Senior Manager - Sports Betting

Overview

The Senior Manager of Betting runs the operating side of MLS's Sports Betting and Prediction Markets business. Reporting into the Senior Director, Media Deals & Betting, this leader owns relationships with the leading gaming companies, the league-wide integrity program, league-wide compliance across all 30 MLS Clubs and MLS NEXT PRO Clubs, MLS's prediction-market sponsorship with Polymarket, and the MLS Data business operating with Sportec (supplier) and Sportradar (commercialization).

This is a senior operator role in one of the fastest-moving categories in sports. The Senior Manager is responsible for both protecting the integrity of the game and growing a commercial business in a regulated, complex, highly visible space.

Responsibilities

Industry Relationships

• Build and manage relationships with the key gaming companies across the industry, including leading sportsbooks, prediction markets, and daily-fantasy operators.
• Position MLS as a sophisticated and operationally excellent partner in the U.S. sports betting landscape.

Integrity Operations

• Work with MLS Security and Legal to manage the League's integrity operations end to end.
• Operate the Authorized Gaming Operator (AGO) program with sportsbook partners.
• Operate the Authorized Prediction Market (APM) program with prediction-market partners.
• Manage league-wide monitoring with IC360 and Sportradar; coordinate response and escalation as needed.

League-Wide Compliance

• Deeply understand MLS commercial gaming guidelines and partner with Legal to manage compliance across all 30 MLS Clubs and all MLS NEXT PRO Clubs.
• Build the training, reporting, and audit framework that keeps Clubs aligned to gaming policy and brand-safety standards.

Commercial Partnerships

• Build commercial partnerships with sports betting companies, working closely with Apple to ensure alignment with the broader media partnership and brand strategy.
• Manage the relationship with Polymarket (MLS's current Prediction Market sponsor) in partnership with MLS Partnership Marketing.

MLS Data Business

• Manage the MLS Data business, including the data supplier relationship with Sportec and the commercialization partnership with Sportradar.
• Drive growth in data partnerships, including new product opportunities, expanded use cases, and category development.

Partner Service & Growth

• Provide excellent service to MLS gaming and data partners; drive measurable growth in handle and commercial revenue across the portfolio.
• Build the regular reporting cadence that holds partners and MLS accountable to committed performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 7+ years of relevant experience in sports betting, prediction markets, sports data, or sports/media commercial partnerships, at a league, sportsbook, prediction-market operator, data company, or top agency.
• Direct experience operating in a regulated commercial environment with integrity and compliance requirements.

Required Skills

• Deep working knowledge of the U.S. (and ideally global) sports betting, prediction-market, and sports-data industries.
• Strong relationships across sportsbooks, prediction markets, data partners, and industry monitoring organizations.
• Sophisticated commercial and partner-management skills; able to grow a business while protecting integrity and compliance.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage many concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; can sell the program internally, externally, and at Club-level audiences.
• Action-oriented, self-motivated, and resilient; thrives in a fast-moving, regulated environment.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel 25%+ and work non-traditional hours as required by tentpole moments and league events.

Desired Skills

• Existing relationships across leading sportsbooks (FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, Caesars, ESPN BET, Hard Rock Bet, Fanatics, others), prediction markets (Polymarket, Kalshi, others), and sports-data providers.
• Working knowledge of state-by-state U.S. gaming regulation and emerging prediction-market regulation.
• Familiarity with integrity-monitoring platforms (IC360, Sportradar, Genius Sports, others).
• Passion for soccer and a sophisticated point of view on the future of gaming and sports betting.
• Knowledge of Soccer or sports

Total Rewards

Major League Soccer offers a competitive starting base salary of $100,000 - $115,000, based on individual qualifications, market financials, and operational business needs. We are committed to providing a Total Rewards package that attracts, supports, engages, and retains talent. Our benefits package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a $500 wellness reimbursement, and generous Holiday and PTO schedule to promote work-life balance. We also prioritize career and professional development, offering on-the-job training, feedback, and ongoing educational opportunities.

Major League Soccer believes in the value of in-person collaboration to support teamwork, creativity, and connection. Employees in this role are expected to work a four (4) day in-office schedule, with the flexibility to work remotely one (1) day each week, based on business and department needs.

Major League Soccer is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Major League Soccer is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process, as well as during employment. Applicants who require an accommodation may contact Human Resources to request assistance.

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