Manager - Sportsbook Research & Development

Hard Rock Digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent digital gaming company in the UK is seeking a motivated leader to enhance their sportsbook platform. This role involves managing a diverse team of analysts to innovate and improve operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have management experience in sportsbooks, strong coding skills, particularly in SQL, Python, or Java, and an understanding of the US sports betting market. The firm offers competitive pay, hybrid working arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pay and benefits

Flexible vacation allowance

A hybrid home / office working model

Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand

Qualifications

• Management experience within the trading function of a sportsbook.
• Analytical and mathematically minded.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of analysts, including Quantitative and Pricing Analysts.
• Define requirements for sportsbook propositions.
• Evaluate competitors' activities and suggest improvements.
• Create testing plans for new features.
• Ensure effective output from the remote team.

Skills

Management experience in sportsbook trading

Coding skills in SQL

Coding skills in Python

Coding skills in Java

Knowledge of US sports betting market

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Detail-oriented

Job description

What are we building?

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer interaction, experience, behaviour, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?

What’s the position?

We are seeking a highly motivated leader to help develop our sportsbook platform and propel it to the forefront of the industry. You will help co-ordinate the multiple projects we have underway, forging relationships throughout the organisation to best facilitate data-driven prioritisation and continuous incremental improvement of the work carried out by our team of analysts.

You will:

• Report to and represent the Director of Sportsbook R&D internally, directly managing a team comprising Quantitative Analysts, Pricing Analysts, Data Analysts and Competitive Analysts;

• Help gather and define requirements for core sportsbook propositions, communicating them effectively to those internally that are not experts in sportsbook;

• Recommend potential areas for innovation and improvement over and above what you have seen implemented historically;

• Combine your technical and sports betting knowledge to assess the work of analysts and suggest improvements;

• Create structured testing plans for new and existing features to find and fix flaws before they are released to production;

• Be an expert in what our competitors are doing, and not be comfortable in them doing anything better than us;

• Multi-task to deliver multiple simultaneous projects, ensuring our fully remote team are effective at producing their output on time and to the expected standard.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with management experience within the trading function of a sportsbook. Coding capability in at least one (preferably more) of SQL, Python or Java is extremely desirable, as is knowledge of the US sports betting market. You will be analytical, mathematically minded and detail orientated, with excellent communication and presentation skills. There is no minimum qualification for the role, as long as you can demonstrate that you are technically proficient and a subject matter expert in the sports betting world.

What’s in it for you?

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits

• Flexible vacation allowance

• A hybrid home / office working model

• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunity employer).