Product Manager
Synergy Sports is changing the future of technology in Sports. We are a global sports technology company trailblazing a path with innovative technologies to solve our customers’ needs. Our customers are professional and amateur sports teams, leagues and federations. At the core of our solutions are the automated production and aggregation of sports video and data using ground breaking A.I. and a best-in-class data analytics platform for coaching and scouting at the highest levels of sport.
Synergy’s business sits at the intersection of Sports, Media and Technology. We are building an end-to-end technology platform providing solutions to capture, analyze, produce, distribute and commercialize sports content through the power of automation. By delivering the tools to fully immerse players, coaches and fans in the game we are giving sports the power to grow and thrive. Our products and technologies are utilized by the NBA, MLB, NCAA, FIBA and major leagues all over the world.
The Team:
The Synergy Sports Product Management team is responsible for all customer facing web, desktop and mobile applications used by coaches, players and media to analyze player performance through advanced data metrics and video.
The Position:
This position will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of all Product Management responsibilities for a sport specific analytics product. You will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to understand the market's problems and translate those into requirements to build a market leading product. You will work closely with the engineering team on a daily basis throughout the development lifecycle.
This position is fully remote
Responsibilities:
•Gain an understanding of customer workflows and product usage and leverage this knowledge to envision product direction.
• Define the future product state that addresses customer needs and aligns with our corporate strategies.
• Work with under the direction of Senior Management to develop development plans for assigned products, including product pricing, product positioning, value proposition, forecasting etc.
• Drive the implementation of the overall product direction, strategy, and requirements to fuel user growth and product evolutions.
• Analyze and evaluate complementary and competitive products, technologies, and solutions and maintain a product competitive advantage.
• Conduct user research to gain a deep understanding of user needs.
• Maintain a deep understanding of competitive offerings and how they impact consumer choices and preferences, and how they should influence the product.
• Work with Engineering to identify solutions and create specifications to be developed.
• Work with Engineering to define and solidify roadmap decisions that deliver quality products and prioritize appropriate trade-offs between user engagement, features, and revenue.
• Support product launch, marketing and sales efforts by acting as a product expert.
• Closely collaborate with engineering to deliver a best-in-class user experience.
• Define product success metrics and analyze product performance by driving product adoption.
• General marketing activities and strategies as requested/appropriate.
• Partner with sales teams and provide necessary support to ensure sales success.
• Develop product messaging and positioning that is differentiated and motivates purchase.
• Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Product Manager
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams
- Strong knowledge of professional and collegiate sports is desired, but not required
- Previous experience in Agile development environments is desired, but not required
Benefits
- Challenging problems to work on, in a thrilling environment
- Great team to work with
- Fully remote position
- Competitive compensation package
In 2004, Garrick Barr left his coaching position with the Phoenix Suns, founded Synergy Sports Technology, and permanently changed the way basketball coaches, baseball coaches and general managers do their jobs.Today, Synergy has grown to become the dominant global provider of data, analytics and tools that coaches and general managers rely upon to evaluate players, create scouting reports, build game plans and win championships. Each year, Synergy dissects and analyzes virtually every basketball game played worldwide above the high school level – that’s over 50,000 games per year.Synergy’s technology captures every play, every player move and every defensive technique, and then each capture is broken down, sorted, paired with advanced analytics and stored in a massive, powerful database system that allows easy access and data manipulation. The impact of such detailed and wide-ranging analysis has revolutionized the game of basketball and how it is coached. Today, Synergy is relied upon by virtually every organized basketball team, above the high school level, worldwide.Synergy Sports Technology is an equal opportunity employer openly encouraging all qualified candidates to apply. We are a zero tolerance drug policy company and conduct thorough background investigations as part of the pre-employment process.If you are interested in a specific job opening, please check our current list of open positions below.
- Founded
- Founded 2004
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services