About Us

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

About the Team

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.

Overview

As a Trader II - Risk at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will help create an entertaining betting proposition that appeals to Fanatics customers while appropriately managing betting limits and overall trading risk. Reporting into Trading Managers, you will be a key operator within the Risk team, with ownership across pricing management, liability management, customer management, and error detection. You will be a trusted point of contact on shift, guiding day-to-day operations, supporting colleagues, and communicating clearly with the wider Trading department and cross-functional partners. Whatever your background, keeping the customer and colleague experience at the heart of everything you do is vital to succeed in this role. This is an in-office position based out of Denver, Colorado.

Responsibilities

Work across the core functions of Risk: pricing management, liability management, customer management, and error detection
Understand how key risk metrics are calculated so you can provide meaningful, actionable feedback on them and identify their potential weaknesses.
Lead operational shifts, including the assignment of tasks that reflect team strengths and adjusting resourcing to the sporting schedule and betting volume.
Be present and responsive to the operational needs of the team, and stay on top of operational issues across Risk, Trading, and the on-app product, communicating how they will affect shift operations
Apply a robust understanding of FBG’s trading systems to troubleshoot, escalate, and document issues in the format required by cross functional stakeholders.
Understand all necessary processes within the Risk team and provide feedback on their efficiency and compliance
Help test new sportsbook features and trading models, and provide input to the wider team.
Contribute to continuous improvement across the Trading department, assisting with automation and identifying areas for advancement
Work closely with Commercial, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to create and implement a best-in-class, intuitive, and scalable betting experience for our customers, driven by data, user research, and competitor analysis
Ensure that Fanatics puts the customer at the heart of our Trading strategies.