Sports Trader

About the position

DraftKings is seeking a Sports Trader who is passionate about sports and possesses strong analytical skills to identify pricing advantages during games. This role involves managing and trading betting markets across various sports in a fast-paced environment, adapting to real-time events to enhance customer engagement and ensure innovative offerings.

Responsibilities

• Action and profile Retail wagers.
• Deliver personal KPIs and ensure performance aligns with overall company targets.
• Investigate and propose ways to work more efficiently and implement new ideas.
• Assume full accountability for content management across all channels, ensuring alignment with commercial parameters.
• Execute the business strategy across compilation, price management, and in-play trading for relevant US Sports within a compliant framework.
• Liaise with other trading teams to ensure smooth cooperation of the day-to-day job.
• Ensure a strong understanding of and adherence to compliance responsibilities.

Requirements

• Experience/knowledge in a Retail Sportsbook.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, preferably with a background in math and statistics.
• Knowledge of sports in at least one of the major US leagues.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Strong communication, teamwork abilities, and decision-making under pressure.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis tools (e.g., Excel, R, Python) would be beneficial.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health benefits