Product Manager - Nbc Sports Next

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NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We’re a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our two groups: Youth & Recreational Sports and Golf. 

At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; SportsEngine Motion, sports and fitness business software solutions.

Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what’s Next. 

SportsEngine, Inc., an NBC Sports company and leading provider of Sport Relationship Management (SRM) software, is hiring a Product Manager with a focus on SE Motion, the class based software used by studios, swimming and sport based organizations. This role will be a major contributor to our strategic growth through improving our existing products and finding new opportunities to meet the needs of our customers and business. Our team is based in Minneapolis and we are open to both in-office and remote candidates for this position.

In this highly visible position, the Product Manager will be focused on our class based solutions functions to help businesses using our SportsEngine Motion platform, which includes class schedules, online registration, integrated website and mobile app. You will be responsible for managing the delivery the vision around how business can use the platform to manage their organization as well as how our business’s customers interact with the organization. This role will work cross-functionally to combine market needs, customer feedback, budgetary goals, and our long-term vision into planned milestones mapped to our overall product roadmap.

As a member of the Product Team at SportsEngine, you will…

• Optimize product features through A/B testing. Analyze product data and make iterative product changes with a focus to increase individual ecommerce engagement and lifetime customer value.
• Understand the competitive space better than anyone else. Be an expert in ecommerce with a point of view on how we incorporate commerce into youth sports and differentiate our experiences, as well as the financial reporting necessary for our B2B customers to run their local businesses.
• Communicate across multidisciplinary teams (engineering, design, project management, etc.) to explain complex features and capabilities.
• Engage with consumers as well as sellers/vendors to identify their needs and spot opportunities to build features that increase engagement.
• Drive and direct your product strategy to scheduled milestone deliveries as well as post-launch business goals.
• Manage the strategic roadmap for your product.
• Cultivate relationships across departments, including an ongoing relationship with our centralized payments facilitation team so new payments functionality can be incorporated into your roadmap.
• Create business cases to justify investment in additional product capabilities
• Determine how best to incorporate new product capability via build, partner, buy evaluations
• Partner with our Go-to-Market teams on the commercialization/launch process for product releases to confirm successful delivery of new product capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

• 2+ years in software, technology, or consumer product management focused roles (Both direct to consumer and business to business experience preferred)
• Strong technical, UX and/or business background
• Proven ability to manage products to defined consumer outcomes
• Solid business acumen and strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Advanced presentation skills and strong written/verbal communication
• Good judgment with respect to managing priorities, resources and risk
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to break down complex problems and formulate plans

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Technology, Marketing, or equivalent experience
• Experience working on consumer and business web applications
• Subject matter expertise in sports is a plus

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

Additional Information

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