Sports Trader

Join to apply for the Sports Trader role at FanDuel. The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark experience-wise, we’d love to speak to you.

About FanDuel Group: FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products that deliver sports betting, gaming and entertainment to millions of US sports fans every day. That’s no easy task, and wouldn’t be possible without a fantastic team who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features that make us a leader in the industry. Whether you’re looking for better career progression, improved financial security or just a better sense of belonging, we believe we’ve created a culture in which everyone can succeed, no matter how you got here.

The Position: We are looking for people who are passionate about Basketball and who like numbers to put it simply! If you have a high attention to detail, are calm under pressure, are comfortable with numbers and love the NBA then we can teach you the rest. Being able to work in a team, stay organised and keeping our customers front of mind are also valuable skills to have. Prior experience in a similar/higher level role within the industry would also be looked upon as a plus.

Sports Traders at FanDuel are the people behind the odds that our customers bet on. We utilise stats, in-house models, industry news and our opinions to help formulate what we believe are the most accurate odds, and then manage those odds throughout their lifecycle. This includes moving prices when breaking news hits or using our in-house models to move prices live during games. We don’t expect anyone to walk in the door and know everything at the start, so we take our training seriously and make sure that the successful candidate is well supported.

In time, you will be able to compile your own odds on a range of different markets using statistics and trends. For example, helping decide the price on LeBron James to record a triple double. You will monitor our prices and make moves where necessary, taking into consideration things like player news, customer behaviour, industry prices, etc. You will learn how to use our sports models to fluctuate our odds throughout the game depending on what is happening in that game at the time. Collaborate with various teams around the business to manage things like our liabilities, our onsite display and ensuring we remain compliant across our different jurisdictions. Our customers are the most important thing to us, so coming up with new markets for them to bet on, settling their bets in a timely manner and all aspects of their experience are going to be important part of this role for you. Crunch numbers to identify trends and then make changes off the back of your findings. Responsibility for the commercial ownership of a selected number of Sports from the following list, including but not limited to: Soccer, Tennis, Golf, UFC/Boxing, European Basketball, European Ice Hockey, Table Tennis & Motorsport.

What We’re Looking For:

• In-depth knowledge of NBA, knowledge around other US Sports is helpful too.
• Ability to do basic and mental math problems under time pressure.
• It’s important to understand how odds relate to probability (%), and how betting markets work but you do not have to bet yourself.
• Customer focused – thinks about customers 24/7 and creates processes, solutions etc. which tangibly improve customer experience.
• Attention to detail – can spot anomalies in large quantities of data and has the focus to constantly improve the finer details.
• Effective Collaborator - works with others within the team and the wider organisation, whilst communicating effectively across a range of channels and audiences.
• Ability to work at pace, on own initiative and learn as they go.
• Makes quality decisions – makes confident decisions under pressure.
• Problem solver – ability to use what little details may be available to produce concise steps towards incident resolution.
• Ability to see problems before they become impactful.
• Strong written, verbal communication and research skills are a must.
• Experience or knowledge of Excel is helpful not a necessity.
• Happy to work at times outside of normal business hours including weekends.
• Happy to study the NBA every day!

What You Can Expect:

• Interesting work - working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away. There are always opportunities to learn new skills and broaden your horizons.
• A sense of achievement - Our teams own their own software and when that awesome new feature ships to users and the positive feedback starts rolling in, you can feel really proud of what you and your team created.
• Personal development - clear and defined career pathways for every role at every level, a supportive manager, loads of learning opportunities and even 10% of your time to dedicate to your learning.
• Belonging - everyone at FanDuel works for each other, we win together, make mistakes together and have lots of fun doing it.
• Trust - A trusting work environment where productivity is valued above all else, giving you autonomy and ownership of your time and work.
• Great financial package - Including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme, flexible working & holiday policy along with a number of other benefits.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don’t tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.