Assistant Research Manager / Senior Research Analyst (Quantitative)

The Department

The Security, Integrity and Information Security Department is seeking an experienced Assistant Research Manager with strong quantitative and automation skills. The primary purpose of this role is to analyse unlicensed and unregulated betting websites and apps, identify new ways of reporting and disrupting these, automate these activities, and continuously innovate to find new ways to help stakeholders disrupt such activity. The ideal candidate will be a technologist, who combines a broad range of technical expertise, creative problem-solving, as well as the communication skills to make complex topics easy to understand for non-technologists.

The Job

You will

• Analyse unlicensed and under-regulated Betting Websites/Apps
• Use quantitative methods to identify patterns and trends on these wagering platforms
• Use domain intelligence creatively to disrupt these channels and activities
• Extract and interpret data from such sources to support monitoring and enforcement
• Present insights that help assess risks and inform regulatory action
• Identify key stakeholders who can help disrupt such operators and build relationships with them
• Drive Automation of Reporting and Monitoring
• Design, build, and maintain automated processes for data collection and reporting using UiPath or similar automation tools
• Develop and manage data pipelines to ensure efficient, accurate, and timely intelligence gathering
• Create and update automated dashboards to visualise key compliance and integrity metrics
• Take ownership of processes and documentation
• Conduct Specialised Market Research
• Apply advanced analytics  / statistics / web scraping / AI to identify trends and emerging risks in both regulated and unregulated betting markets
• Identify proxy sources of data and create bespoke methodologies in the absence of established data sources
• Identify relationships and patterns in data that reveal significant market activity
• Continually innovative to think of new ways to research such markets where data is not readily available in public
• Support Evidence-Based Policy and Reporting
• Produce clear, data-driven reports for a range of stakeholders, using compelling visualisations
• Translate complex findings into actionable insights and recommendations
• Present technical results to non-technical audiences in a straightforward, engaging manner
• Enhance Communication and Research Narratives
• Refresh and tailor research narratives to resonate with local, regional, and international audiences
• Support collaborative efforts to tackle unlicensed and under-regulated betting markets and communicate insights effectively

About You

You should have

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a field such as Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field. Advanced degree and/or relevant professional certifications an advantage
• 3-6 years in roles requiring advanced data analysis and quantitative research
• Background in regulatory compliance, market intelligence, or related fields an advantage
• Knowledge of sports and/or betting industries highly advantageous
• Relevant certifications/specialised courses/professional qualifications in fields related to data analysis and/or AI is a plus
• Proven experience developing automated data collection and reporting processes, with UiPath experience a strong advantage
• Fluent English and Chinese
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, R, or similar) for data analysis and automation
• Hands-on experience with UiPath or similar process automation tool 
• Familiar with domain intelligence (e.g. DNS) is preferred
• Experience with web scraping and data extraction from online sources
• Experience with API integration and automated data collection
• Strong SQL skills for database querying and data manipulation
• Skills in data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

How to Apply

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