Investment Strategy Director New York City

Overview

THE POSITION Our roster has an opening with your name on it. We are looking for a Director of Investment Strategy to lead one of the most important commercial levers in the FanDuel Sportsbook business: how we allocate and optimize generosity investment across the lifecycle. This role sits at the center of FanDuel’s generosity ecosystem, partnering primarily with Customer Marketing, Data Science, Finance, Go-to-market and Analytics to ensure that every dollar we invest in customers drives long-term value for both the customer and the business.

The Investment Strategy team is responsible for:

• Defining generosity investment philosophy
• Setting capital allocation frameworks and guardrails
• Measuring investment effectiveness
• Identifying opportunities to improve ROI and customer impact
• Helping evolve FanDuel toward more personalized, model-driven investment strategies

This is a highly strategic and commercially impactful role with significant visibility across the organization.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

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 × 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 (currently 3) focused on investment strategy, portfolio analytics, and measurement

Qualifications

• 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

About FanDuel

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company with operations across the US, Canada, and global offices. We offer a range of brands and products across sports betting, iGaming, horse racing, daily fantasy sports, and streaming platforms.

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.