Golf Trader

BoyleSports; Ireland; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BOYLE Sports in Dundalk is seeking an ambitious Golf Trader to join our Trading team. You will own golf pricing, trading strategy, liability management, and market performance to deliver a best-in-class golf betting proposition.

Working with Head of Sports and Operations, you will identify risks, trends, and opportunities, and drive profitability while ensuring a market-leading customer experience across all channels.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of sports betting and trading principles.
• Excellent numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret data and translate insights into trading decisions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Price and manage all golf markets across the BOYLE Sports sportsbook.
• Monitor liabilities, exposure, and risk across golf betting activity.
• Analyse betting patterns to optimise margin and KPIs.
• Deliver a market-leading golf product across customer channels.
• Collaborate with Head of Sports and Operations to enhance the golf proposition.
• Manage lifecycle of golf markets from creation to settlement and post-event analysis.
• Make informed trading decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ensure accurate presentation of golf markets across platforms.

Skills

Sports betting knowledge

Analytical thinking

Numerical ability

Decision making under pressure

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Title: Golf Trader

Department: Trading

Reports to: Head of Sports - Trading

Location: BOYLE Sports (Dundalk, HQ / Gibraltar / UK Remote)

Your Role:

BOYLE Sports is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Golf Trader to join our Trading team. This role is responsible for delivering a best-in-class golf betting proposition across all business verticals, driving margin performance, and managing trading risk.

The successful candidate will take ownership of golf pricing, trading strategy, liability management, and market performance, ensuring customers receive a market-leading product while maximising profitability for the business.

Working closely with the Head of Sports and wider Sportsbook Operations team, the Golf Trader will play a key role in identifying risks, liabilities, customer trends, and new market opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Price and manage all golf markets across the BOYLE Sports sportsbook.
• Monitor and manage liabilities, exposure, and risk across all golf betting activity.
• Analyse customer betting patterns and performance to optimise margin and key business KPIs.
• Deliver a market-leading golf betting product across all customer channels.
• Collaborate with the Head of Sports and Sportsbook Operations team to enhance and develop the golf proposition.
• Manage the full lifecycle of golf betting markets, from creation through to settlement and post-event analysis.
• Make informed trading and risk-management decisions in a fast-paced, time-critical environment.
• Ensure the accurate presentation and display of golf markets across all platforms.
• Liaise with Customer Services and other internal stakeholders to resolve trading-related queries efficiently.
• Identify opportunities for product innovation, market expansion, and revenue growth within the golf portfolio.
• Provide reporting and performance analysis to support strategic decision-making.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of sports betting and trading principles.
• Excellent numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret statistical data and translate insights into trading and pricing decisions.
• Strong mathematical aptitude and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Ability to make effective decisions under pressure and within tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and solution-oriented approach to work.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Team-player mindset with the ability to collaborate across multiple departments.

Company

BOYLE Sports is an international sports betting and gaming company, with an extensive online business and retail portfolio. Founded by John Boyle in 1982, the Irish family-owned firm has grown to become Ireland's largest and most successful independently-owned bookmaker and has over 390 shops across Ireland and the UK. Its Head Office is located on the outskirts of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland and the company currently employs over 2,700 employees across Ireland, the UK and Gibraltar. BOYLE Sports offers a world class betting and gaming experience with a 'Customer First' approach, committed to bringing customers closer to the action. Its mission is boosted by a rich sponsorship portfolio - the company is a proud principal sponsor of West Ham United Football Club and it stays at the heart of the action all year round by backing some of sport's most prestigious events, including the Irish Grand National, the Irish Greyhound Derby and the World Grand Prix of Darts.