Sportsbook Risk and Trading Specialist
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The Risk and Trading Team at PENN Entertainment is responsible for all Sports Betting products, pricing, risk management, Boosts, Specials, Promotions, and Player Props in a fast-paced, 24/7 North American-facing operator. This role focuses on the full spectrum of the Sportsbook product, including performance, promotion, presentation, and pricing, with a strong emphasis on the fan experience.
If you are a highly motivated, data-driven individual with a passion for sports and sports betting, this role is for you.
About the Work
- Manage live betting markets in real time across assigned sports/events.
- Adjust odds proactively based on: Game state (score, time, momentum), injuries, cards, or key events, and market movement and betting activity.
- Execute liability-aware decisions, including: Price moves, market suspension, and stake/limit considerations.
- Ensure pricing is competitive vs key operators (e.g., Bet365, Pinnacle).
- Operate within event templates and market tiers, adjusting when required.
- Monitor and react to sharp or arbitrage activity.
- Use internal tools to track exposure and performance.
- Contribute to live trading improvements and process optimization.
About You
- Post-secondary degree in a relevant field, such as mathematics, business, or other analytical disciplines.
- Must be able to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.
- 1 to 2 years’ experience in a trading environment or assessing and calculating risk within the areas of insurance or finance is advantageous.
- Good all-round sports betting knowledge and a strong interest in betting and odds required.
- Data obsessed, not just data driven. Excellent mathematical skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Flexibility is a must as working hours will be dictated by business needs. Must be able to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends, and public holidays.
- Able to multitask and work under pressure.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make decisions quickly.
- Must have exceptional time management skills.
- High attention to detail and precision in delivery.
- Ability to learn quickly, work independently, and in a team setting.
- Strong initiative and outstanding work ethic.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive Benefits package
- Fun, relaxed work environment
- Education and conference reimbursements
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PENN Entertainment
View Company ProfilePENN Entertainment, Inc. (formerly known as Penn National Gaming) is the premier, enterprise-grade integrated entertainment pioneer, omnichannel sports content distributor, and digital gaming powerhouse engineered to operate as the definitive, high-velocity land-based casino and interactive iGaming layer across North America. The company completely eliminates the severe operational friction of traditional, siloed hospitality and wagering infrastructures—where operators face fragmented customer retention metrics, separated retail-to-digital tracking loops, complex multi-jurisdictional compliance laws, and unoptimized gaming floor space configurations—by deploying a unified, ecosystem-wide customer engagement matrix. Moving far beyond its 1970s origins as a regional thoroughbred racetrack operator, PENN Entertainment natively unifies 44 brick-and-mortar casino and racing destinations across 20 states, a state-of-the-art digital media and betting platform (ESPN BET and theScore Bet), an in-house digital game design studio (PENN Game Studios), and its industry-leading PENN Play customer loyalty engine into a single high-availability entertainment ecosystem. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: PENN), the institution leverages its proprietary technology stack to serve over 25 million rewards members, seamlessly cross-selling premium physical resort experiences, Vegas-style table games, and real-time mobile sportsbooks with production-hardened precision. Under the hood, its sophisticated technical practice orchestrates high-concurrency transaction processing nodes, automated geo-fenced mobile betting frameworks, machine learning-driven customer personalization pipelines, and strict compliance-audited data networks matching rigid regulatory standards across dozens of legal gaming commissions. What sets PENN Entertainment apart is its uncompromising dedication to replacing legacy, standalone wagering with absolute, digital-first hospitality momentum; by bridging the gap between performance-intensive online betting engines and market-dominant physical resort footprints, the conglomerate remains the undisputed category-defining cornerstone of modern retail gaming and interactive sports entertainment.
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