Title: Trading & Risk Lead – Sportsbook (Football & Other Leading Sports)
Department: Sportsbook
Reports to: Head of Sport
Location: Hybrid, minimum 3 days per week in the office

About Netbet Brand:

Since 2006, NetBet has delivered the ultimate online casino and sportsbook experience for its players across the globe. Alongside sports betting and casino, players have also enjoyed Lotto, Live Casino, and Poker products. With access to multiple languages across all its registered markets, thousands of industry-leading casino games, and daily sports events, NetBet has evolved into one of the world’s favourite online gaming brands. NetBet provides users with a friendly environment, total security, and reliable navigation. Its features are recognised by flagship organisations specialising in regulating and controlling online gaming sites. To enrich player trust and protection NetBet has several gaming licences from across the world including MGA, UK, Germany, Denmark, Greece, France, Romania, and Italy. This ensures that NetBet operates in line with the rules and regulations of each jurisdiction and that players receive the best possible service.

Duties and Responsibilities

We are looking to recruit a Trading & Risk Lead – Sportsbook to define and execute NetBet's trading and risk strategy across football as the priority sport, alongside tennis, basketball and other leading sports.
This is a highly hands-on and commercially focused role combining sportsbook pricing and market strategy, margin/GGR/NGR performance, liability and exposure management, customer risk, competitor benchmarking and promotional economics.
The successful candidate will own the level of exposure and volatility NetBet is prepared to carry across sports markets, monitor and explain sportsbook performance, identify pricing issues or structural margin leakage, and drive corrective actions.
The role will also act as the primary Trading & Risk contact for external sportsbook, trading, pricing and data providers, actively reviewing and challenging their performance across pricing, margins, risk models, customer and market limits, liability controls and market coverage.
Where pricing anomalies, excessive exposure, margin leakage or other trading/risk issues are identified, the Trading & Risk Lead will lead the investigation, establish the root cause and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.

Person Specifications:

4+ years' experience in sportsbook trading, pricing or risk management.
Deep football trading expertise is a priority, with strong working knowledge of tennis, basketball and other major sports.
Proven commercial impact on sportsbook margin/GGR/NGR, pricing, liabilities, exposure or limits.
Proven experience setting and managing exposure, liability and volatility limits, including for in-play markets.
Strong customer-risk and liability-management experience.
Strong understanding of sportsbook pricing, margins and commercial performance.
Hands-on experience with sportsbook trading/pricing platforms and risk-management systems.
Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
Strong AI proficiency, with experience using AI and automation for analysis, monitoring, research or operational workflows.
Strong commercial judgement and ability to challenge external trading/pricing providers.
Solid understanding of Responsible Gambling, AML and regulatory requirements relevant to customer-risk restrictions.
London-based/hybrid availability – minimum 3 days per week in the office.

Nice to Have

Experience assessing boosted odds, free bets or other sportsbook promotional mechanics.
Experience managing or challenging third-party trading, pricing or risk providers.
Experience defining or building AI agents or automated trading/risk workflows.
Familiarity with SQL, Python or BI tools.
Exposure to machine learning, quantitative modelling or AI-driven trading/risk tools.
Experience across additional sports and major global sporting events.
Experience mentoring junior traders or analysts.

Behaviours & Commitments:

Own it. Take responsibility and follow through.
Communicate early. Share progress and risks.
Collaborate. Ask for input. Offer help. Give/seek feedback.
Keep it simple. Prioritise outcomes over activity
Be trustworthy. Protect data and act with integrity.

What We Offer

NetBet recognises the value of exceptional talent and rewards it accordingly. As a GIMO-NetBet employee based in London, you get:

Hybrid working ( 3 days in office/ 2 day remote).
Private Health Insurance after completing your first 6 months.
Employee Wellbeing Program.
Learning and Development Initiatives.
Team-building and Social Engagement Activities to foster a great working environment.
Attractive benefits, including coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks.

Commitment to Diversity: NetBet is dedicated to equal opportunity for all staff. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnerships.

Personal data is processed in accordance with EU GDPR. CVs are retained for 12 months, and we may contact you regarding other suitable roles during this period.

“NetBet is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Personal data are processed in accordance with EU and UK GDPR and our Privacy Policy, which is available here [ https://www.gimo.co.uk/gimo-privacy-policy/]. CVs are retained for 12 months, and we may contact you regarding other suitable roles during this period’

Trading & Risk Lead – Sportsbook

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