DraftKings’ mission is to bring sport fans closer to the games they love. We are the world’s leading skill-based Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform offering our users the most exciting digital sports competitions and experiences on the planet. Our goal is to transform the way fans experience sports. DraftKings is the premier tech startup of our generation in Boston.

As the Director of UX, you will lead new and existing feature development, and will have a material impact on what DraftKings is today and becomes tomorrow. While leading and growing a talented team of designers, information architects, and prototypers, You will serve as a liaison between the Product, Analytics and Tech organizations to build best in breed User Experience for DraftKings. The successful candidate will utilize their impressive experience to keep DraftKings at the for-front of modern usability design on all platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and provide thought leadership in the development of product focused UX: usefulness, usability, IA, user journeys, edge casing, visual design, and branding
• Help to define and integrate best practices and standards related to UX / IA across platforms for the DraftKings product
• Oversee the development of user experience through user acceptance testing to ensure quality and execution of the original intent and business strategy
• Demonstrate ability to document designs in scenarios, workflows, site architectures, interaction, user journeys, sitemaps, process/screen flows, and wireframes
• Collaborate with product and technology teams to create and develop new business opportunities through thoughtful UX and IA
• Help manage and develop career paths and organizational structure for the UX team.
• Establish and maintain user focus testing framework as it pertains to the usability of new and existing features.

Qualifications:

• A truly impressive background with experience leading UX organizations in creating interfaces for native applications, large-scale websites, microsites, and other applications 
• Knowledge of sports, fantasy sports and other sport entertainment products
• Proven successful experience in customer focused conversion and engagement
• Full understanding of analytics, and how it can be used to improve products.
• Proven leadership across disciplines at a digital B to C company
• Ability to inspire a team of UX Designers and manage their career growth and trajectory
• Ability to easily prioritize and organize large volumes of projects
• Has extensive client management and engagement experience and is comfortable presenting their work to a large audience