Data Science Manager - Market Origination
PrizePicks is seeking a Data Science Manager to oversee line setting strategy and projection accuracy for its fantasy markets. This role involves balancing the breadth of market coverage with the quality of competitive lines to ensure a high-quality user experience.
The manager will lead and mentor a team of data scientists and analysts dedicated to market creation and prop origination. This position requires close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Pricing, and Business Operations teams to launch new markets and expand coverage across various sports and esports leagues.
Furthermore, the role focuses on guiding experimentation regarding line accuracy and prop selection to drive engagement. The manager will maintain and evolve frameworks for monitoring market health and projection quality, ensuring data integrity across all origination efforts.
- Own line setting strategy and projection accuracy for fantasy markets, balancing coverage breadth and competitive line quality.
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of data scientists and analysts focused on market creation and prop origination.
- Oversee development and deployment of projection models and coverage expansion across major sports and esports.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Pricing, and BizOps to launch new markets and expand coverage.
- Guide experimentation around line accuracy, prop selection, and coverage strategy to drive engagement and grow the market catalog.
- Maintain and evolve frameworks for projection accuracy, coverage quality, and market health monitoring.
- Ensure data integrity and modeling quality across all origination efforts.
- 5+ years of experience in sports betting, fantasy, or related gaming industries, ideally with exposure to line setting, trading, or player performance modeling (required).
- Strong technical foundation in data science, statistics, or software engineering (required).
- Demonstrated management experience, leading, mentoring, and scaling high-output teams (required).
- Proficiency in SQL and Python or R (required).
- Experience with predictive modeling, forecasting, and statistical techniques (required).
- Deep understanding of how player props and sports/esports markets are structured, originated, and modeled (required).
- Proven track record of driving complex projects from ideation through launch in a fast-paced environment (required).
- Strong communicator who thrives at the intersection of data, product, and operations (required).
- Must be authorised to work for any employer in the U.S. (required).
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus.
- Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance.
- Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules.
- Company-wide in-person events and team outings.
- Lifestyle enhancement program.
- Company equipment provided (Windows and Mac options).
- Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development.
PrizePicks is a daily fantasy sports operator headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its app lets players predict whether athletes will beat or fall short of projected statistics, and it has added prediction-market contracts regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In January 2026 the lottery and gaming group Allwyn completed the purchase of a 62.3% majority stake, with PrizePicks continuing as a standalone brand.
