Investment Strategy Director

FanDuel

$146K — $183K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

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
  • Strategic mindset balancing short-term execution with long-term impact
  • Experience in online businesses or regulated industries preferred
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Knowledge of online gaming industry essential

Responsibilities

  • Define generosity investment allocation across the customer lifecycle
  • Establish investment principles and capital allocation frameworks
  • Build and maintain a clear overview of generosity dollars
  • Partner with Finance on budgeting and forecasting
  • Define measurement hierarchy for generosity and evaluate ROI
  • Collaborate with Analytics and Data Science on investment performance
  • Identify investment efficiencies and recommend reallocations
  • Shape the evolution of Loyalty and model-driven strategies
  • Influence prioritization and trade-offs across teams
  • Balance short-term performance with long-term value
  • Lead a team focused on investment strategy and analytics

Benefits

  • Diverse health plans, including fertility and family planning support
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave
  • Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities
  • 401(k) with up to a 5% match
  • Commuter benefits and pet insurance
  • Access to mental health and fitness programs
Full Job Description
THE POSITIONOur 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.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play
  • 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
  • Help evolve FanDuel toward a more personalized, model-driven customer investment ecosystem

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate
  • 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


PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer 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, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

The applicable salary range for this position is $146,000 - $183,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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