Sports Trader ( Junior ) Hybrid / London ( Football and other sports )

Metric Gaming; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sports betting software is seeking a Junior Sports Trader to join their dynamic team in London. This hybrid role involves monitoring betting odds, managing supplier content, and contributing to risk management strategies. Ideal candidates will have a keen interest in sports betting and a strong analytical mindset, with opportunities for career growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Pension and Medical Health Cover

35 days holiday including bank holidays

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Intelligent and analytical mindset required.
• Passion for sports betting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor odds on football matches and ensure accuracy.
• Handle tasks essential to risk management strategy.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Enthusiasm for sports betting

Job description

Sports Trader (Junior) Hybrid / London

As a modern trading department, we’re striving to provide high-quality managed trading services to operators in jurisdictions worldwide by working with intelligent traders who can solve complex problems using innovative solutions.

This is a great time to be joining Metric. We’re signing exciting deals and growing fast, but there’s still a non-corporate, start-up vibe.

We have over 120 employees based all over the world. Some work on a hybrid basis in London and others work remotely.

About the Company

We are a boutique B2B provider of sports betting software and services that, uniquely, offers operators all the control and autonomy of an in-house Sportsbook with the convenience of a turnkey solution. All our products are built using proprietary technology with innovation at their core, focussing on the need for our customers to have new and engaging sportsbetting products and services.

We prioritise talent density over headcount, and value the smartest people with the lowest egos. To thrive here at Metric, you will enjoy the freedom of working autonomously, yet cooperate with others as part of a team, all striving for high performance in a high-challenge yet high-support environment.

This is a hybrid role where the office days are based at our Fenchurch Street offices, in the heart of London. Applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK. Ability to work flexibly including weekends and bank holidays is essential. Attendance at the office will be during business critical hours, which are usually weekends and evenings

Our Product

Metric’s product is an innovative industry-leading sports betting platform, built by smart people with an ambition to do things differently. Our Mission is: To build the most engaging betting products, ethically.

We are a boutique B2B provider that, uniquely, offers operators all the control and autonomy of an in-house cloud-based Sportsbook with the convenience of a turnkey solution.

All our products are built using proprietary technology with innovation at their core, focussing on the need for our customers to have new and engaging products and services.

Your day-to-day

You will ensure that all available content from our suppliers is accurately booked and mapped throughout the day. This requires constant checking with suppliers to ensure the latest and most relevant content is available. In cases where important content is missing or not optimally presented, you will escalate the issue to ensure it is resolved promptly.

A crucial aspect of your role will be closely monitoring odds on football matches and intervening when necessary. You will frequently check that all events are displayed with the correct odds according to our trading strategies. Your attention to detail and proactive nature will be crucial in delivering an accurate, high-quality service to our partners.

In this role, you will handle several tasks essential to our risk management strategy. You will ensure that all bets are accurately noted, in line with the specified format and agreed guidelines. Additionally, you will profile customer accounts by completing investigations when accounts meet our established criteria for review.

Monthly performance management conversations will allow you to develop your strengths, improve your weaknesses and give you an honest assessment of what you need to do to achieve your goals. This role is intended to be the first step for someone with ambition, who is looking for a career in the betting industry.

The key to this position is that it requires a talented individual with a high degree of enthusiasm for betting, keen to work with their colleagues to consistently and reliably provide first-rate service.

We are a learning environment for all, so being available, accessible, and open to talk to others to collaborate, is a key part of the role and our culture. Daily teamwork is the key to success in this role, with an altruistic approach, where everyone has a voice regardless of role or level. Our culture is built on honesty and authenticity.

Who are we looking for?

The only requirement for this role is an intelligent and analytical mindset combined with passion and enthusiasm for sports betting. A mathematical or statistical background is not essential but will be considered an advantage.

The candidate must be willing to work during major football tournaments, weekends, and bank holidays to meet the demands of the business.

Working under the guidance of senior & mid-level traders, you will gain valuable insights and skills needed for a successful career in the betting industry.

At Metric, we value these behavioural traits:

• Smart thinkers who are curious, active empathetic listeners, display agility and value knowledge sharing
• Commercial, entrepreneurial and customer-centric
• Emotionally intelligent, self-aware, with the ability to be vulnerable
• Trustworthy, accountable, resilient and hardworking
• Team-oriented; altruistic who collaborate and focus on their teammates more than themselves. people who see “success” as achieving as a team
• Impressionable Influencers, who are open to being influenced and Influence others through effective and generous knowledge sharing

What’s in it for you?

An opportunity to work with passionate, driven people, creating a world-class customer-centric product in a genuine meritocracy. Our people are rated by their attitude and the quality of their contribution, not by their seniority.

Your contribution can make a real difference here, supported by some of the best in the business. Although we challenge one another to grow, we also support one another in that growth - learning new skills and improving is something we all do as a team daily.

We offer fantastic career progression opportunities. As we grow, you have the space to grow with us and find your ideal direction

We offer Pension and Medical Health Cover for UK employees, as well as 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) for all employees.

Inclusivity at Metric

At Metric Gaming, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is central to our success, which is why all qualified candidates are invited to apply regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and belief, ethnic background, nationality, gender identity, or culture. We are committed to living out a genuinely meritocratic culture where we provide equal opportunities for all.

Our Culture and Values

At Metric, we pride ourselves on offering an authentic and diverse workplace. We value your contribution, not your job title or level, and put you in the driver's seat when it comes to career development. Promotion, reward and development in your role, is driven by your own pace of growth, rather than vacancies or at set timelines.

Our success is built on an environment of cross-functional collaboration, agility and variety, with flexibility in the work you do, and where you do it. We have a servant leadership philosophy, where you will be challenged in an honest, and transparent way, with regular quality feedback to support both your personal and career development. “High challenge; high support”.

We value behaviours and soft skills with the same merit as we do technical ability. At Metric, you are a name and not a number, join us and make a genuine impact on our product and culture. Our highly interactive senior leadership team is open and accessible, something our colleagues value interaction and collaboration highly.

Vital to our culture is our commitment to uphold our Values, and challenge each other when we see behaviours that may be unfaithful to them. They are:

• Integrity: We take pride in doing what’s right, with no exceptions.
• Collaboration: We win by working intelligently with people we trust.
• Committed To Excellence: If it’s not done correctly, it’s not done.
• Play To Win: We take our work seriously but not ourselves