Manager, Core Pricing

Who We Are:

The world’s top sports betting and lottery brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world class content, leading tech and tailored service. We have their back, so they’re ready with exciting, memorable and safe sports betting experiences to entertain billions of players worldwide.

Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.

The Data Science department is looking for a Manager of Core Pricing to lead the quant-team responsible for the overall performance of the pre-match bet-builder pricing models. The role will be based in Athens or London.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the team in building and maintaining our pricing models.
• Create model prototypes and communicate these clearly to the team for implementation. Mentor the team on best practises when it comes to creating pricing models.
• Liaise with the wider Core Content teams (Data Science, Product, Engineering and Trading) to integrate the models to production.
• Establish testing standards for pricing accuracy and technical performance.
• Ensure that (a) coding principles are being implemented and that (b) modelling processes are well documented.
• Create yearly roadmaps with various milestones to monitor the progress of the team.
• Collaborate closely with product owners and software developers to move projects from idea to integration.
• Communicate with clients the key elements that govern the model.
• Report to the Director of Data Science on workflow and share findings with the Data Science team.

Qualifications

As a prerequisite to be considered for the role, you must have 3+ years working experience as a Quant or Data Scientist in the betting industry. 

Essential

• 3+ years working experience in the betting industry.
• A postgraduate qualification in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics or a closely related quantitative field.
• Advanced programming skills: (a) statistical programming (R or Python), (b) object-oriented programming (C# or Java) and (c) SQL.
• Experience with various modelling techniques (e.g. Probability Distributions, GLMs, Monte Carlo Simulations, Bayesian Inference, Time-Series Analysis etc.)
• A demonstrable interest in developing forecasting models for sports.
• Experience with version control platforms (e.g. GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket etc.)

Desirable

• Working experience in a managerial position of a Data Science team.
• A PhD in a quantitative field.
• Experience with various supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning methodologies (e.g. Neural Networks, Random Forests, GBMs, SVMs etc.).
• Experience with database management tools.
• Experience with data visualisation platforms (e.g. Tableau, Qlik Sense, R-shiny etc.).
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.

Why would you enjoy working with us at OpenBet?

• Competitive benefits, including pension plan and private insurance for you and your family members as well as extra leave days for volunteering and other purposes.
• The opportunity to work within a truly international Company, where you can expect the diversity and the opportunities of the world, mixed with a people-friendly culture.
• A wide palette of training opportunities and internal and external learning sources, from onboarding to on-the-job training by our subject matter experts.
• As a software house, we have a relaxed but highly professional environment with excellent facilities available, including an on-site canteen & gym, showers, video, board, and electronic sports games as well as a lending library.
• We love to get together and throw several group events, to celebrate newcomers, enjoy some good meals together, and show off our sports talents as part of company tournaments (basketball, table tennis, and others!).

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Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world’s diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.