Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Director of Product Management role stands out because it sits at the intersection of “product as a service” thinking and a live consumer ecosystem. Although the offering includes physical components, the mandate spans digital experiences and ongoing iteration—an increasingly common pattern as SaaS practices (roadmapping, telemetry, lifecycle design) move into hybrid product businesses.
From a SaaS career perspective, the remit is a strong proxy for building and operating a platform over time: setting a multi-horizon strategy, sequencing bets across initiatives, and translating qualitative fan demand into measurable product outcomes. The emphasis on prioritization and tradeoffs mirrors subscription product leadership, where capacity, retention drivers, and long-term roadmap coherence matter as much as launch execution. Leading and scaling a product team also develops operating cadence and decision frameworks that transfer across SaaS portfolios.
The role is best suited to senior product leaders who prefer ambiguity with clear accountability, and who can navigate complex stakeholder environments spanning creative, technical, operational, and commercial functions. It will fit professionals who enjoy balancing vision with delivery discipline and who want ownership over an end-to-end product roadmap rather than a single feature area.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Team
Fanatics TCG is a new trading card game business, the newest member of the Fanatics Collectibles family. We are here to build the best TCG studio and games in the world.
If you have passion, and skill, and if you believe trading card games represent the very best of what games have to offer, please reach out to us.
Role Summary
The Director of Product Management owns the product vision, strategy, and execution for Fanatics Collectibles’ trading card game business. This role leads product strategy across physical and digital experiences and partners closely with Design, Art, Engineering, Operations, and Commercial teams to bring the TCG to market and scale it as a live ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the end-to-end product vision and roadmap for the TCG business
- Lead and scale the TCG product management team
- Partner with Design and Art leadership to translate creative vision into product plans
- Drive prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoffs across physical and digital initiatives
- Align product strategy with business goals, licensing requirements, and fan needs
- Represent Product in executive and cross-functional leadership forums
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 10 years of product management experience
- Minimum 5 years leading product teams or major product portfolios
- Experience launching and scaling consumer products or live services
- Experience working in highly cross-functional environments
Skills & Abilities
- Strong product strategy, execution, and people leadership skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities
- Data-informed decision-making paired with sound judgment
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and building new product capabilities
Location & Compensation
Achieving our goals requires strong collaboration and partnership between our teams and internal stakeholders. To best support this, the person who accepts this role is expected to be onsite in-office five days per week.
The salary range for this position is $173,000 - $216,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.
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Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.
Fanatics Collectibles is a new model and vision for the hobby, fundamentally changing the experience for current and future collectors, leagues, and players across many U.S. and international professional and college sports. The organization has long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several sports and entertainment properties, including MLB, MLBPA, the Premier League, MLS, UFC, Formula 1 as well as Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, among others. In January 2022, Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of Topps, establishing the preeminent licensed trading card brand as the cornerstone of Fanatics’ trading cards and collectibles business, and jumpstarted its MLB and MLBPA rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards
