Investment Strategy Director

Skills

About the Role

You will lead one of the most important commercial levers in the FanDuel Sportsbook business by shaping how generosity investment is allocated and optimized across the customer lifecycle. You will partner primarily with Customer Marketing, Data Science, Finance, Go-to-market, and Analytics teams to ensure every dollar invested in customers drives long-term value for both the customer and the business. You will define investment philosophy, set capital allocation frameworks and guardrails, measure investment effectiveness, and identify opportunities to improve ROI and customer impact. You will also help evolve FanDuel toward more personalized, model-driven investment strategies, and you will build and lead a small, high-performing team of analysts focused on investment strategy, portfolio analytics, and measurement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 8+ years of experience in strategy, analytics, commercial finance and/or customer marketing
• Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of business levers and performance drivers
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance near-term execution and long-term impact
• Experience in online businesses, ecommerce, or regulated industries preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of online gaming industry essential
• Strives to meet targets and deadlines
• Excellent organizational and planning skills

Responsibilities

• Define how FanDuel allocates generosity investment across the customer lifecycle
• Establish investment principles, capital allocation frameworks, and spend guardrails
• Build and maintain a clear portfolio view of where generosity dollars are going and what they are driving
• Partner closely with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and re-forecasting processes
• Define the measurement hierarchy across different types of generosity and establish clear approaches to evaluating ROI and effectiveness
• Partner with Analytics and Data Science teams to improve visibility into investment performance and customer value creation
• Identify areas of over-, under-, and efficient investment and recommend portfolio reallocations over time
• Help shape the rollout and evolution of Loyalty, Model-Driven Generosity (MDG), and pricing times generosity strategies
• Influence commercial prioritization and investment trade-offs across Customer Marketing, GTM, VIP, Product, Finance, and Strategy teams
• Balance short-term commercial performance with long-term customer value and customer experience
• Build and lead a small, high-performing team of analysts focused on investment strategy, portfolio analytics, and measurement
• Help evolve FanDuel toward a more personalized, model-driven customer investment ecosystem

Benefits

• Health plans including fertility and family planning programs
• Mental health support
• Fitness benefits
• 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
• 14 paid company holidays
• Paid sick time