• Manage a talented, senior team of experienced engineers in a growth-stage startup. • Drive business outcomes measured by adoption of new platform primitives, customer integrations landed, and influence on Tailscale's roadmap. • Make major design decisions on prototypes that often graduate into production surface area, and own the quality bar for the team's externally-visible artifacts (reference architectures, open source, talks, customer integrations). • Set the bar for how this team uses AI coding tools: which agents and workflows the team adopts, what review and security practices wrap around agent-generated code, and how the team sustains a fast cadence without lowering the production bar. • Hire, nurture, and oversee engineers while fostering a fun, creative, and inclusive atmosphere, including healthy conflict and a culture of candid, kind feedback. • Collaborate across core platform engineering, security, and go-to-market on projects that span domains and often involve direct customer co-development. • Drive planning across horizons, balancing fast prototype cycles against longer-arc bets on where connectivity, identity, and AI infrastructure are converging. • Light travel required (~10-15%): primarily team and company onsites, with occasional conferences or customer visits concentrated in North America with potential trips to EU or APAC.

• Manage a talented, senior team of experienced engineers in a growth-stage startup. • Drive business outcomes measured by adoption of new platform primitives, customer integrations landed, and influence on Tailscale's roadmap. • Make major design decisions on prototypes that often graduate into production surface area, and own the quality bar for the team's externally-visible artifacts (reference architectures, open source, talks, customer integrations). • Set the bar for how this team uses AI coding tools: which agents and workflows the team adopts, what review and security practices wrap around agent-generated code, and how the team sustains a fast cadence without lowering the production bar. • Hire, nurture, and oversee engineers while fostering a fun, creative, and inclusive atmosphere, including healthy conflict and a culture of candid, kind feedback. • Collaborate across core platform engineering, security, and go-to-market on projects that span domains and often involve direct customer co-development. • Drive planning across horizons, balancing fast prototype cycles against longer-arc bets on where connectivity, identity, and AI infrastructure are converging. • Light travel required (~10-15%): primarily team and company onsites, with occasional conferences or customer visits concentrated in North America with potential trips to EU or APAC.

• Lead Across Domains • Own outcomes across multiple teams or workstreams. At this level, your accountability extends beyond a single squad — you are responsible for the health, delivery, and strategic direction of your full domain. • Develop other managers and senior engineers. Run substantive 1:1s, build succession plans, expose emerging leaders to cross-domain initiatives, and create the conditions for people on your team to grow beyond their current scope. • Build headcount plans proactively. Anticipate growth needs before they become capacity constraints and bring staffing proposals to leadership with rationale and timing. • Set Technical Vision • Define the architectural strategy for your domain. You are not just reviewing designs — you are setting the direction, identifying systemic risks, and making trade-offs visible to leadership before they become incidents. • Mentor other managers and senior ICs on complex technical trade-offs. Your technical credibility earns trust with engineers; your judgment on architectural decisions shapes how the team builds. • Proactively surface technical debt and infrastructure risk with a prioritized plan to address it — not after escalation, but before it jeopardizes delivery or reliability. • Drive Cross-Functional Alignment • Manage cross-domain dependencies. Align teams across team boundaries with unified direction. Other teams should initiate collaboration with you — not wait to be pulled in. • Communicate roadmap priorities and risks proactively to the VP of Engineering and relevant stakeholders. Translate complex technical decisions into business context. Come with recommendations, not status updates. • Partner with Engineering Leadership and Product on roadmap prioritization. Represent your function’s constraints, opportunities, and risks in planning processes. • Operate with Executive Accountability • Resolve complex cross-team problems quickly and under pressure. Make decisions in ambiguity without waiting for full information. • Own your function’s budget, headcount planning, and operational health with minimal guidance. • Bring roadmap or architecture proposals unprompted. Think about your team’s impact on the broader engineering org, not just your immediate domain.

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. The Crown Is Yours Elevate everything we do on the VIP team and be at the forefront of change. As a Player Development Manager, you'll coach Player Development Executives and VIP Hosts to deliver premier services to our VIP players and increase net revenue through proactive sales tactics while promoting outstanding service to new and existing VIP customers. While leading this team, you'll drive innovation and implement optimal processes through thoughtful and strategic cross-functional work. What you'll do - Drive key VIP sales metrics, contributing to customer engagement, market share, and net revenue while maintaining and enhancing relations with existing customers. - Contribute to process and compliance initiatives that improve operations, efficiency, and service and provide coaching to improve team performance. - Work closely with Analytics teams to monitor reinvestment programs including promotions and other reward incentives by routinely checking reports and actual transactions. - Assist VIP leadership in developing and implementing sales training programs. - Participate in the escalation process including working with clients and other DK departments to resolve client cases. - Manage a high-performing team through coaching, actionable feedback, and a solutions-oriented approach. What you'll bring - Bachelor's degree in a related field with at least 5 years of experience in the Gaming, Hospitality, Sales, or Marketing industry. - At least 3 years of experience managing a sales team through effective communication, coaching, and performance management. - Strong understanding of the product line with an ability to identify and implement strategies that improve operational efficiency and revenues. - Experience in coaching a team to deliver quality customer experience and consistent sales techniques. - Must be able to obtain and maintain required State Gaming Licenses. #LI-AC2 Join Our Team 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.