Sports Trader (UK Focused)
Kambi is seeking a UK-Focused Sports Trader to join the Event Quality Monitoring team. This role is responsible for ensuring real-time accuracy and operational excellence during sporting events within a fast-paced environment. The position involves managing odds adjustments, monitoring events, and performing risk management to deliver a seamless betting experience while maintaining regulatory compliance.
The role is based in Bucharest and requires an initial office-based period, with the potential for a hybrid working arrangement thereafter. The successful candidate will focus primarily on UK sports events, such as Darts, Rugby, Snooker, and Cricket, with occasional coverage extending to other disciplines such as Golf and American Football, to ensure operational accuracy and market efficiency. The role also involves handling issues with third-party providers, contributing to team performance by providing feedback and support, and documenting key observations from events to provide actionable insights for process improvements and future strategies.
- Monitor the operations of UK sports events (such as Darts, Rugby, Snooker and Cricket) as your core focus, with occasional coverage extending to other disciplines such as Golf and American Football, to ensure operational accuracy and market efficiency.
- Dynamically adjust odds in real-time based on market changes and event developments, while promptly escalating operational issues to relevant teams.
- Maintain effective communication with peers, managers, and trading teams to optimize event performance and ensure smooth operations.
- Handle issues with third-party providers, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of event data through effective monitoring.
- Contribute to team performance by providing feedback and support to improve individual and collective outcomes.
- Document key observations from events and provide actionable insights for process improvements and future strategies.
- A passion for sports and an understanding of live sports dynamics (required).
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken (required).
- The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment (required).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to thrive in a team-oriented setting (required).
- An analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail (required).
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement (required).
- A constructive attitude toward challenges, with integrity and resilience under tight deadlines (required).
- 6–12 months of experience in a multinational or operations environment (nice-to-have).
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) (required).
- Ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances and new information (required).
- Excellent organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines (required).
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and compliance (required).
- Willingness to support and assist team members to achieve common goals (required).
- Annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
- Year-round engagement activities organized by the company (team outings, summer, and Christmas events and more).
- Initial sports training and ongoing support to develop your skills and abilities.
- Monthly Wellbeing Allowance of 180 RON net.
- 25 days of Vacation + 2 Personal days off per year.
- Meal vouchers of 40 RON/day.
- Gift Vouchers worth 300 RON for 8th of March (ladies), Easter, 1st of June (parents), Christmas.
- Increased supplement for night shift hours after 21:00 (instead of statutory 22:00) to 35% (instead of statutory 25%).
- Premium private medical (birth allowance and hospitalization indemnity included).
- Life insurance with wellbeing services incorporated.
Kambi Group plc is a business-to-business provider of sports betting services to licensed gambling operators. Spun off from Unibet in 2014 and headquartered in Malta, it supplies a turnkey sportsbook platform covering odds compilation, risk management, trading and front-end technology. Founded in 2010, Kambi serves more than 60 operators across 60-plus jurisdictions, with offices in Stockholm, Uppsala, London, Bucharest, Manila, Philadelphia and Sydney. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's First North market.