# Sports Markets Lead

**Company:** [Polymarket](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/polymarket)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Product Management
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** sports trading, sportsbook operations, liquidity mechanics, odds compilation, market-making, api specification, data feeds, resolution systems, sportsdata.io, quantitative trading
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Own the full sports vertical at Polymarket, managing coverage, liquidity, resolution, data integration, and partnerships for prediction markets on NFL, news-driven events, and more. Requires 2+ years in sports trading or sportsbook operations, deep knowledge of liquidity and market-making, technical fluency with APIs/data feeds, and strong product instincts.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Own the sports vertical — from NFL moneylines to bespoke, news-driven markets
- Expand coverage by identifying and prioritizing events worth listing; design systematic and discretionary pipelines for new markets
- Drive liquidity by working with top-tier market makers and trading firms to structure incentives, fees, and quoting standards
- Build faster, more reliable resolution systems using data feeds, APIs, and automation frameworks
- Integrate data sources — work with providers like Sportsdata.io and others to ensure real-time accuracy and resilience
- Shape partnerships with leagues, data firms, and sports-adjacent brands to expand Polymarket's reach
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering to ship sports features that meet regulatory and technical requirements
- Track volume, spreads, participation, and latency across sports markets and relentlessly improve them

## What We're Looking For
- 2+ years leading sports trading, sportsbook operations, or sports exchange systems
- Deep understanding of liquidity mechanics, odds compilation, and market-making models
- Strong technical fluency — able to spec APIs, debug data feeds, and work directly with engineers
- Product sensibility — you think in systems, user flows, and feedback loops
- Comfort operating in regulated and unregulated environments simultaneously
- High-agency mindset and appetite for ownership; thrives in fast-moving, high-stakes environments
- (Plus) Experience at a regulated exchange or DCM/DCO
- (Plus) Background in quantitative trading or market-making
- (Plus) Existing relationships with sports data or trading firms
- (Plus) Obsession with sports, markets, and competition

## Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
- 401k match
- Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

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