Sports Performance Specialist - UK Sports
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own performance across Pre-Match and Live Odds products for Rugby Union, Rugby League, Darts, and Snooker by monitoring trading, operational, and customer metrics. Conduct deep-dive investigations into market quality, pricing efficiency, and customer outcomes to identify opportunities for improving odds quality, profitability, and margin. Lead regular performance review meetings with Tier 1 clients, translating their feedback into prioritised actions and measurable improvement initiatives. Partner with Managed Trading Services, Operational Account Managers, and Quantitative Analytics teams to deliver enhancements across product and technology functions. Define, track, and present sport-specific enhancement initiatives to senior stakeholders while promoting best practice across Trading and wider business functions.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years' experience within the sportsbook, trading or sports data industry
- Expert knowledge of Rugby Union and Rugby League, including competitions, market structures, trading models and customer betting behaviour
- Strong knowledge of Darts and Snooker markets, products and customer behaviour
- Strong understanding of both Pre-Match and Live Odds trading methodologies
- Proven experience analysing sportsbook performance across turnover, GGR, margin, customer engagement and odds quality metrics
- Strong understanding of odds compilation, pricing efficiency, risk management and sportsbook operations
- Experience working with quantitative models, performance reporting, BI tools and large datasets
- Ability to translate detailed analysis and client feedback into practical, measurable improvement recommendations
- Confidence presenting findings and recommendations to senior internal stakeholders and external clients
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively across Trading, MTS, OAM, QA, Product and Technology teams
- Commercially minded, with a strong understanding of operator needs and customer expectations
- Self-motivated, highly analytical and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving trading environment
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working directly with sportsbook operators, Managed Trading Services or key customer accounts
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