Lead Product Designer, Sports

About Fanatics Momentum
Fanatics Momentum is building the UAE's leading regulated commercial gaming operator. Licensed by the General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), we operate across lottery, iGaming, sportsbook, and digital content, combining Momentum's regional foundation with Fanatics' global product, technology, and scale. The business is ambitious, well-resourced, and moving fast. If you want to help build a category-defining operator in one of the world's most exciting regulated gaming markets, this is the right time to join.

Lead Product Designer, Sports
 

Overview  

We’re building a new UAE-based business spanning Sportsbook, Lottery and a broader connected Fan Ecosystem, backed by Fanatics and Momentum. As Lead Product Designer, Sports, you’ll shape the end-to-end experience across Sportsbook and sports-led fan experiences.  Your challenge: How do we make sports wagering feel simple, intuitive and built around the moments fans actually care about? 

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Trading, Research and Marketing to turn customer insight into high-quality experiences and establish a strong design standard across the domain. 

The ideal candidate is a hands-on designer who can move from ambiguity to clarity quickly. You care about craft, but also about outcomes. You understand sports fans and know how to simplify complex experiences without stripping away depth.

Responsibilities  

What you’ll own: 

• End-to-end experience across Sportsbook and sports-led journeys 
• Discovery, information architecture and interaction design 
• Pre-match and in-play experiences 
• Discovery and slip tracking 
• Fan engagement and sports content surfaces 
• Prototyping, validation and customer testing 
• Shared design patterns and design quality 

Within 12 months, you will have: 

• Established a clear design direction for Sports 
• Simplified key betting and fan journeys 
• Improved usability, conversion and engagement 
• Embedded Design earlier into Product discovery
• Created reusable patterns that improve speed and consistency 

Required Qualifications  

• 7+ years of Product Design experience with a strong consumer mobile portfolio. 
• Experience designing for sports, gaming, media, entertainment, marketplaces or other high-frequency consumer products. 
• Strong interaction design, prototyping, research and systems thinking skills. 
• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering to translate customer insight into high-quality experiences. 
• Experience designing complex, data-heavy or real-time consumer experiences. 
• Experience establishing design standards and reusable patterns across a product domain. 
• Experience leveraging AI to accelerate exploration, prototyping, research synthesis and iteration. 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience in Sportsbook or gaming, sports media or fan products, data-heavy or real-time interfaces, design systems, or international consumer products. 

If you possess some of these qualifications but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply! 

At Fanatics Momentum, we’re proud to be a fair, transparent, and inclusive employer. We value diversity, collaboration, and innovation, and we’re committed to creating an environment where every team member can thrive. If you’re ready to grow your career and help us build Momentum, we’d love to hear from you.