Sr. Analyst, Sports Analytics

betmgminc; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Pre-tax FSA and commuter benefits

Flexible paid time off

Professional development reimbursement

Employee resource groups

Swag and ticket giveaways

Job summary

BetMGM is seeking a Sr. Sports Analyst for its Sports Analytics team. You will drive data-driven decision making, deliver actionable insights, and identify opportunities in segmentation, VIP, pricing, and margin across the sports betting business.

You will collaborate with product, trading, operations, and finance to shape BetMGM's pricing, structure, and delivery of its offerings. The role requires senior-level analytics experience, strong visualization skills, and the ability to manage

Qualifications

• 4+ years of commercial experience in analytics, BI or data science.
• Advanced use of SQL and large complex datasets.
• Advanced use of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in Python or R.
• Experience building stakeholder-ready dashboards with Tableau/Looker/Power BI.
• Strong analytical communication for senior audiences.
• Experience leading analytics strategies across the commercial business.
• Experience designing A/B or multivariate tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of actionable insights across bonus, VIP, trading, promotions, etc.
• Manage multiple projects at pace.
• Set analytics strategy within the Sports Analytics team.
• Present findings to senior leadership in clear business terms.
• Build and maintain complex datasets, reports and dashboards.
• Measure and optimize promotional spend and bonus impact.
• Design and analyze controlled experiments (A/B/multivariate).
• Build agents to automate tasks and mentor junior analysts.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Business acumen

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Excel

PowerPoint

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

About the Role

We are looking for a sharp, analytically driven Sr. Sports Analyst to join our Sports Analytics team. They will support a culture of data driven decision making, provide actionable insights and recommendations as well as identify key opportunities and efficiencies within the sports business, across areas such as segmentation, VIP, bonus, pricing, margin and sport/league/team. The ideal candidate will be a motivated analytical thinker who thrives in collaborative environments to inform key business decisions. They will also need to efficiently manage multiple projects across several different key business priorities and will need to be comfortable interfacing with key internal and external business leaders. This is a cross-functional role and will require partnership with product, trading, operations, and finance teams to generate insights that directly shape how BetMGM prices, structures, and delivers its sports betting offering.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading the development and delivery of actionable insights and analysis in response to key business questions across bonus, VIP, trading, promotions, etc.
• Efficiently manage and deliver multiple short- and long-term projects at pace
• Lead the analytics strategy within the Sports Analytics team in collaboration with the Sports SLT
• Present analytical findings and strategic recommendations clearly to senior leadership, translating quantitative outputs into actionable business narratives
• Build and maintain a range of complex datasets, reports and dashboards
• Lead analytical work to measure, evaluate and optimize bonus and promotional spend
• Design and evaluate controlled experiments (A/B and multivariate tests) to drive incremental business value
• Build agents and automations to automate manual tasks and processes
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to a rigorous, high-performance analytics culture

Qualifications

• 4+ years commercial experience in analytics, business intelligence or data science
• Advanced use and understanding of SQL and large complex datasets
• Advanced use of Microsoft Office especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in a programming language (e.g., Python, R)
• Demonstrated ability to build clear, stakeholder-ready dashboards and visualisations using tools such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI
• Strong analytical communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings to non-technical and senior audiences
• Experience leading analytical strategies across the commercial business
• Experience designing and analysing A/B or multivariate tests to evaluate commercial interventions
• Experience working with large and sometimes incomplete and complex data sets
• Expert understanding of sports and the sports betting industry in United States
• Prior experience in a regulated sports betting or iGaming environment is preferred
• Business standard use of the English language

The annual salary range for this position is $92,000 to $120,750. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for participation in a performance-based bonus plan.

Applicants must possess legal authorization to work for our company in the U.S. without the need for immigration sponsorship. At this time, this role is not eligible for immigration-related employment authorization sponsorship including H-1B, O-1, E-3, TN, OPT, etc.

Compensation

The pay range for this position is as follows:

92,000.00--122,700.00

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for participation in a perf