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Salary: USD 68,000 - 82,000 / annual
Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Trader II - Risk to join its Denver-based operations team. In this role, you will be a key operator within the Risk team, responsible for pricing management, liability management, customer management, and error detection. You will report to Trading Managers and serve as a trusted point of contact on shift, guiding day-to-day operations, supporting colleagues, and communicating with the wider Trading department and cross-functional partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing core risk functions: pricing, liability, customer management, and error detection
- Understanding and providing actionable feedback on key risk metrics and identifying potential weaknesses
- Leading operational shifts, assigning tasks based on team strengths, and adjusting resourcing to sporting schedules and betting volume
- Staying responsive to operational needs across Risk, Trading, and the product, communicating impacts to shift operations
- Troubleshooting, escalating, and documenting issues in FBG's trading systems for cross-functional stakeholders
- Reviewing Risk team processes for efficiency and compliance
- Testing new sportsbook features and trading models, providing input to the wider team
- Contributing to continuous improvement across Trading, including automation and process advancement
- Collaborating with Commercial, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Operations to create a best-in-class betting experience
- Ensuring customer-centric Trading strategies
You will work flexible schedules including evenings, weekends, and holidays, and be open to regular travel to events and other Fanatics offices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a quantitative or business field
- 3+ years of experience in trading, risk, or similar role (sportsbook experience preferred)
- Genuine passion for sports and understanding of what sports fans want
- Ability to understand and interpret data, translating it into actionable insights
- Strong understanding of customer profiling and risk metrics
- Working knowledge of trading platforms and systems with troubleshooting ability
- Ability to lead through communication and communicate confidentially with trading teams
- Comfort leading shifts, making sound decisions under pressure, and escalating appropriately
- Preference for entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environments
- Team-first mentality with willingness to work cross-functionally
- Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn
- Proficiency with data analysis tools (SQL, Snowflake) and comfort with AI-assisted tools for data analysis and workflow automation
- Flexible schedule availability including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Openness to regular travel
