Fanatics · 5 hours ago
Principal Product Manager - NCF
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $180K/yr
10+ years expFanatics is building the future of trading cards and scaling fast. They are hiring a Principal Product Manager to own and evolve their Pre-Press and Editorial technology platforms, responsible for transforming creative intent and strategic data into print-ready assets for trading cards.
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Responsibilities
Own the Pre-Press and Editorial product portfolio that turns card concepts into print-ready files, including software across workflows such as mastering and asset ingestion, image selection, cropping and editing, card composition, imposition, and handoff to manufacturing
Decide how work gets done across this portfolio, including when to build new software, stabilize or refactor existing systems, or integrate with third-party and vendor platforms
Simplify and automate highly manual, error-prone workflows between creative teams and manufacturing, reducing rework, cycle time, and inconsistencies in print-ready outputs
Apply AI and automation to real production problems by improving adoption of existing capabilities (e.g., AI card-back copy generation), delivering in-flight efforts (e.g., validation and error detection), and identifying where AI can remove steps entirely
Work hands-on with engineering and data teams to turn AI and workflow ideas into reliable, production-ready systems, not prototypes
Deliver results through shared ownership and collaboration with business operations, internal software teams, and external vendors, while maintaining end-to-end accountability across a highly matrixed environment
Operate as a Principal-level Individual Contributor, setting the bar for product judgment, execution quality, and cross-team partnership, and influencing other PMs through example
Qualification
Required
10+ years of product management experience, including ownership of complex, operationally critical platforms, and ability to use various product development software (Atlassian Suite, Figma, Text Editors, etc…)
Proven success operating as a Principal-level Individual Contributor, owning strategy and execution for large problem spaces
Deep experience with workflow-heavy systems that involve creative, editorial, media, or production pipelines
Strong intuition for how businesses use tools like Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, or similar creative systems, even if you're not a daily user
Demonstrated ability to apply AI and automation to real-world product problems, with strong product judgment around feasibility and impact
Experience in building and applying RAG Models and Evaluation frameworks
Exceptional collaborator who can drive alignment across teams, vendors, and business partners without formal authority
Clear, persuasive communicator with strong executive presence
Preferred
Experience integrating or extending third-party creative or production systems
Experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar) to develop software or accelerate product requirement definition
Familiarity with DAMs, design systems, print production workflows, or creative tooling ecosystems
Passion for trading cards, collectibles, and creative production at scale
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a global sports platform reimagining the fan experience across gear, trading cards, sports betting, content, events, and more. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
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