Turn complex customer and risk data into strategic direction to strengthen fraud prevention and reduce chargebacks. Monitor emerging threats, evaluate business rules and workflows, build scalable reporting and dashboards, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and translate analyses into executive-ready recommendations to improve operational efficiency and risk outcomes.
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As a Senior Analyst, Risk Analytics, you'll turn complex risk and customer data into strategic direction that strengthens our fraud prevention capabilities and informs high-impact decisions. You'll partner across teams to evaluate workflows, identify emerging trends, and build scalable reporting frameworks that support a fast-growing business. In this role, you'll translate sophisticated analyses into clear, actionable recommendations that influence stakeholders, improve operational efficiency, and enhance strategy across DraftKings apps. Your work will help improve decision-making and drive scalable risk management practices across the organization.
What you'll do as a Senior Analyst, Risk Analytics
What you'll bring
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We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 95,200.00 USD - 119,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Senior Analyst, Risk Analytics, you'll turn complex risk and customer data into strategic direction that strengthens our fraud prevention capabilities and informs high-impact decisions. You'll partner across teams to evaluate workflows, identify emerging trends, and build scalable reporting frameworks that support a fast-growing business. In this role, you'll translate sophisticated analyses into clear, actionable recommendations that influence stakeholders, improve operational efficiency, and enhance strategy across DraftKings apps. Your work will help improve decision-making and drive scalable risk management practices across the organization.
What you'll do as a Senior Analyst, Risk Analytics
- Support high-impact analytical initiatives focused on fraud prevention, chargeback reduction, and risk mitigation across our apps and experiences.
- Monitor emerging threats and trends by analyzing customer behavior, identifying risk patterns, and developing data-driven solutions that reduce risk exposure.
- Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights and recommendations that align stakeholders and inform strategic decision-making.
- Evaluate business rules and operational workflows to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, optimize performance, and strengthen risk management outcomes.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations, Data Science, and other cross-functional teams to analyze customer behavior, surface risks, and support strategic initiatives.
- Build and maintain reporting tools and dashboards that surface key risk metrics, improve visibility, and enable data-driven decision-making.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of analytics or data science experience.
- Advanced proficiency in SQL; experience with an additional programming language such as Python, R, SAS, or Matlab is a plus.
- Ability to take complex problems and datasets, build structured analytical frameworks, and communicate clear, executive-ready insights to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
- Deep understanding of statistical methods, hypothesis testing, and experimental design, with hands-on experience developing and validating predictive or analytical models.
- Intellectual curiosity and a proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to leverage emerging technologies and AI-powered tools to improve productivity, accelerate analysis, and uncover actionable insights.
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Join Our Team
We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is 95,200.00 USD - 119,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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