Product Manager - Stickers & Trading Card Games (Premier League)

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Job Description

Fanatics Collectibles is hiring an experienced Product Manager to join our growing product team, supporting the Premier League license. The Product Manager is responsible for leading a cross-functional product development team in order to achieve product objectives, adhering to all brand guidelines of the licensor. The Product Manager oversees multiple properties and ensures that products are of high-quality, delivered on-time and within budget. The role will require strict attention to detail, ability to manage multiple deadlines, and ability to be fast and flexible in reacting to feedback from managers, cross-functional teams and licensors.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees Product Development and manages the P&L for sticker and trading card game products for the Premier League license
• Define the composition for each product and lead a cross-functional product development team to achieve product development objectives
• Work with sales to identify the SKUs needed for maximum revenue while minimizing SKU proliferation and COGS
• Create marketing launch plans and product recommendations to drive business revenue and profitability
• Participate in the go-to-market strategy to support product adoption and development
• Strategize the right product based on market trends and partners
• Manage hard costs, shipping, deliverable, and premium
• Conduct market research across a trading cards market vertical
• Develop user personas based on target markets
• Act as a brand guardian and make sure all marketing deliverables adhere to brand guidelines and Fanatics Collectibles/Topps Trading Cards standards
• Act as a point of contact for the licensor, if applicable, ensuring that all product adheres to the brand guidelines of the licensor
• Interact with consumers, retailers, and distributors to understand their desires and the drivers of product purchase behaviour
• Prepare presentations for line reviews, customer meetings and corporate reviews

Requirements:

• Comprehensive knowledge of sports, specifically football
• Knowledge of collectibles, the football category & the Premier League license trends
• Excellent Project Management skills
• Ability to liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Strong command of data and ability to use data to inform strategies and tell a strong narrative
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Strong computer skills - Word, PowerPoint and Excel essential
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - written and oral
• Strong presentation skills

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• At least 3-5+ years brand or product development experience
• Related experience is required

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.