Principal Product Manager, Basketball Products

The role

You will lead the basketball product suite, including event feeds, statistics feeds, Performance Studio, and next-generation stats. You will manage the full product lifecycle from ideation to growth for products used by global basketball leagues and partners.

What you will do

• Develop requirements and drive delivery of basketball events feeds, statistics feeds, Performance Studio, and Next Generation stats/visualizations.
• Own the product lifecycle end-to-end from ideation and discovery through build, launch, and post-launch growth.
• Define and evangelize a prioritized product roadmap for basketball products.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, data operations, and business teams to deliver initiatives on time and on budget.
• Provide strategic direction on long-term investment opportunities for the basketball portfolio.
• Balance investment across three product horizons.
• Define KPIs and build dashboards to make data-driven decisions.
• Partner with commercial, marketing, and operations teams to drive go-to-market motions.
• Stay current on basketball analytics trends, computer vision tracking technology, and competitor offerings.

Required qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant product management experience.
• Strong basketball domain knowledge/expertise.
• Product management experience building B2B SaaS or other relevant data feeds/applications.
• Strong grasp of product lifecycle mechanics: discovery, analysis, defining and driving OKRs, ideation, prioritization, and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Experience owning multiple related products or a product portfolio simultaneously.
• Extensive background collaborating with UX design partners.
• Strong background in BI and/or analytics.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working in and delivering products or services in an agile/lean environment.
• Proficiency in gathering and transforming product requirements into a prioritized product roadmap.
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Nice to have

• Experience working on data-oriented or sports statistics products
• Prior experience as a basketball statistician, analyst, or a strong passion for basketball and basketball analytics

Benefits

• Genius Sports Group's benefits plan
• Competitive salary
• Range of benefits
• Support for employee wellbeing
• Support for growth in skills, experience, and career

About the company

Genius Sports enables a new era of sports for fans worldwide by bringing together next-gen technology and live data. They deliver immersive, interactive, and personalized experiences.