Résumé

Channing Johnson

Senior Product Manager · Sports, Media & Entertainment · Atlanta, GA

Senior product manager with 7+ years building revenue and engagement products inside the biggest names in sports, media, and entertainment. $2.3B+ in revenue influenced across PFF, Disney, Fox Sports, and USA Today. I ship fast, ground decisions in data, and own products end to end, from monetization and pricing to AI and fan engagement.

Experience

Senior Product Manager, Fantasy Platforms

  • Owned product development for Fantasy Tools, driving a 10–15% lift in weekly retention and subscriptions.
  • Led the end-to-end redesign of Matchups, introducing filters, position-based views, and stat toggles, improving engagement by 20%.
  • Delivered AI enhancements to the Mock Draft Simulator and manual draft tools, enabling customizable league settings, redraft, and dynasty.
  • Implemented an A/B testing framework using LaunchDarkly and Heap, combining behavioral and qualitative insights from Discord and Userbrain.
  • Defined and launched seasonal/offseason product states, improving navigation engagement by 10–15% across inactive periods.
  • Partnered with Data Science to track DAU and MAU, using machine learning insights to drive a 10% lift in weekly active usage.

Product Manager, Cart & Checkout

  • Built and launched a dynamic pricing engine, enabling real-time price adjustments and reducing cart abandonment by 20%.
  • Integrated pricing logic into checkout flows, improving conversion rates by 15% and contributing to 12% revenue growth.
  • Defined detailed product requirements using Gherkin (Given-When-Then), improving alignment across engineering and QA teams.
  • Led Agile execution across cross-functional teams, maintaining high-velocity delivery and consistent sprint output.
  • Improved product reliability by reducing defects and accelerating issue resolution by 30% through structured triage processes.

Product Manager, Web

  • Drove 64% YoY visits growth and a 43% DAU/MAU increase through interactive product features.
  • Increased revenue 49% YoY via native in-line video advertising integrations across platform surfaces.
  • Delivered 110% SEO growth, improving organic acquisition and content discoverability across key sports verticals.
  • Grew short-form video consumption 104% through optimized UX, distribution, and engagement enhancements.

Product Manager, AdTech & Data Platforms

  • Built a programmatic advertising engine, increasing revenue margins by 30% across a multi-sport digital ecosystem.
  • Expanded the video ad stack, generating $30M in monthly revenue and increasing video views by 150%.
  • Led A/B testing initiatives driving a 40% revenue lift through optimized content and ad placement strategies.
  • Developed analytics dashboards reducing churn 50% and improving user satisfaction 20% using SQL and Tableau.

Digital Partner Account Manager

Education

M.S., Information Technology Management

B.S., Political Science, Minor in Economics

Certifications

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • CompTIA A+ / Network+ / Security+ / IT Operations / Secure Infrastructure
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Facebook Blueprint
  • Google Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • Data-Driven Decisions
  • PMI CAPM

Skills

  • ProductJira / Confluence · Agile / Scrum / Kanban · Market & Competitive Analysis · A/B Testing · Salesforce
  • TechnicalJavaScript / Java / React / Node.js · MongoDB / Git · R / SQL / Python · Google Ads · HTML / CSS · Linear Programming · Machine Learning · Claude
  • DesignFigma · Prototyping · User Research & Testing · Sketch · Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign

References available on request.

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