Kitman Labs is the performance intelligence company, disrupting and transforming the way the sports industry uses data to unlock the potential of the world’s top athletes.
Driven by a passion to innovate in the areas of sports performance, analytics and user experience, we have assembled a team of the industry’s top data scientists, sports performance scientists, product and software designers and engineers.
Kitman Labs’ advanced operating system, the Intelligence Platform (iP) is now used by over 2000 teams in 50 leagues on 6 continents, including the NFL, Premier League, National Women’s Soccer League and MLS.
We are looking for an experienced and driven Senior Product Manager to own reporting and visualisation within iP: Intelligence Platform, giving coaches, sports scientists and performance staff the insight they need to make decisions. This role will require a strategic thinker with genuine technical depth, someone who can partner closely with engineering on data and platform trade-offs while also shaping iP's growing API and integrations capabilities, including managing our relationship with a major global technology partner, bringing AI capabilities to market and owning how their usage and cost are tracked. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of how sports organisations operate and a genuine passion for turning data into insight that makes a real difference to coaches, sports scientists and performance staff.
Own the product lifecycle for reporting and visualisation within iP end to end, from discovery through release and iteration
Build a strong working understanding of the data architecture and reporting infrastructure that powers reporting and visualisation across iP, partnering closely with data engineers and platform teams
Define and manage a prioritised roadmap for reporting, dashboards and data visualisation capabilities, balancing customer requests with platform scalability
Work closely with the existing Product Owner to translate roadmap priorities into well-scoped delivery, ensuring smooth execution and a shared understanding of trade-offs across the team
Partner with engineering to understand the data modelling, query performance and architecture trade-offs that shape what's possible in reporting and visualisation
Own product direction for iP's API and integrations platform capabilities, working with engineering leadership on developer experience, integration patterns and third-party connectivity
Manage the relationship with our strategic third-party technology partners, including a major global technology partner, driving continued alignment, joint planning and innovation
Lead implementation and go-to-market of AI capabilities delivered through that partnership, from initial rollout through to ongoing customer adoption
Own usage and cost analysis for these partner-delivered products, ensuring the value and efficiency of that investment is clearly understood as adoption scales
Develop a deep understanding of how sports organisations use data and reporting day to day, building strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
Define clear success metrics for your product area and use data to guide decisions and measure outcomes
Build and communicate a commercial case for roadmap investments, connecting product decisions to business outcomes such as retention, expansion and customer value
Communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success and Marketing to support successful go-to-market execution
- Track record as a Senior Product Manager in a B2B SaaS environment, owning a product area end-to-end
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Technical background in data analytics, reporting or data visualisation tools, with a solid understanding of how BI platforms, semantic layers and data pipelines work
Comfortable engaging with data and backend engineers on data models, schemas and system architecture at a working technical level
Experience owning or contributing to API, developer platform or integrations products, with working familiarity with APIs (REST, GraphQL or similar) and integration patterns
Experience managing strategic technology or platform partnerships, ideally including large global technology providers, to drive alignment and joint roadmap innovation
Experience taking AI-powered capabilities from implementation through to go-to-market, including working with Sales and Marketing on positioning and launch
Comfortable analysing product usage and cost data to inform decisions about scaling, adopting or optimising a partner-delivered capability
Strong understanding of the full product development lifecycle, from discovery through release and ongoing iteration, and experience working closely with a Product Owner or delivery lead to keep execution on track
Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills, with experience translating complex, often technical, user needs into clear product requirements
Customer-centric mindset with the ability to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative inputs into decision-making
Commercially minded, with a clear understanding of how product decisions influence revenue, retention and customer value
Proficient in using AI tools, such as Claude, Gemini or similar, to accelerate discovery, research, prototyping and decision-making
Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, design, sales and customer success to drive results
Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and managing trade-offs across scope, quality and time
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, at direct-to-customer standard
Entrepreneurial, self-motivated and highly organised
Prior experience owning a reporting, analytics, BI or data visualisation product
Experience working with or within professional sports organisations, clubs, federations or leagues
Familiarity with sports performance, sports science or athlete health workflows
Benefits
At Kitman Labs we pride ourselves on being the best and working with the best, so it should be no surprise that we are also dedicated to keeping the best through building a world-class work culture.
We truly believe that a successful company begins through having an outstanding and inspiring culture, so our benefits reflect this:
Competitive salary- Meaningful equity
- Pension Plan
- Fully paid health insurance for employee & dependants
- Life Assurance
- Wellness Perk
- Flexible workplace with options for office-based, hybrid and remote working
Location
Whilst remote, you can work from our Dublin office, which is located in the impressive CHQ Building, a 2 minute walk from Connolly train station, and very close to all major bus routes and both Luas lines. We're also on the doorstep of many shops, restaurants, bars & cafes.
Diversity
In addition to building a team with diverse skill-sets, Kitman Labs is committed to hiring people with diverse backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on age, civil or family status, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please let us know.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing CVs/resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
