Director, Portfolio Management

The role

The Director will own the inventory portfolio for Fanatics Collect and its Instant Rips business. This leader manages capital allocation, pricing frameworks, and downside risk for the portfolio while leading a team of portfolio managers.

What you will do

• Own portfolio strategy and P&L, setting revenue, retention, and margin targets.
• Manage risk for balance sheet exposure including position sizing and liquidity.
• Define and maintain the risk framework including exposure limits and stop-loss policies.
• Own Instant Rip pack design and economics in partnership with Commercial and Finance.
• Build and run a live ops engine for pack launches and seasonal events.
• Execute the sourcing product roadmap in partnership with Product, Design, and Engineering.
• Build and launch an order book of demand and supply for B2B partners.
• Partner on user cohorting and lifecycle strategy using data.
• Run an experimentation program across pricing, pack mechanics, and merchandising.
• Partner with Legal, Policy, and Compliance to ensure responsible operations.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in trading, portfolio management, inventory or merchandise buying, category management, or sourcing.
• 3+ years leading teams.
• Proven track record owning buying decisions and managing balance sheet or inventory risk.
• Strong understanding of the trading card market, including key players, product trends, grading, and price dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to build and apply risk frameworks.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen including forecasting and unit economics.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers, sellers, and large-scale counterparties.
• Analytical mindset with fluency in Excel and/or BI tools.
• Sound judgment and decisiveness under uncertainty.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Genuine passion for sports, trading cards, or collectibles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience in collectibles, alternative assets, or other illiquid, price-volatile markets
• MBA or equivalent

About the company

Fanatics Collect is a global product and technology group dedicated to revolutionizing the world of collectibles. It is backed by Fanatics, the world’s largest sports merchandiser.