Company Overview

Fanatics is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise and changing the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel and jerseys. Through an innovative, tech-infused approach to making and selling fan gear in today's on-demand culture, Fanatics operates more than 300 online and offline stores, including the e-commerce business for all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA), major media brands (NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sports) and more than 200 collegiate and professional team properties, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs (Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester City). Fanatics offers the largest collection of timeless and timely merchandise whether shopping online, on your phone, in stores, in stadiums or on-site at the world's biggest sporting events.

About the Team

Fanatics is first and foremost a technology company. We are powered by cutting-edge tech created by our small agile teams using the latest tools and technologies under our highly analytical, forward thinking, and open-minded leadership. As the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, we challenge ourselves by improving our new fully responsive NodeJS cloud commerce platform, Elasticsearch engine, and deep data science capabilities while building the best-in-class retail manufacturing and supply chain technologies. Our tech teams work together to revolutionize data science and engineering initiatives, provide highly scalable real-time and streaming platforms, and create secure e-commerce and in-stadium fan experience products. Our own e-commerce platform transacts in over 190 countries, 17 languages, and 14 currencies. Our motto is “#GSD”—get stuff done—and we do just that. If you want to be at the nexus of sports, commerce, and technology, come be a part of our industry-leading team here at Fanatics Tech.

Responsibilities:

Translate the needs of customers (internal and/or external) into clear requirements that answer “what” needs to be built and “why” it’s valuable.

Identify new features that will deliver quantifiable top (revenue) or bottom-line (profitability) value to business.

Clearly communicate your vision to myriad stakeholders using data and storytelling.

Effectively engage cross-functional teams like marketing, finance, security, etc. to account for their needs and the impact of new features.

Collaborate with business, UX, and development stakeholders to create and prioritize research / discovery, testing / experimentation, user stories, features, etc.

Learn Agile product development principles and techniques through training and real-world application.

Requirements: 

Pursuing an BSc/BA, MBA or Masters in either Computer Science or a related field

Able to complete a 10-12 week internship beginning in May or June 2020. 

Strong communication and analytical skills, including the ability to navigate ambiguity while working well with disparate teams.

Detail oriented and effective management of multiple workstreams.

Intellectual curiosity and a passion for building great products that people love.

Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.

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