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title: 'AI Strategy & Operations Senior Manager at FanDuel'
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# AI Strategy & Operations Senior Manager at FanDuel

- **Company:** FanDuel
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16
- **Apply:** https://www.fanduel.careers/open-positions?gh_jid=7950712

## Job description

## THE POSITION

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

The Sr. Manager of AI Operations & Strategy will play a critical role in helping scale and operationalize AI across the enterprise. This role sits at the intersection of AI, product, engineering, operations, and business transformation.

This is a highly cross-functional leadership and execution role designed for a strategic operator with strong consulting, program leadership, and organizational management experience. We are looking for someone who excels at bringing structure to ambiguity, driving alignment across senior stakeholders, coordinating complex initiatives, and ensuring teams execute effectively against strategic priorities.

You do not need to be a hands-on AI engineer or researcher. Instead, success in this role comes from the ability to understand how AI initiatives create business value, translate strategic goals into executable programs, and help teams deliver outcomes at scale.

This role will exercise influence across AI Software Engineering, AI Product Management, and AI Platform Engineering while partnering closely with Security, Platform Engineering & Operations, Product Engineering, Data, Finance, and other business stakeholders.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in technology strategy, transformation, operations, consulting, PMO leadership, and/or enterprise program management who thrives in fast-moving environments and enjoys solving complex organizational challenges.

In addition to the responsibilities outlined below, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned to support evolving business priorities.

## THE GAME PLAN

Everyone on our team has a part to play

AI Operations & Strategic Execution

- Partner closely with the AI Engineering team to operationalize and execute strategic AI priorities across the organization.
- Help coordinate organizational priorities, operating rhythms, planning processes, and cross-functional execution.
- Drive alignment and coordination across partner organizations including other Corporate Technology teams (like Security, Platform Engineering & Operations, Product Engineering, Data, Infrastructure) as well as business stakeholders.
- Establish and manage scalable operational mechanisms for roadmap planning, prioritization, executive reporting, portfolio management, governance reviews, and delivery tracking.
- Help ensure AI initiatives remain aligned to business priorities, resource constraints, operational dependencies, and organizational goals.
- Coordinate complex, cross-functional AI programs spanning multiple teams, stakeholders, and delivery timelines.
- Prepare executive-level communications, updates, presentations, and operational reviews related to AI initiatives, investments, risks, and business impact.
- Identify organizational bottlenecks, execution gaps, and operational inefficiencies and help drive resolution plans across teams.

AI Product Strategy, Planning & Delivery

- Influence and help coordinate AI product roadmaps, prioritization processes, execution plans, measurement strategies, and operational rollout plans.
- Partner with AI Product Management and engineering leadership to ensure initiatives are clearly scoped, prioritized appropriately, and operationally executable.
- Support the development of business cases, prioritization frameworks, implementation plans, and success metrics for AI investments.
- Help define operational KPIs and measurement frameworks tied to adoption, productivity, delivery execution, customer impact, and business value realization.
- Coordinate post-launch operational processes including adoption tracking, enhancement planning, stakeholder communication, and ongoing delivery management.
- Help drive organizational consistency in how AI initiatives are planned, governed, communicated, and executed across the enterprise.
- Support leadership in balancing short-term execution priorities with longer-term strategic initiatives and transformation goals.

Innovation & Enterprise Transformation

- Help FanDuel identify, evaluate, and operationalize opportunities to leverage AI and emerging technologies across the business.
- Partner with leaders across marketing, operations, customer experience, product, engineering, responsible gaming, finance, and corporate functions to identify high-value opportunities for AI-enabled transformation.
- Coordinate pilots, proof-of-concepts, and experimentation initiatives to assess business impact, operational feasibility, organizational readiness, and scalability.
- Evaluate external vendors, strategic partners, and consulting opportunities that can accelerate innovation and delivery.
- Develop prioritization frameworks to identify the highest-value AI opportunities across customer, operational, and enterprise domains.
- Support change management, communication planning, organizational readiness, and adoption efforts for scaled AI initiatives.
- Partner with leadership to operationalize hackathons, innovation sprints, AI enablement programs, and culture-building initiatives that foster AI adoption across the company.

In six months, you’ll know you’re heading on the right path if you’ve built:

- A repeatable planning and prioritization process for AI initiatives, including intake, business case development, roadmap visibility, dependency management, resourcing tradeoffs, and executive review.
- A portfolio management framework that gives the AI Leadership Team a clear view of active initiatives, delivery status, risks, blockers, investment needs, adoption progress, and measurable business impact.
- A consistent approach for moving AI opportunities from idea to pilot to scaled delivery, with defined success metrics, adoption plans, stakeholder communication, and post-launch measurement.
- Cross-functional teams are executing more effectively because priorities are clearer, decisions are made faster, dependencies are surfaced earlier, and AI programs are managed through shared operating mechanisms rather than ad hoc coordination.
- The organization is better positioned to identify, evaluate, and scale high-value AI opportunities across customer experience, product, marketing, engineering, operations, support, and corporate functions.

## THE STATS

What we're looking for in our next teammate

- We’re looking for someone who brings strong experience across most of these areas. We’ll evaluate each candidate holistically, so don’t count yourself out if you don’t check every box.

- 6+ years of experience across strategy, operations, consulting, transformation, program management, product operations, or technology leadership roles (though we weight the quality and scope of what you’ve done over the number of years on paper)
- Strong experience managing large-scale cross-functional programs in complex technology organizations. Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously is a non-negotiable.
- Proven ability to drive alignment, execution, and accountability across diverse stakeholder groups and organizational boundaries.
- Experience supporting executive leadership teams through strategic planning, operational reviews, roadmap planning, and organizational transformation initiatives.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams.
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, highly ambiguous environments with evolving priorities.
- AI expertise is not a requirement, more of a nice-to-have—we’re looking for someone with genuine curiosity about AI, a desire to learn, and the ability to ramp quickly in a fast-moving space.
- Background in management consulting, technology strategy, PMO leadership, transformation offices, or high-growth technology environments strongly preferred.

## ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

## PLAYER BENEFITS

We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: [FanDuel Total Rewards](https://fanduelbenefits.com/). *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principles states, “We are One Team!”. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.

The applicable salary range for this position is $171,000 - $224,700 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

FanDuel is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email Benefits@fanduel.com.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

#LI-Hybrid

## About FanDuel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: FanDuel is America’s #1 Sportsbook and premier mobile gaming company, offering a suite of sports betting, daily fantasy, online casino, and horse racing entertainment experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Private subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT), a publicly traded parent company
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Nigel Eccles, Lesley Eccles, Chris Stafford, Rob Jones, Tom Griffiths

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Online sports betting, daily fantasy sports, iGaming (online casino), horse racing, sports media/television
- Target customers: B2C — sports fans and gaming enthusiasts across North America
- Mission or purpose statement: To set the standard for responsible gaming while giving sports fans new ways to engage with the games they love and helping fans win every day.

## Products & Services
- **[FanDuel Sportsbook](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Online and mobile sports betting platform offering wagers on major sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc.), live in-play betting, and Same Game Parlay (a first-of-its-kind product in the U.S.)
- **[FanDuel Fantasy](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Daily fantasy sports platform where users draft teams and compete for cash prizes across a wide range of sports
- **[FanDuel Casino](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Online casino platform offering slots, table games, and live dealer experiences, launched in New Jersey in July 2021
- **[FanDuel Racing](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Horse racing betting platform (formerly TVG), offering live odds, race replays, and wagering on tracks worldwide
- **[FanDuel TV](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Broadly distributed television network featuring original sports programming like “Up & Adams” and “Run It Back,” alongside live horse racing coverage
- **[FanDuel Predicts](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: A predictive betting product (in partnership with CME Group) allowing customers to bet on financial indicators, cultural moments, and more
- **[FanDuel Faceoff](https://www.fanduel.com/about)**: Peer-to-peer fantasy product (formerly FanDuel Picks) launched in select states in September 2022

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed for FanDuel directly; parent company Flutter Entertainment has a market cap of approximately $45-50 billion (as of mid-2025)
- **Key Metric**: America’s #1 Sportsbook and iGaming brand by market share; nearly 4,000 employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Flutter Entertainment (parent company, acquired FanDuel in July 2018); official sports betting partner of the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL; founding member of the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA)
- **Growth Signals**: Explosive growth from 2013-2015 in daily fantasy; rapid expansion into sports betting post-2018 PASPA repeal; launched online casino in 2021; rebranded TVG network as FanDuel TV; expanded into Canada with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto; continues to hire across the US, UK, and Canada

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover scale in daily fantasy**: Established brand trust and a massive user base before sports betting legalization
- **Market-leading position**: America’s #1 Sportsbook, giving it a dominant share in the most lucrative U.S. betting market
- **Integrated product ecosystem**: A single account gives users access to sportsbook, casino, fantasy, racing, and predictive betting — creating high switching costs and cross-sell opportunities
- **Flutter Entertainment backing**: Access to the resources, technology, and global expertise of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming operator
- **Official league partnerships**: Exclusive partnerships with the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL provide brand credibility and data access
- **Innovation track record**: Pioneered Same Game Parlay in the U.S.; first to market with many product features
- **Responsible gaming leadership**: Founding member of ROGA; industry-leading responsible gaming tools and customer protections

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Continuing to enter new states as sports betting and iGaming are legalized, plus building presence in Canada
- **Product innovation**: Developing new betting formats (e.g., Predicts, Faceoff) and enhancing the mobile experience
- **Media integration**: Growing FanDuel TV as a content and brand-building platform to drive customer acquisition and engagement
- **Responsible gaming**: Deepening commitment to customer protection and industry-wide responsible gaming standards
- **Technology and platform scaling**: Building a fast, secure, and rock-solid platform in one of the most regulated markets in the world

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and principles**: FanDuel operates on a set of core principles including “One Team,” “Own the Outcome,” “Assume Positive Intent,” “Challenge Then Commit,” “Stay Humble Stay Hungry,” and “Win with Integrity” [fanduel.careers](https://www.fanduel.careers/fanduel-life/)
- **Work environment**: Hybrid and remote options available depending on role and location; offices in New York City (HQ), Atlanta, Jersey City, Los Angeles, Edinburgh (Scotland), Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, cash bonuses based on personal and company performance, stock awards, comprehensive healthcare, mental health resources, fitness perks, family planning support; UK employees have certified Mental Health Champions in-office
- **Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)**: Seven ERGs providing community, engagement, and professional development opportunities; monthly themed happy hours and social events (intramural sports, workout classes, line dancing)
- **Learning and development**: Strong emphasis on continuous learning, leadership development, and career growth
- **Engineering culture**: Teams work on cutting-edge tech in cybersecurity, data science, AI, cloud, platform engineering, and software engineering — in a highly regulated, high-stakes environment that demands innovation and reliability
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees are directly responsible for creating experiences that millions of fans trust and enjoy, with real money on the line — making customer focus and integrity paramount

## Sources
1. [FanDuel About Page](https://www.fanduel.com/about)
2. [FanDuel Our Story](https://www.fanduel.com/about/our-story)
3. [FanDuel Careers - FanDuel Life](https://www.fanduel.careers/fanduel-life/)
4. [FanDuel Careers - Home](https://www.fanduel.careers/)
5. [FanDuel Careers - Open Positions](https://www.fanduel.careers/open-positions/)

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