Inventory Strategy Lead

Location: Remote (Philippines, LATAM, or South Africa)
Industry: Online Ticket Sales / Secondary Market E-commerce
Schedule: Full-time, US business hours overlap required

About the Company

Our client is a US-based online ticket sales business specializing in the acquisition, pricing, and resale of event tickets across major platforms. Success in this business depends on disciplined capital deployment, market timing, and identifying profitable inventory opportunities in a fast-moving secondary market.

The team currently includes analysts and buyers responsible for sourcing inventory. The next step is bringing in a strategic operator who can guide purchasing decisions and help optimize capital deployment across the portfolio.

Role Overview

We are seeking an Inventory Strategy Lead who will act as the strategic decision-maker behind inventory purchasing and capital allocation.

This role goes beyond reporting or analysis. The successful candidate will evaluate market conditions, identify high-probability opportunities, and direct where purchasing capital should be deployed.

You will work alongside existing analysts and buyers, helping guide their focus while making high-impact decisions around pricing floors, demand velocity, and risk management.

The ideal candidate has experience operating in arbitrage-driven environments such as ticket resale, marketplace trading, sports betting, financial trading, or similar high-frequency decision environments.

About the Ideal Candidate

You have experience operating in markets where timing, pricing spreads, and risk management determine profitability.

Rather than simply reporting on data, you use information to make decisive calls on where capital should be deployed. You are comfortable identifying opportunities, managing risk exposure, and helping teams focus on the most profitable plays.

Experience with ticket markets is valuable, but candidates from sports betting, marketplace arbitrage, trading, or similar environments may bring equally strong instincts.

Key Responsibilities

Identify high-value inventory opportunities by analyzing pricing spreads, demand velocity, and resale market conditions
Direct purchasing strategy by advising analysts and buyers on where capital should be deployed
Evaluate risk exposure and expected ROI before approving inventory purchases
Monitor ticket market movements, pricing floors, and resale platform trends
Use historical sales and real-time market signals to anticipate profitable buying windows
Review performance of purchased inventory and refine purchasing strategies
Guide the analytical team toward the most profitable inventory segments and events
Provide strategic insights to leadership around capital allocation and purchasing risk

Required Hard Skills

Strong understanding of market-driven pricing environments
Ability to evaluate risk vs. reward in capital deployment decisions
Experience analyzing pricing spreads, demand signals, or trading opportunities
Advanced Excel or data analysis capability
Ability to synthesize multiple data points into fast, high-confidence decisions
Comfort working with real-time market conditions and incomplete information

Preferred Backgrounds (Highly Relevant Experience)

Candidates from the following backgrounds tend to excel in this type of role:
Ticket resale or ticket brokering
Sports betting or odds analysis
Marketplace arbitrage or e-commerce flipping
Financial trading or quantitative analysis environments
Secondary market pricing or demand forecasting

Soft Skills & Traits

Strong decision-making instincts under pressure
Analytical thinker with a trading or arbitrage mindset
Comfortable operating autonomously with minimal oversight
Highly proactive and opportunity-driven
Clear communicator who can guide analysts and buyers effectively

Why This Role Matters

Inventory purchasing decisions directly determine profitability in the ticket resale market.

This role ensures that capital is deployed strategically, buying opportunities are identified early, and purchasing decisions are made with a disciplined risk framework.

By guiding analysts and buyers toward the most profitable inventory segments, this role helps the business scale revenue while protecting margins.

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