Staff Product Designer, Internal Tools

The Staff Product Designer, Trading Product, leads the experience design of Fanatics Betting & Gaming's internal operational tools, which power critical workflows across multiple business functions. This role is embedded within the Trading organization, with primary responsibility for Trading and Risk Management tooling, partnering closely with Traders, Product Managers, and Engineers to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and business performance.

As a senior individual contributor, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, proactively identifying opportunities, conducting user research and discovery, and delivering intuitive solutions to complex, real-time operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead design execution across high-impact initiatives within the Trading product suite (web-based), delivering intuitive, efficient, and scalable experiences that support Trading, Pricing, Risk, and Operations workflows.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, setting priorities in partnership with Product and Engineering while independently driving design outcomes with minimal oversight.
• Build strong relationships with Traders and operational users, proactively conducting discovery workshops, qualitative and quantitative research, and workflow analysis to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve trader efficiency, risk management, and operational workflows, translating insights into impactful product and UX improvements.
• Develop a strong understanding of Trading systems—including pricing models, risk tooling, proprietary platforms, and third-party data feeds—and translate technical requirements into intuitive user experiences.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to solve challenging trader and operational needs, particularly within risk management, market operations, and real-time workflows.
• Design for high-stakes, real-time environments, mapping end-to-end user journeys, edge cases, failure states, and operational scenarios.
• Leverage data, trading metrics, user feedback, and research insights to continuously iterate on designs and improve usability, efficiency, and performance.
• Drive high-quality design output across web-based internal tooling, from interaction models and prototypes through to production-ready designs.
• Communicate design decisions effectively, using clear rationale, storytelling, and structured thinking to align stakeholders and influence outcomes.
• Contribute to key product KPIs including operational efficiency, speed to market, usability, and trading performance.
• Leverage AI-powered design, research, and productivity tools to accelerate workflows while maintaining high standards of quality, accuracy, and craftsmanship.

Experience and Skills

• 6–8+ years of Product Design experience, ideally in data-heavy, real-time, or operationally focused environments such as trading, fintech, SaaS, or enterprise platforms.
• Strong execution skills with the ability to deliver high-quality design work across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to solve challenging workflow and systems problems, particularly within operational or decision-support tools.
• Experience conducting user research, facilitating discovery sessions, and translating user insights into product improvements.
• Ability to simplify technical or domain-specific concepts into intuitive, user-centered experiences.
• Experience designing for edge cases, real-time states, data-rich interfaces, and advanced interaction models.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with proven success partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and subject matter experts.
• Experience working within and contributing to design systems while balancing consistency with product needs.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows and the practical application of emerging tools to improve speed and quality.
• Familiarity with sports betting, financial trading, or market-based systems is a plus but not required.

Success Profile

• Operates independently and proactively, taking ownership of outcomes and identifying opportunities without waiting for direction.
• Thrives in domain-heavy environments where learning, curiosity, and close collaboration with subject matter experts are critical to success.
• Balances speed and quality, delivering strong execution while contributing to longer-term product and experience improvements.

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.

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