What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Games position at Betr?
About Betr
Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is building the world’s first real money gaming super app. The company’s first product, Betr Picks, launched in September 2023 and quickly grew to several hundreds of thousands of paying users. Betr plans on launching multiple additional new nationwide gaming verticals within its single app experience in 2025 to further differentiate its product offering. In addition to its single-app experience, Betr’s gaming products are differentiated through a unique, simplified user interface that is catered to the casual sports fan, enabling Betr to capture more of the under-penetrated online gaming addressable market.
Betr’s media division, Betr Media, is one of the fastest growing sports betting media brands in the U.S. and helps support the company’s user acquisition and retention efforts.
Betr is backed by Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, IA Sports Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Florida Funders, Harmony Partners, 8vc, and other top-tier investors.
About the Role:
The Betr team is seeking a Head of Games to lead the operations, strategy, and product of our newest gaming verticals. The Head of Games will have a combination of product and commercial minded leadership, responsible for developing a high-performing portfolio of social casino and arcade-style games that drive engagement, monetization, and cultural relevance within the Betr app. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, design, data, marketing, and media teams to launch, scale, and optimize a high-performing portfolio of sweepstakes casino games and skill-based arcade games—ensuring both commercial viability and long-term scalability in the rapidly evolving digital gaming space. This role will report into our Head of Gaming.
What You'll Do:
Betr provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We deeply understand the value of bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply
Thank you for your interest in Betr. We look forward to reviewing your application.
Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is building the world’s first real money gaming super app. The company’s first product, Betr Picks, launched in September 2023 and quickly grew to several hundreds of thousands of paying users. Betr plans on launching multiple additional new nationwide gaming verticals within its single app experience in 2025 to further differentiate its product offering. In addition to its single-app experience, Betr’s gaming products are differentiated through a unique, simplified user interface that is catered to the casual sports fan, enabling Betr to capture more of the under-penetrated online gaming addressable market.
Betr’s media division, Betr Media, is one of the fastest growing sports betting media brands in the U.S. and helps support the company’s user acquisition and retention efforts.
Betr is backed by Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, IA Sports Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Florida Funders, Harmony Partners, 8vc, and other top-tier investors.
About the Role:
The Betr team is seeking a Head of Games to lead the operations, strategy, and product of our newest gaming verticals. The Head of Games will have a combination of product and commercial minded leadership, responsible for developing a high-performing portfolio of social casino and arcade-style games that drive engagement, monetization, and cultural relevance within the Betr app. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, design, data, marketing, and media teams to launch, scale, and optimize a high-performing portfolio of sweepstakes casino games and skill-based arcade games—ensuring both commercial viability and long-term scalability in the rapidly evolving digital gaming space. This role will report into our Head of Gaming.
What You'll Do:
- Develop and implement long-term product, commercial and operational strategies for the Casino and Arcade verticals aligned with Betr’s overall product and revenue goals
- Define roadmap priorities across game formats, monetization models, seasonal initiatives, and platform integrations
- Oversee and manage the selection, integration, and development of proprietary and third-party casino and arcade-style games
- Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs), including player engagement, retention, and operational efficiency
- Own and manage the verticals product and operations ensuring efficiency, profitability, and scalability
- Collaborate with Betr Media to develop social or influencer integrated gaming experiences
- Ensure compliance with sweepstakes, social gaming, and applicable gaming regulations
- Build, lead, and scale a high-performing gaming operations team
- Build and manage a gaming operations team
- 7 years of experience in gaming, with senior leadership exposure across both product and business domains
- Strong understanding of mobile/social gaming dynamics, monetization, and player behaviors
- Proven track record of building high-performing teams and successfully launching or scaling consumer games
- Strong financial acumen and comfort owning a P&L
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Data-driven mindset to drive strategy
- Familiarity with U.S. regulatory frameworks for sweepstakes, social gaming, and responsible play
- A passionate sports or gaming fan with a track record of building engaging products
- Experience launching and scaling social casino, sweepstakes, or arcade games
- Experience launching games in the U.S or UK in a regulated or unregulated sweepstakes or skill-based gaming market
- Prior experience working in mobile-first gaming
Betr provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We deeply understand the value of bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply
Thank you for your interest in Betr. We look forward to reviewing your application.