Head of Poker

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🇲🇹 Malta – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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SiGMA World

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51 - 200 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

🎮 Gaming

eCommerce • Gaming

SiGMA World is a leading authority in the iGaming sector, specializing in events related to casino, digital games, esports, and remote gaming. Hosting a series of global events in locations like Budapest and Malta, SiGMA facilitates networking and business opportunities within the gaming industry. The company plays a critical role in connecting professionals in the gaming, payment, and public relations sectors, driving innovation and collaboration in the digital gaming landscape.

📋 Description

• Own the overall strategy and development of the SiGMA Poker Tour across international markets • Build the annual tour calendar and identify new destinations and casino venues • Develop SPT into a globally recognised live poker brand focused on sustainable growth and profitability • Explore growth beyond live events, including online poker and other revenue streams • Oversee tournament structures, formats, buy-ins, guarantees and side events • Ensure a high-quality player experience across registration, tournament play, payouts, hospitality and VIP care • Develop relationships with casino operators, venues, gaming institutions and strategic partners • Lead commercial discussions and contract negotiations with casino and venue partners • Work with Events and Logistics to execute agreements, operational requirements and partner deliverables • Identify partnerships to strengthen SPT's reach, player acquisition and commercial performance • Secure sponsorship, partnership and branding opportunities with the Commercial team • Develop revenue streams across sponsorships, online poker, merchandise, hospitality and strategic partnerships • Ensure sponsor activations are incorporated across events, digital channels, influencer activity and VIP experiences • Build relationships with players, VIPs, influencers, streamers, operators, affiliates and poker-community figures • Act as an on-site leader at major SPT stops and travel internationally as required • Coordinate cross-functionally with Events, Logistics, Marketing, Social Media, Newsroom, Design, Media, Finance and Legal • Ensure tour stops meet brand, operational and commercial objectives • Oversee budgets, settlements, prize-pool requirements, contracts and post-event reporting • Lead the SPT team by providing structure and strategic direction • Set objectives across operations, partnerships, tournament delivery, player management and marketing • Develop scalable processes and standards for new markets • Monitor performance and ensure projects and tour milestones are delivered on schedule

🎯 Requirements

• Strong professional experience within live poker, poker tours, casino operations or the wider gaming industry • Excellent knowledge of poker tournament operations and the international poker ecosystem • Strong existing network across casinos, poker operators, players, influencers, affiliates and industry partners • Proven experience developing commercial partnerships and negotiating agreements • Strong commercial mindset with experience managing revenue, budgets and profitability • Experience delivering international events or multi-market projects • Excellent relationship-building and negotiation skills • Strong leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multiple teams and stakeholders • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment with significant global travel • Fluent English communication skills; additional languages are an advantage • Genuine passion for poker and ambition to build SPT into a recognised international poker experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to take ownership of a growing international poker brand backed by SiGMA's global gaming network • Freedom to shape the tour's future direction • Opportunity to build relationships with major names in poker and gaming • Opportunity to develop new commercial opportunities • Opportunity to create experiences bringing together players and industry leaders from around the world