Junior Pre-Event Trader (Basketball)
Novibet is seeking a Junior Pre-Event Trader with a focus on basketball to join its team. The role is responsible for ensuring first-class sports offerings and providing customers with an industry-leading experience. This involves researching and analysing data, compiling odds, and managing risk for a variety of domestic and international basketball leagues.
The successful candidate will compile odds manually and automatically, manage risk effectively to achieve optimal pre-event margins, and profile customers. They will also work on improving trading tools, ensuring a comprehensive sports offering, and developing data-driven analytical tools for odds creation. A key aspect of the role is proactively monitoring competitors' offers and products, providing insights to increase competitiveness, and identifying and mitigating risks.
- Compilation of odds both manually and automatically, using automated data feeds.
- Effective risk management of Basketball events so that optimum pre-event margin is achieved.
- Customer profiling both overall and on a bet-by-bet basis.
- Improve the performance of the trading tools.
- Ensure the delivery of a comprehensive industry-leading sports offering.
- Develop and manage data-driven, analytical tools for the creation of odds.
- Monitor, in a proactive manner, competitors’ offers and products.
- Provide insight and suggest ways to increase competitiveness.
- Identify risks and take necessary actions to eliminate or minimise risks.
- Working Experience in a relevant position (nice-to-have).
- Enthusiastic about basketball with a strong interest and knowledge especially about the NBA and the Euroleague (required).
- Good understanding of sports odds (required).
- Great attention to detail and good analytical and numerical skills (required).
- A sports enthusiast with a strong data and customer-focused mindset (required).
- Able to cope with a fast-paced, challenging environment (required).
- Strong computer skills with advanced MS Excel skills (required).
- Possess a can-do attitude and be a team player (required).
- Flexible to work on shift rotation 24/7 (required).
- BSc in Mathematics / Physics / Engineering / Economics (required).
- Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary and bonus scheme.
- Health insurance: Group health & medical insurance package.
- Top-Notch Equipment: All the tools you need for your role.
- Career Growth: Focused career development, performance management, and training opportunities.
- Inclusive Environment: A welcoming, international, and multicultural team.
- Engaging Activities: Exciting events, sports, and team-building activities.
Novibet is an established GameTech company operating across Europe (Greece, Ireland, Cyprus and Finland), the Americas (Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador) and New Zealand. Founded in 2010, it provides online sports betting and gaming entertainment to a growing international customer base. The company runs its own proprietary betting platform, which it continually develops to keep pace with industry trends. Novibet employs more than 1,000 people, with tech hubs in Greece and Malta, and is headquartered in San Gwann, Malta.