DraftKings

Senior Associate Delivery Manager

DraftKings$81K — $102K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Analytical, Business, or related field.
  • At least 3 years of experience in delivery or project management in a software development setting.
  • Experience in leading delivery across multiple teams in Agile or Scrum environments.
  • Strong ability to manage cross-team dependencies and risks.
  • Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and delivery processes.
  • Analytical skills with experience in using metrics to enhance execution and team performance.
  • Excellent communication skills for providing updates to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery across multiple teams ensuring initiatives align with roadmap priorities.
  • Own planning and execution for key initiatives, including timelines and stakeholder communication.
  • Provide visibility into delivery progress, risks, trade-offs, and changes.
  • Strengthen Agile practices and maintain delivery standards across teams.
  • Identify and manage cross-team risks and dependencies, leading recovery efforts.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams for roadmap alignment.
  • Use delivery metrics to identify trends and improve predictability.

Benefits

  • Guided support through the gaming license application process if relevant.
  • Access to bonus and equity opportunities as part of compensation.
  • Work within a reputable publicly traded technology company.
Full Job Description
The Crown Is Yours

As a Senior Associate Delivery Manager, you'll guide high-impact initiatives from planning through launch with clarity, structure, and momentum. You'll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and cross-functional teams to keep roadmap priorities moving, risks visible, and delivery outcomes on track. In this role, you'll bring transparency to complex software development work, strengthen Agile practices, and help teams make informed decisions that support faster, more predictable execution.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead delivery across multiple teams or workstreams within a domain, making sure initiatives align with roadmap priorities and move forward with clear ownership.

  • Own planning and execution for key initiatives, including timelines, coordination, rollout plans, delivery tracking, and stakeholder communication.

  • Provide clear visibility into delivery progress, risks, trade-offs, dependencies, and changes across your domain.

  • Strengthen Agile practices across teams, helping maintain delivery standards, improve team maturity, and support consistent execution.

  • Identify, manage, and mitigate cross-team risks and dependencies, leading recovery efforts when delivery health is at risk.

  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to align execution with domain goals and contribute to roadmap planning discussions.

  • Use delivery metrics, objectives and key results, and performance data to identify trends, improve predictability, and drive continuous improvement.

  • Act as a collaborative delivery partner, foster team alignment, support problem-solving, and help teams navigate constraints with focus and urgency.

What You’ll Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Analytical, Business, or related field.

  • At least 3 years of experience in delivery management, project management, or a similar role within a software development environment.

  • Experience leading delivery across multiple teams or workstreams in Agile or Scrum environments.

  • Proven ability to manage cross-team dependencies, risks, competing priorities, and delivery trade-offs.

  • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and delivery processes.

  • Analytical skills with experience using metrics, objectives and key results, or delivery data to improve execution and team performance.

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, proactive updates to diverse stakeholders.

  • Experience using tools such as Jira, JPD, Google Workspace, Airtable, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar platforms for planning, tracking, reporting, and daily workflow support.

Join Our Team

We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is 81,800.00 USD - 102,200.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process.

About DraftKings

DraftKings is an American daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting operator. The company allows users to enter daily and weekly fantasy sports–related contests and win money based on individual player performances in five major American sports, Premier League and UEFA Champions League soccer, NASCAR auto racing, Canadian Football League, the XFL, mixed martial arts and Tennis. In August 2018, DraftKings launched DraftKings Sportsbook in New Jersey becoming the first legal mobile sports betting operator in the state. Since launching in New Jersey, DraftKings has opened mobile sports betting operations in Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and opened in New Hampshire December 30, 2019 after reaching contract with the New Hampshire Lottery. Retail sports betting is available in Iowa, Mississippi and New York. DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail sports betting products allow bettors in each state engage in betting for most major U.S. and international sports. As of April 2016, the majority of U.S. states consider fantasy sports a game of skill and not gambling. In November 2016, FanDuel and DraftKings, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports industry, reached an agreement to merge. However the merger was terminated in July 2017 due to it being blocked by the Federal Trade Commission as the combined company would have controlled a 90 percent of the market for daily fantasy sports. As of July 2017, DraftKings had eight million users.
Learn more about DraftKings
Size
3,400 employees
Market Cap
$4.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$577.9 million
Revenue
$292.3 million
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