Associate, Market Operations
The Associate, Market Operations plays a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of DraftKings’ prediction markets. Working at the intersection of regulation, surveillance, and operations, the role ensures that markets are fair, compliant, and built to scale.
This position involves managing market activity, conducting surveillance, and communicating with regulators. The successful candidate will help shape a trusted, future-ready exchange within a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
- Manage market activity including market creation, market configuration, coordinate launch timing and conduct settlement procedures.
- Provide operation support to Exchange Members on connectivity, market metadata, and market resolution.
- Conduct real-time market surveillance coverage to identify anomalies and escalate trade practice violations.
- Monitor market activity to track KPIs and produce reports for internal analytics.
- Collaborate with the engineering and market structures team on operational requirements for new features and launches.
- Manage the relationship with the Exchange’s Clearinghouse partner to ensure timely and accurate funding for Exchange Member accounts.
- Working with ecosystem partners to ensure that markets are operating smoothly with sufficient liquidity.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to work with partners across engineering, regulatory, analytics, and product team. (required)
- Understanding of market structure including order book, matching engine, market states, trading dynamics, and market ecosystems. (required)
- High attention to detail and a bias for action when resolving time-sensitive issues. (required)
- Enthusiasm for prediction markets, sports trading, or financial markets. (required)
- Flexibility to provide shift coverage as needed for real-time market surveillance. (required)
- Experience in a trading role. (nice-to-have)
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellbeing program including free therapy sessions, employee assistance programs, the Calm App, and virtual yoga classes.
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support.
- Partnership with Care.com for backup childcare.
- Family planning support for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
- Flexible PTO for U.S. employees.
- Pet insurance.
- Gym reimbursement.
- Financial planning resources including 401(k) matching and Origin Financial.
- Commuter benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.