Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform and is seeking a Founding Product Designer for its new financial services initiative. The role involves leading product design for financial services products, collaborating with various teams, and mentoring a product design team to enhance user experience.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the product design vision and strategy for the Fanatics Credit Card and supporting products
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data teams to bring innovative ideas to life while ensuring cohesive, fan-focused experiences
- Establish and scale design systems, processes, and best practices across teams
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing product design team
- Foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and user-centered design
- Provide clear career development paths, coaching, and feedback to help designers grow
- Oversee end-to-end design execution for high-priority initiatives, from discovery through delivery
- Ensure designs are informed by user research, data insights, and usability testing
- Drive quality, consistency, and accessibility in design outputs across platforms (web, mobile, retail touchpoints)
- Act as a key partner to executive leadership, influencing product roadmaps and business priorities through design thinking
- Communicate design strategy and impact effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Champion the voice of the customer across the organization
Skills
- 12+ years of product design experience, with at least 5 years in design leadership roles
- Proven experience scaling design teams and systems in a fast-paced, high-growth digital environment
- Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end design leadership on consumer-facing digital products (sports, gaming, or entertainment a plus)
- Deep understanding of UX/UI best practices, design thinking, and user research methods
- Experience collaborating closely with Product and Engineering to drive measurable business outcomes
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and leadership skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Benefits
- The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.
- For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
Company Overview
Fanatics is a global sports platform reimagining the fan experience across gear, trading cards, sports betting, content, events, and more. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.fanaticsinc.com.