Senior Project Manager

About Sleeper

Sleeper is on a mission to connect people over sports through games and community. As one of the fastest-growing platforms in the fantasy sports and real-money gaming space were redefining how sports fans engagewhether its through season-long leagues pickem contests or real-time interactions with friends.

Our team is lean passionate and product-driven. We obsess over user experience and believe that building delightful fast and reliable products is the best way to grow. Backed by some of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley including Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst were building the future of sports engagement.

About the Role

Were looking for a Senior Project Manager to be the connective tissue across engineering design and growth as we scale the platform behind tens of millions of passionate sports fans.

This is Sleepers first dedicated project management hire. Youll hold the full context of every project you run drive accountability against deadlines and keep cross-functional work moving. Youll be the person who makes sure design has the specs engineering has what they need to ship and growth knows whats launching and when.

Youll work closely with leadership across the company and have the latitude to shape how project management functions at Sleeper from the ground up.

What Youll Do

Own end-to-end execution across multiple concurrent projectspartnering with engineering design and growth from kickoff through launch.

Hold the full context of every project you run tracking scope dependencies blockers and timelines across teams.

Lead working sessions and standups drive accountability against deadlines and surface risk early through clear written communication.

Contribute to specs and project documentation alongside engineering and design ensuring scope is well-defined and decisions are recorded.

Coordinate cross-functional rollouts so growth design and engineering are aligned on whats shipping and when.

Build leverage through AI toolingautomate the routine parts of your workflow so you can scale your impact.

Who You Are

7 years of project program or delivery management experience with a track record of running multiple complex programs simultaneously at fast-moving consumer tech gaming or fintech companies.

Excellent written and verbal communication skillsyou can translate between engineers designers and business stakeholders without losing nuance.

Highly organized with a track record of running multiple concurrent projects without dropping the ball.

Comfortable working with engineersyou can earn their respect push back when scope or timelines feel off and stay collaborative even under pressure.

Technically fluent enough to read a PRD ask the right questions about technical tradeoffs and use tools like Claude Code or Codex day-to-day.

You actively look for ways to automate the boring parts of your job and have an opinion on how AI tools make project management more leveraged.

Bonus: Passion for sports gaming or building consumer products at scale.

Why Join Sleeper

Massive Impact Your work will touch millions of users and help shape the next generation of sports entertainment.

High Ownership We trust our team to make high-leverage decisions and drive meaningful outcomes.

Startup Agility Move fast ship often and see your work in the hands of users quickly.

Culture-First Team Were a team of builders thinkers and sports lovers who value humility collaboration and having fun along the way.

What We Offer

Competitive salary ($135000$175000/year not inclusive of stock options and benefits)

Equity

Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Generous PTO and hybrid work policy (San Francisco)

Opportunities for fast career growth in a high-impact role

A small focused team where your contributions truly matter

Required Experience:

Senior IC