Senior Football Trading Manager

Finance · Full-time · Bulgaria

Job description

RokkerX is a managed services provider that is all about bringing together top-notch teams in key spots around the world to help grow businesses in the iGaming industry.  We value different cultures, take good care of our team, and make sure everyone has a great place to work together. In simple terms, RokkerX wants to help people and businesses everywhere reach their full potential by creating a supportive and dynamic global community. 

The Opportunity: 

Join our team as a Senior Football Trading Manager, where you'll lead a talented group of traders and play a pivotal role in shaping our current football product. This is a unique opportunity to combine your expertise in Football trading with strategic leadership to drive high performance, optimise profitability and deliver world class trading solutions to operators globally. You’ll collaborate with senior leadership to develop innovative football trading strategies, oversee real-time odds delivery through feed driven and algorithmic trading, and ensure seamless football trading operations. If you're passionate about football trading and ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, this is the ideal role for you. 

Key responsibilities of this role include: 

  • Deliver a market-leading Football trading proposition for football operators globally, managing odds and ensuring compliance with operator requirements.

  • Lead and mentor a team of Football Traders, driving high performance and aligning team KPIs with overall company targets.

  • Collaborate with senior leadership to develop strategies for a market leading B2B Football trading proposition, optimizing margins and trading strategies across multiple global brands.

  • Oversee real-time odds delivery for football, both pre-matches, in-play and ante-post. This will involve odds derived from feed providers and internal algorithmic and manual trading.

  • Monitor odds feed health, football event coverage, ensuring market accuracy and timely interventions when needed.

  • Drive and monitor internal team processes including real-time bet noting, stake factoring of individual Football players and implementing odds changes where necessary to protect Football margin.

  • Lead a high-performing team of Football Traders, ensuring alignment with company KPIs, fostering a results-driven culture, and providing necessary tools and resources.

  • Develop and maintain profitability reports, collaborating with BI teams to track football P&L performance, and conduct benchmarking for competitive pricing strategies.

  • Drive profitability through manual odds compilation and benchmarking of trading strategies, while ensuring effective reporting on football P&L performance.

  • Work cross-functionally with content, marketing, and Sportsbook Support teams to ensure timely and proper event displays, optimize trading processes, and meet partner requirements.

  • Raise feature requests for product enhancements, manage customer queries, and continuously improve trading functionality and service delivery.

The successful candidate will demonstrate: 

  • Strong financial acumen with extensive experience in odds compilation and trading KPIs.

  • Deep expertise in Football trading, betting rules and a thorough understanding of football markets, including derivative markets, trends, and innovations.

  • Customer-focused, balancing profitability control with partner needs, and demonstrating initiative to anticipate requests.

  • Analytical mindset with a keen eye for detail, ensuring football trading margin optimization through data-driven decision-making.

  • Proven leadership and team management skills, capable of overseeing a 24/7 operation, with flexibility to accommodate peak periods, including evenings and weekends.

Why Join Our Team?  

Step into a role that will profoundly impact your career trajectory. Beyond just a job, you'll join forces with a leading team of industry experts—exceptionally skilled professionals who happen to be nice and friendly people as well.   

Apart from this, we offer a compelling package that recognizes and rewards your contribution:  

  • Remuneration package that meets the highest industry standards.

  • Performance-based Bonus Plan that reflect your achievements and contributions towards our shared objectives.

  • Generous relocation package for candidates outside of Bulgaria

  • Comprehensive Private Healthcare, with Dentalcare too.

  • Enjoy daily meals with our Food Vouchers.

  • Free Gym Membership to keep you healthy and energized.

  • Get around with a complimentary Public Transport Pass.

  • Unlimited access to Live Sport Streaming.

  • Exclusive invites to our Social Events and Gatherings.

  • Convenient Car Parking just for you.

Join us to not only advance your career but also to become part of a dynamic team that values growth and excellence.