Director, Project Management
Fanatics Betting & Gaming
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Job summary
Fanatics Collectibles seeks a Director of Project Management to lead day-to-day execution for our Entertainment portfolio, shaping how licensed trading-card products are developed and brought to market.
You will oversee a team of PMs, establish processes, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment to support a growing portfolio, balancing external licensor requirements with internal delivery.
Qualifications
- 10+ years leading complex PM in licensed physical products or entertainment merchandise.
- Experience managing and developing project management professionals.
- Proven track record of improving processes while managing fast-moving work.
- Experience navigating licensors, IP requirements, or external dependencies.
- Strong executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management.
- Ability to bring structure to evolving, high-pressure environments.
- Experience with project tracking, forecasting, and portfolio reporting tools (Workfront/Airtable helpful).
- Interest in sports, entertainment, trading cards, or collectibles is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Entertainment project management team: set priorities, ownership, coach team members, and create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Drive portfolio execution: oversee 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 unfamiliar with trading-card development.
- Strengthen risk management: anticipate potential issues, develop mitigation plans, and communicate portfolio risks and tradeoffs clearly to senior leadership.
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Job description
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.
Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators.
Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Director of Project Management to lead day-to-day execution, with a focus on our Entertainment portfolio. With additional licenses expected to come online, this leader will help scale how licensed trading-card products are developed and brought to market.
The Director will lead an existing team of project management professionals while building the processes, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment needed to support a growing portfolio. This is a builder-operator role requiring someone who can resolve immediate execution challenges while creating a more predictable and scalable project management function.
The ideal candidate has led teams in licensed physical products, consumer products, entertainment merchandise, or a similarly complex product-development environment. They are comfortable navigating external licensor requirements, shifting dependencies, and high-visibility launches.
- 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.
- 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.
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