Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, International Expansion - Fanatics Core

The role

You will own the technical program for taking Fanatics Core into new international markets. You will work with senior leaders across multiple departments to design a repeatable launch playbook and ensure platform compliance with regulatory, data, and payment needs.

What you will do

• Own the international launch program from start to finish.
• Turn regulation into engineering requirements.
• Build a repeatable expansion playbook.
• Manage vendors and third-party integrations.
• Drive platform readiness.
• Ensure launch quality and operational readiness.
• Align senior stakeholders.
• Lead with data.
• Raise the bar on program management by mentoring other TPMs.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management experience, including leading large, cross-functional programs at a senior/staff level
• 12+ years working directly with software engineering teams on complex, distributed systems
• Proven track record launching products or platforms in multiple international markets, ideally in regulated industries
• Experience translating regulatory and compliance requirements into technical delivery plans
• Experience managing external vendors and third-party technical integrations
• Strong technical grounding in cloud platforms, distributed/microservice architectures and enterprise software
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience running programs with tools such as Jira and Confluence across multiple SDLC methodologies
• Willingness to travel, including internationally, for market launches, partner meetings and team events

Nice to have

• Experience in sports betting, iGaming, fintech, payments or other highly regulated, high-availability industries
• Familiarity with international gaming or financial regulators and licensing processes (e.g., UKGC, MGA, AGCO/iGaming Ontario, or similar)
• Experience with data residency, multi-region deployment and privacy frameworks such as GDPR
• Experience with regional payment methods, multi-currency, tax and localization at scale
• Experience in organizations with multiple P&Ls and shared platform services
• Experience running launch readiness, cutover and hypercare for high-traffic, customer-facing systems
• Experience in a scaled Agile environment
• Comfort with ambiguity, shifting priorities and fast-moving markets
• Working proficiency in a second language

Benefits

• Full-time employment

About the company

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company offers products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming.