Poker Room Leader: Growth, Strategy & Ops

MGM Resorts International; Atlantic City (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive wellness programs

Discounts across hospitality, dining,

Complimentary parking

Health, wellness, and incomeProtection

Professional growth and leadership

Job summary

MGM Resorts International in Atlantic City, NJ is seeking a seasoned Poker Room Leader to guide operations, manage budgets, and elevate guest experiences in a dynamic casino environment.

You will oversee staff, tournaments, and game type mix, ensuring regulatory compliance and profitable growth while collaborating with Gaming COE and property leadership to optimize scheduling, training, and loyalty initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred.
• 4+ Years of Prior Relevant Experience Required.
• 5+ Years of Prior Relevant Experience in the direction and management of employees Preferred.
• Proven track record directing multi-day, high-stakes tournament series.
• Deep, firsthand familiarity with game variants, cash games, and player culture, paired with extensive experience managing floor staff, supervisors, and dealer rotations.
• A strong strategic understanding of online poker and direct experience connecting digital poker operations with a brick-and-mortar poker room (including online-to-live satellite qualifiers, digital acquisition funnels, and loyalty integration).
• Managing department budgets, forecasting revenue and expenses, and developing business plans for poker room growth and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Oversee poker room operations, fiscal budgets, guest service standards and labor optimization to produce profitability.
• Oversee implementation of policies, operating procedures, training programs, manuals, directives, work schedules, tournament and limit pricing standards, rules and regulations for all poker room staff.
• Maintain knowledge of all poker room operations; collaborate with the Gaming COE on staffing and game-type decisions.
• Maintain compliance with gaming regulations and report non-compliance.
• Interview, select, train, supervise, counsel and coach poker room staff; drive engagement through coaching and development.

Skills

Bachelor's Degree

Management experience

Tournament experience

Poker operations

Budget forecasting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

MGM Resorts International in Atlantic City, NJ is seeking a seasoned Poker Room Leader to guide operations, manage budgets, and elevate guest experiences in a dynamic casino environment.

You will oversee staff, tournaments, and game type mix, ensuring regulatory compliance and profitable growth while collaborating with Gaming COE and property leadership to optimize scheduling, training, and loyalty initiatives.