Team Lead, Sports Trading

As a Team Lead, Sports Trading at DraftKings, you will oversee day-to-day operations for international markets, leading a team focused on live pricing accuracy, player props, and uptime across key sports like Tennis, Basketball, and Table Tennis. This role involves guiding team development, contributing to trading strategy, and ensuring the betting product remains sharp, engaging, and data-driven. You will also monitor live markets, manage in-play pricing, analyze performance, and collaborate with other departments to enhance content and strategy.

Must Have

• Oversee team scheduling and shift planning.
• Deliver onboarding and ongoing training for traders.
• Monitor live markets and manage in-play pricing.
• Analyze and present trading performance and market insights.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture.
• Identify and resolve inefficiencies in trading processes.
• Ensure third-party data and feed integrity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Engineering.
• At least 2 years of sports trading experience.
• Prior experience mentoring or managing team members.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Familiarity with Excel.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Fluent in English.

Good to Have

• Strong focus on Tennis, Soccer, or Basketball trading.
• Scripting or automation experience.

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The Crown Is Yours

As a Team Lead, Sports Trading, you'll help shape our sportsbook by overseeing day-to-day operations for international markets. You’ll lead a team of traders focused on live pricing accuracy, player props, and uptime across key sports like Tennis, Basketball, and Table Tennis. In this role, you’ll guide team development, contribute to trading strategy, and ensure our betting product remains sharp, engaging, and data-driven.

What you’ll do as a Team Lead, Sports Trading

• Oversee team scheduling and shift planning to ensure consistent trading coverage aligned with global sports calendars.
• Deliver onboarding and ongoing training for new and current traders, reinforcing catalogue expertise and operational excellence.
• Monitor live markets, manage in-play pricing, and escalate real-time betting anomalies when necessary.
• Analyze and present trading performance and market insights to leadership and stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture, supporting continuous development and mentorship.
• Identify and resolve inefficiencies in trading processes, and propose enhancements to drive innovation and precision.
• Ensure third-party data and feed integrity, supporting uptime and accurate decision-making.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Engineering to support live betting content and strategy.

What you’ll bring

• At least 2 years of sports trading experience, with strong focus on Tennis, Soccer, or Basketball preferred.
• Prior experience mentoring or managing team members in a trading or operations setting.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with attention to real-time performance metrics.
• Familiarity with tools like Excel; scripting or automation experience is a plus.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays based on the sports calendar.
• Fluent in English.

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