Head of Quantitative Modelling (Basé à London)

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Who We Are:

The world's top sports betting and lottery brands choose OpenBet as their partner for world-class content, leading tech, and tailored service. We support these brands to deliver exciting, memorable, and safe sports betting experiences to entertain billions of players worldwide.

Endeavoris a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. Our network includes talent representation (WME), sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, brand licensing (IMG), live event experiences and hospitality (On Location), marketing (160over90), and sports data and technology (IMG ARENA, OpenBet). Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), which includes UFC and WWE.

The Team

OpenBet is a leader in sports betting technology. We partner with top sports betting brands to provide world-class content, leading technology, and tailored services, ensuring exciting and safe betting experiences for millions worldwide.

Role: Head of Quantitative Modelling

You will join the Data Science team and be responsible for the Pricing Models quant-team, developing pre-match and in-play sports betting forecasting models. The role is based in London or Athens.

The Goal

What you’ll be doing

  1. Manage the Pricing Models quant-team
  2. Create pre-match and in-play model prototypes and communicate these clearly for implementation
  3. Mentor the team on forecasting pricing models best practices
  4. Establish testing standards for pricing accuracy and technical performance
  5. Ensure coding principles are followed
  6. Document the modelling process thoroughly
  7. Create yearly roadmaps with milestones to monitor team progress
  8. Collaborate with product owners and developers to move projects from idea to integration
  9. Communicate key model elements to clients
  10. Report workflow and findings to the Director of Data Science and share insights with the team

The Player

What you’ll bring

  • 3+ years experience as a Quant or Data Scientist in the betting industry
  • Experience managing a Data Science team for 3+ years
  • Postgraduate qualification in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
  • Advanced programming skills in R or Python, C# or Java, and SQL
  • Experience with modeling techniques (e.g., Probability Distributions, GLMs, Monte Carlo, Bayesian Inference, Time-Series)
  • Interest in developing sports forecasting models

Nice to Haves…

  • PhD in a quantitative field
  • Experience with supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning (Neural Networks, Random Forests, GBMs, SVMs)
  • Database management skills
  • Data visualization experience (Tableau, Qlik Sense, R-shiny)
  • Version control experience (GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
  • Familiarity with Jira and Confluence

What’s the Score?

What we offer YOU:

  • Attractive benefits, supportive environment, modern workplace
  • Opportunity to work with global teams
  • Career development opportunities
  • Flexible working options and professional growth support

OpenBet is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Endeavor values diverse voices and encourages applications regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion.

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