Sports Trader
Department:
Trading
Reports to:
Head of Sports - Trading
Location:
BOYLE Sports (Dundalk HQ / Gibraltar / UK Remote)
Your role:
BOYLE Sports is seeking a highly motivated Sports Trader to join our dynamic Trading team. In this role, you will help deliver a best-in-class sports betting proposition across all business channels. You will be responsible for daily sports pricing, risk management, and identifying new opportunities across key sports, with a particular focus on football.
You will work closely with the Head of Sports, taking an active role in managing trading performance, monitoring customer activity, and ensuring we deliver competitive pricing and market‑leading products that maximize performance and profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
* Sports Pricing: Deliver accurate and competitive daily sports prices across all Boylesports platforms.
* Liability Management: Monitor and manage business liabilities across all sports and markets.
* Customer Monitoring: Review customer betting activity to help maintain margin performance and manage risk.
* Product Excellence: Support the development and delivery of a market‑leading Sportsbook product across all channels.
* Cross‑Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Head of Sports and Sportsbook Operations to enhance our trading strategy and overall proposition.
* Market Lifecycle Management: Create and manage the full lifecycle of various sports betting markets.
* Decision-Making: Make informed, data‑led trading decisions in a fast‑paced, time‑critical environment.
* Platform Oversight: Ensure the presentation and display of all sports markets is accurate, competitive, and customer‑focused.
* Internal Liaison: Collaborate with key business functions, including Customer Service, to resolve trading‑related queries efficiently.
Requirements:
* Strong statistical analysis and market interpretation skills to compile pricing and identify betting opportunities.
* Prior trading experience within the sports betting or gambling industry.
* Experience in Basketball, Rugby, or Tennis trading is beneficial but not essential.
* Excellent mathematical ability, strategic thinking, and attention to detail.
* Highly motivated, solution‑oriented individual who thrives in a challenging environment.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.
Company:
BOYLE Sports is an international sports betting and gaming company, with an extensive online business and retail portfolio. Founded by John Boyle in 1982, the Irish family-owned firm has grown to become Ireland's largest and most successful independently-owned bookmaker and has over 390 shops across Ireland and the UK. Its Head Office is located on the outskirts of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland and the company currently employs over 2,700 employees across Ireland, the UK and Gibraltar. BOYLE Sports offers a world class betting and gaming experience with a 'Customer First' approach, committed to bringing customers closer to the action. Its mission is boosted by a rich sponsorship portfolio – the company is a proud principal sponsor of West Ham United Football Club and it stays at the heart of the action all year round by backing some of sport's most prestigious events, including the Irish Grand National, the Irish Greyhound Derby and the World Grand Prix of Darts.