Principal Analyst, Sports Analytics

BetMGM; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BetMGM LLC is seeking an exceptional analytical leader to join our Sports Analytics team as Principal Sports Analyst. You will set the strategic direction for analytics, serve as the definitive authority on sports wagering data, and drive enterprise-wide analytics frameworks that shape commercial, product, and trading strategy.

This role transforms analytics from reporting into a strategic differentiator for BetMGM's Sports vertical.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own analytics strategy for Sports aligned with BetMGM goals.
• Define and govern modelling standards, experiments, and measurement.
• Lead design of complex analytic models including propensity and segmentation.
• Innovate with ML, Bayesian, causal modelling, real-time analytics; oversee tools.
• Be the authority on wagering data, market logic, and bet type classification.
• Drive data quality with ETL/ELT optimization across data estate.
• Scale insights across trading, product, finance, operations, and compliance.
• Lead experimentation and econometrics; develop impact models to measure ROI.
• Analyse commercial priorities like player economics and pricing changes.
• Originate new analytics opportunities; manage workstreams with exec accountability.
• Present findings to SLT with compelling commercial narratives.
• Advise leadership on data-informed decisions and analytics-led change.
• Lead and develop analytics team; mentor on advanced techniques.
• Maintain portfolio relationships with executives post-project.
• Oversee tool adoption and process improvements in analytics.
• Build automation and self-serve analytics to democratize data.

Job description

Discover What’s Possible at BetMGM

Ready to make your career legendary? Join us as we bring the magic of Vegas to our players. The BetMGM team has over 1,400 talented members, revolutionizing sports betting and online gaming in the United States and Canada. We’re a brand with technology at our hearts and the most driven and focused talent in the business.

As a valued team member, we’re committed to giving you the resources and support you need to thrive. Our benefits and perks include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Pre-tax spending accounts including health care FSA and commuter savings
• Flexible paid time off
• Professional development reimbursement and ongoing skills training opportunities
• Employee resource groups
• Swag, ticket giveaways, and more!

At BetMGM, we recognize that every individual plays a meaningful role in our success. That’s why we’re committed to building a respectful, inclusive workplace. It’s the strategy behind every win. By meeting people where they are, we create a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive and a workplace that reflects our values, our people, and our drive to win.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an exceptional analytical leader to join our Sports Analytics team as a Principal Sports Analyst. As the most senior individual contributor on the team, the Principal Analyst will set the strategic direction for Sports Analytics, serve as the definitive organizational authority on sports wagering data, and drive enterprise-wide analytical frameworks that shape commercial, product, and trading strategy. This role is responsible for transforming analytics from a reporting function into a true strategic differentiator for BetMGM's Sports vertical.

The ideal candidate is a visionary analytical leader who combines deep technical mastery — including machine learning, predictive modelling, and advanced experimentation — with the executive presence and communication skills to influence at the highest levels of the organisation. They will champion a culture of data-driven decision making, mentor and develop the broader analytics community, and ensure that every insight generated drives measurable business value.

This is a highly cross-functional role requiring deep partnership with trading, product, operations, finance, and compliance teams. The Principal Analyst will originate new analytical opportunities, manage a portfolio of high-impact workstreams, and maintain trusted-adviser relationships with executive stakeholders across the business.

• Develop and own the analytics strategy for Sports, ensuring full alignment with BetMGM's corporate strategy and business goals, and driving all analytics workstreams to focus on business value rather than reporting
• Define and govern the methodological standard for the Sports Analytics team, establishing best practices for advanced modelling, statistical experimentation, measurement frameworks, and analytical quality that scale across the broader Data team
• Lead the design and delivery of the team's most complex and high-impact analytical models, including next-generation propensity and predictive models, advanced segmentation frameworks, and sophisticated bonus and promotional evaluation models that quantify margin and ROI performance
• Innovate with leading-edge analytical techniques — including machine learning, Bayesian inference, causal modelling, survival analysis, and real-time streaming analytics — and oversee the development of new analytical tools and frameworks that extend the team's capability
• Serve as the definitive organizational authority on sports wagering data structures, market logic, and bet type classification, providing expert guidance that engineering, trading, compliance, and product teams rely on for critical decisions
• Drive enterprise-wide data quality initiatives in close partnership with data engineering and architecture teams, leading workstreams on cataloguing, metadata, lineage tracking, and scalable ETL/ELT optimisation across the sports and wagering data estate
• Scale insights holistically across the organisation — ensuring that analytical outputs are not siloed but operationalised across trading, product, finance, operations, and compliance — and actively drive changes across teams and technology based on recommendations
• Establish and champion the company-wide approach to statistical experimentation and impact measurement, advocating for advanced causal modelling and econometrics, and developing advanced impact models to quantify the ROI of business initiatives
• Lead the analysis of strategic commercial priorities including high-value player economics, revenue concentration, VIP retention sensitivity, and the incremental impact of promotional mechanics and pricing changes
• Originate new analytical opportunities beyond the scope of existing projects, managing a portfolio of workstreams with full executive stakeholder accountability — from statement of work through to post-delivery relationship management
• Present findings and strategic recommendations to SLT and executive audiences with strong presence and authority, translating the most complex quantitative work into compelling commercial narratives that drive organisational decisions
• Act as the senior analytical adviser to commercial, product, trading, and finance leadership, proactively shaping how data informs strategic decisions and advocating for analytics-led change at the highest levels
• Lead and develop analysts across seniority levels, shaping the direction of the analytics team, mentoring on advanced techniques, and driving transformational impact on the Data Analytics community
• Take a portfolio approach to ongoing work across the Sports domain, maintaining trusted-adviser relationships with executive stakeholders post-project completion and identifying future opportunities
• Lead change management initiatives within the data department, overseeing the adoption of new tools, methodologies, and processes, and ensuring continuous improvement and adaptability across the analytics function
• Build and scale automation solutions and self-serve analytical capabilities that drive team efficiency and democratise data access across the organisation