Senior Associate Delivery Manager

At DraftKings, AI is becoming an integral part of both our present and future, powering how work gets done today, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. It’s transforming how we enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and unlock new possibilities. Our teams are energized by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology. We’re not waiting for the future to arrive. We’re shaping it, one bold step at a time. To those who see AI as a driver of progress, come build the future together.

As a Senior Associate Delivery Manager, you'll guide high-impact initiatives from planning through launch with clarity, structure, and momentum. You'll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and cross-functional teams to keep roadmap priorities moving, risks visible, and delivery outcomes on track. In this role, you'll bring transparency to complex software development work, strengthen Agile practices, and help teams make informed decisions that support faster, more predictable execution.

• Lead delivery across multiple teams or workstreams within a domain, making sure initiatives align with roadmap priorities and move forward with clear ownership.

• Own planning and execution for key initiatives, including timelines, coordination, rollout plans, delivery tracking, and stakeholder communication.

• Provide clear visibility into delivery progress, risks, trade-offs, dependencies, and changes across your domain.

• Strengthen Agile practices across teams, helping maintain delivery standards, improve team maturity, and support consistent execution.

• Identify, manage, and mitigate cross-team risks and dependencies, leading recovery efforts when delivery health is at risk.

• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to align execution with domain goals and contribute to roadmap planning discussions.

• Use delivery metrics, objectives and key results, and performance data to identify trends, improve predictability, and drive continuous improvement.

• Act as a collaborative delivery partner, foster team alignment, support problem-solving, and help teams navigate constraints with focus and urgency.

• Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Analytical, Business, or related field.

• At least 3 years of experience in delivery management, project management, or a similar role within a software development environment.

• Experience leading delivery across multiple teams or workstreams in Agile or Scrum environments.

• Proven ability to manage cross-team dependencies, risks, competing priorities, and delivery trade-offs.

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and delivery processes.

• Analytical skills with experience using metrics, objectives and key results, or delivery data to improve execution and team performance.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, proactive updates to diverse stakeholders.

• Experience using tools such as Jira, JPD, Google Workspace, Airtable, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar platforms for planning, tracking, reporting, and daily workflow support.

We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

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