Associate Director, Product

Description

Are you mission-driven and passionate about helping others succeed?

Do you strive to lead, follow, and act with integrity?

Are you the one who honors your commitments?

Is building trusting relationships an integral part of why you do what you do?

Do you push limits and challenge the status quo?

If you answered YES
, keep reading to discover how you can significantly contribute to the company's success!

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is seeking an Associate Director of Product to serve as a strategic thought leader and bridge between business strategy and product execution for the company ecosystem of digital products. This position sits on the Content Lifecycle Team within the Fan Growth & Experience Department and is responsible for defining the vision, managing the product roadmap and leading cross‑functional teams (strategic and technical) to deliver products that drive revenue and grow fan lifetime value.

The Associate Director will sit at the intersection of product and fan engagement to ensure strategies are developed with the appropriate mix of features to connect with fans, create a rich user experience, and elevate the company content across the Olympic & Paralympic ecosystem.

• Oversee the strategy and build of existing company digital products (websites and DAM) as well as new company digital products including an app and loyalty program.
• Own product prioritization framework and make recommendations regarding investment allocation, feature prioritization, and roadmap tradeoffs based on business impact, fan value, and technical feasibility.
• Understand key initiatives for the company, including fan needs, evolving market trends, technology innovations, and competitive offerings to grow and develop new functionality, features, and platforms in partnership with key vendors and partners.
• Translate high‑level organizational goals into detailed implementation roadmaps, collaborating with internal teams and external partners to define development needs, timelines, resources, investments and deliverables.
• Serve as the internal project manager, ensuring timelines, approvals, and assets are delivered on time and at a high standard.
• Collaborate on a comprehensive, flame‑to‑flame strategy and integrated marketing calendar that identifies key milestones, competition events, cultural moments and opportunities for the company brand to authentically engage new audiences through its digital ecosystem.
• Champion user‑centered design principles by leveraging fan insights, usability testing, journey mapping, and accessibility standards to create exceptional digital experiences.
• Define business requirements, functional requirements and write epics & user stories for technical development and implementation teams.
• Develop and manage robust documentation to serve as the source of truth for all decisions, integrations, and features.

• Ability to translate complex business problems into innovative solutions and assess technical feasibility.
• Partner closely with Brand, Content, Experiences, Creative, Partner Marketing, NGBs, Legal, and Commercial Strategy teams, among others, to develop, iterate and release products and enhancements that meet stakeholder needs and deliver personalized experiences across digital channels.
• Leverage technical acumen and collaborate with the internal Fan Insights & Technology team to build solutions that integrate into the existing data architecture and identity solutions while enhancing platform capabilities in support of the long‑term company digital ecosystem strategy.
• Implement and manage a series of cross‑functional planning meetings.
• Partner with the Asset Development team to inform the creation and execution of commercial programs that deliver on fan engagement goals and partner objectives.

• Define KPIs and measurement strategies for each channel in partnership with the Insights & Analytics team and track impact against those goals.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional…