VP of Data

Underdog Fantasy • Remote

Company

Underdog Fantasy

Location

Remote

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Hi, we’re Underdog!

We’re the fastest-growing sports gaming company ever.

Our mission is to build innovative games and products for American sports fans.

Founded in 2020, our team built three of today's most widely played fantasy games and successfully launched the largest contest in the history of fantasy sports: a $15M NFL Best Ball tournament -- and there’s a lot more to come! Underdog’s modern tech environment and in-house product development allow us to continuously deliver the best experiences for our users.

The opportunity in front of us to become the biggest company in our space is massive; after all, we’re currently sitting in the fastest-growing consumer industry in the U.S. In just over two years, we reached a nearly $500 million valuation through some of the best investors in the game, including Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and SV Angel. We are many times larger now and our growth is not slowing down.

At Underdog, we believe that sports are for everyone and are building a tomorrow for every fan. Want to help create that future? Join us.

Please note, Underdog is a US based company and no sponsorship is available for this position at this time.

About the role and why its unique:
  • Build and lead a world-class data organization, providing mentorship, guidance, and career development opportunities.
  • Develop and execute the overall strategy, architecture, and execution of our data org, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals and product roadmap.
  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure, including data storage, processing, and integration systems.
  • Drive the development and implementation of advanced analytics and machine learning models to derive actionable insights and predictive capabilities.
  • Deeply understand the data needs of our Product, Marketing, Finance, and Operations orgs; collaborate closely to identify and prioritize opportunities to use data to improve business outcomes.
  • Foster a data-driven culture, ensuring data accessibility, literacy, and utilization across the organization.
  • Guide investigation and integration of ML/AI technologies and solutions across our business.
  • Be part of a 10X path by helping us go from a 9-figure to 10-figure revenue company over the next few years.
  • Act as a sounding board and trusted advisor to our executive team and department leads, providing strategic guidance and constructive feedback. You’ll have unique access to many of the most important decisions being made at the company.
  • Solve complex, often cross-functional problems, helping leaders tackle critical decisions with data, often within their most at-risk and highest leverage projects.
Who you are:
  • 5+ years of experience running data organizations managing managers and directors and with a proven track record of driving data-driven decision making at a consumer software company.
  • Minimum of 10+ years of progressive experience in analytics or data science.
  • Experience at a high-growth consumer software company, with meaningful experience in product analytics.
  • Expertise in SQL, Python or R, modern data visualization tools (Looker/Sigma), and other data tools. BigQuery and GCP experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing the entire core data tech stack, from data ingestion and storage to processing and analysis.
  • Structured thinker with impeccable business judgment and deep understanding of business drivers. Ability to execute with conviction with limited guidance.
  • Energized by tackling complex, challenging, often ambiguous problems; not afraid to roll up your sleeves and drive stakeholders to find solutions.
  • Execution mentality and a bias for action. Enthusiasm for finding creative solutions to difficult problems and resolving potential roadblocks autonomously.
  • Exceptional ability to draw key insights and drive business decisions from diverse datasets (quantitative and qualitative; financial, operational, and competitive).
  • Polished, executive-level communication skills - verbal, written, and presentation - with the ability to synthesize strategic insights in an actionable and compelling manner.
Even better if you have…
  • A passion for sports
  • Managed and scaled a data org of over 20 team members to 50+
  • Product analytics experience at a large consumer software company
  • Masters in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Sciences, or Engineering) preferred

Our targeted compensation rate for this position is between $240,000 and $330,000, depending on experience, plus equity. Think your skills are exceptional and warrant higher pay? Apply anyway! If we agree, we're willing to negotiate. 


What we can offer you:
  • Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Monthly raffle to win a sports ticket reimbursement of up to $500 (including game day snacks)
  • A $500 home office allowance
  • Underdog credits to play on our platform
  • A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
  • 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents

Still not sure? Don't take our word for it. See what other people have to say.

  • 5.0 rating on Glassdoor and a 100% CEO Approval rating 
  • A+ culture score on Comparably 
  • Recognized as Best Place to Work by Front Office Sports
  • Recognized by Comparably under the following awards: Best CEOs for Women, Best CEOs for Diversity, Best Company for Career Growth, Best Company in New York, Best Company Outlook

Underdog Sports is firmly committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity. We built our unique culture on the foundation of a safe and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds. We highly value our employees' mental, physical, and emotional health and continuously ask ourselves: what can we do better? Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn't discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic. 


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09/23/2023

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