Team Lead - Sportsbook Trading
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 2d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 18d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-09-23). Last seen at its source just now.
We have tracked this listing since 5 Oct 2026 (5 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently just now.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
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Who may apply?
United States
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Pay not stated
Similar roles pay $127.5k–150k/yr
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Recruitee employer's own board first seen 5d ago · last seen just now
The listing
What are we building?
Hard Rock Digital is a fiercely focused team working to become the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We're building a deeply curious team with a passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We're customer-obsessed — we care about each customer interaction, experience, behavior, and insight, and strive to ensure we're always acting authentically.
Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We're taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space - ready to join us?
What’s the position?
The Team Lead - Sportsbook Trading will report to the Trading Manager and will lead, train, and guide a team of traders based in the US, with responsibility for price creation, price management, risk monitoring and communication and optimizing profitability. The Team Lead - Sportsbook Trading will ensure the team adheres to US regulatory and licensing requirements, internal policies, and industry best practices while achieving the business's financial objectives.
You will develop a strong command of our trading system architecture and how it interfaces with third-party suppliers. You may be required to deliver innovative, consistent, and bespoke pricing tailored to specific markets and demographics where required. You will bring deep knowledge of sports betting, odds compilation, and diverse trading strategies, along with hands-on experience in a sportsbook trading environment.
Team Leadership & Sport Ownership Model (Non US Core Sports)
The Team Lead - Sportsbook Trading (US) will have direct reports made up of Sport Owners within the Sports Ownership Model & Traders. They will ensure each Sport Owner performs to standard across the following areas and stepping in directly where coverage, escalation, or quality gaps arise:
Trading & Risk Oversight: Ensure Sport Owners and traders are monitoring real-time exposure, identifying sharp action, setting appropriate limits, and protecting margin, with the Team Lead escalating and acting decisively during high-volume or live-event periods.
Third-Party Feed & Product Optimization: Oversee how the team manages, assesses, and optimizes third-party odds and data feeds, resolving escalated feed issues and ensuring bespoke pricing is created where required.
Competitive Benchmarking & Product Input: Review each Sport Owner's competitor benchmarking for pricing competitiveness, market uptime, and feature parity, and consolidate findings to shape roadmap priorities with product, quant, and trading management.
Analytical Ability & Reporting: Ensure the team produces data-driven analysis identifying value leaks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities, and compile these into reporting for senior management.
Mentorship & Team Contribution: Coach and develop junior and mid-level traders directly, and ensure Sport Owners are sharing best practice in bookmaking, modelling, and risk principles across the wider desk.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the primary point of contact between the team's Sport Owners and product, quant, technology, and operations partners, ensuring insights and requirements flow both ways.
What are we looking for?
You are comfortable working with data and detail, and act as a mentor and support to your colleagues. You have strong communication and presentation skills, and are decisive and logical in your thinking. Strong overall sporting knowledge, experience in the sports betting industry, and are customer-focused and proactive in how and when we deliver our proposition to them.
What’s in it for you?
We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:
Competitive pay and benefits
Flexible vacation allowance
Remote working
Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
Roster of uniques
We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunity employer).