A16zcrypto

A16zcrypto

Market Operations - Sports

New York Office

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$180kDetected 29 days ago
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Lottery odds (Level III)83
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About the role

  • Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets.
  • Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset.
  • ROLE ROADMAP In the Sports Operations function at Kalshi, you'll be a critical member ensuring our sports markets run flawlessly.

Responsibilities

  • Build out and prioritize the sports market listing pipeline across all major leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NCAA) and international competitions.
  • Maintain encyclopedic knowledge of league-specific rules, tiebreakers, playoff structures, and statistical definitions across all sports.
  • Manage high-volume periods like NFL Sundays or March Madness with precision while multitasking across numerous concurrent events.
  • Work with structured, time-sensitive sports data feeds to ensure accurate market parameters, real-time updates, and proper settlement. Identify and resolve data discrepancies quickly to maintain market integrity.
  • Work closely with Contracts, Product, and Engineering teams to implement sports-specific operational improvements, integrate new data sources, and expand our sports market offerings.
  • well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
  • If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, sports management, mathematics, or a related field.
  • Encyclopedic knowledge of sports across multiple leagues with deep understanding of rules, playoff structures, tiebreakers, and statistical categories for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and major NCAA sports.
  • Extensive experience with sportsbooks - understanding how sportsbooks operate, common market types, settlement procedures, and the edge cases that arise in sports market operations.
  • Experience working with structured, time-sensitive sports data including real-time feeds, official league data sources, and sports statistics platforms.
  • Genuine passion for sports with the ability to follow multiple games simultaneously and stay current on player news, injuries, trades, and team dynamics across all major leagues.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly interpret box scores, game situations, and official rulings to make sound operational decisions.
  • Exceptional multitasking abilities to manage numerous live markets during peak periods while maintaining accuracy in high-pressure, time-sensitive situations.
  • Deep understanding of sportsbook nuances and edge cases including suspended games, protest outcomes, stat corrections, and unusual scoring scenarios that affect market settlement.
  • Excellent written communication skills for drafting clear market clarifications on complex sports scenarios and settlement decisions.
  • Ability to work flexible hours including nights and weekends to cover live sporting events across different time zones.
  • Hardworking mentality with a commitment to operational excellence and the stamina to maintain focus during extended periods of live sports coverage.
  • Salary Range: $120,000 to $180,000 annually plus equity and benefits. This salary range is based on the current available market data, and represents the expected salary range for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and few titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles. Should you have compensation expectations that exceed these bands, we'd love to hear from you and would welcome you to reach out to further discuss.

Nice to have

  • Experience trading on Kalshi, sportsbooks, DFS platforms, or other prediction markets is strongly preferred.

Compensation

  • $120,000 to $180,000 annually plus equity and benefits.
  • This salary range is based on the current available market data, and represents the expected salary range for this role.
  • Should you have compensation expectations that exceed these bands, we'd love to hear from you and would welcome you to reach out to further discuss.

Benefits

  • We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets.

Company info

  • Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb.
  • OUR CULTURE Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out.
  • COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • Our culture is simple:
  • We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.

Equal opportunity

  • Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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