Sports Markets Lead
You own the sports markets vertical across Polymarket US and Polymarket International. You manage sports coverage, liquidity, resolution, and partnerships while combining sports trading expertise with product management. You identify new events, work with market makers and trading firms, integrate real-time sports data, build reliable resolution systems, and collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering to improve market performance.
Responsibilities
- Own the sports vertical across Polymarket US and Polymarket International
- Identify and prioritize sports events for listing
- Design systematic and discretionary pipelines for new markets
- Work with market makers and trading firms to structure incentives, fees, and quoting standards
- Build reliable resolution systems using data feeds, APIs, and automation frameworks
- Integrate sports data providers such as Sportsdata.io
- Develop partnerships with leagues, data firms, and sports-adjacent brands
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering to ship sports features
- Track volume, spreads, participation, and latency across sports markets
Requirements
- 2+ years leading sports trading, sportsbook operations, or sports exchange systems
- Deep understanding of liquidity mechanics, odds compilation, and market-making models
- Technical fluency with APIs and data feeds
- Product sensibility and understanding of systems, user flows, and feedback loops
- Comfort operating in regulated and unregulated environments
- Experience at a regulated exchange or DCM/DCO is a plus
- Background in quantitative trading or market-making is a plus
- Relationships with sports data or trading firms are a plus
- Strong interest in sports, markets, and competition
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage
- 401k match
- New MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories