, clarify ownership, coach team members, and create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive portfolio execution: Oversee the end-to-end development and launch of multiple licensed trading-card properties, ensuring dependencies, milestones, risks, and decisions remain visible and actively managed.
• Resolve complex execution challenges: Serve as a senior escalation point for product-development and launch issues, bringing together internal teams and external partners to reach timely solutions.
• Build scalable operations: Improve project management processes, tools, reporting, and communication practices to support portfolio growth and make execution more consistent and predictable.
• Manage cross-functional and licensor alignment: Partner closely with product teams, executives, and external licensors, including partners who may be unfamiliar with trading-card development.
• Strengthen risk management: Anticipate potential issues, develop mitigation plans, and communicate portfolio risks and tradeoffs clearly to senior leadership.

Job description

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Director of Project Management to lead day-to-day execution, focusing on our Entertainment portfolio. This leader will scale how licensed trading-card products are developed and brought to market, building processes, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment to support a growing portfolio.

The Director will manage an existing team of PM professionals, resolving execution challenges while creating a predictable PM function.