26 jobs in Pentasia

Title - Senior Digital Designer

Location - London (remote)

Salary - Competitive depending on experience

Here at Pentasia we are currently working with a start-up e-sports betting platform looking to hire their very first Designer.

They are currently offering fully remote working from London or its surrounding areas.

What I'm looking for

• Strong creative level (branding, visual identity, web design, marketing assets, etc.)
• Good command of 3D production tools (animation, creation of playable 3D characters, etc.)
• Experience in iGaming/e-sports would be a major plus, but it’s not essential

If interested, please don't hesitate to reach out for more information.

Head of Operations (French, Online Gaming)

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: Circa £90k DOE

Job Summary:

We are looking for a results-oriented, highly self-motivated, and commercially aware individual with a passion for Online Betting & Gaming to support and optimise operations across multiple African markets.

The Head of Operations will act as a key link between regional teams and central functions (including Product, Payments, Marketing, and Customer Service), ensuring effective execution of operational strategies across markets.

This role is responsible for overseeing multi-market performance, supporting regional teams, and ensuring that local operational needs are aligned with central direction. The position will play a critical role in maintaining operational efficiency, improving performance, and ensuring a consistent customer experience across all markets.

Responsibilities:

● Oversee operational performance across multiple African markets, ensuring alignment with commercial and operational KPIs

● Work closely with Regional Operations Managers to monitor and improve performance across their respective markets

● Analyse data, reports, and market trends to identify opportunities for operational and commercial improvement

● Act as a key liaison between local teams and central functions, ensuring effective communication and execution

● Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and regional teams to ensure smooth operational flow

● Support market entry and exit decisions by providing operational and performance insights

● Assist in adapting operations to local market conditions, including payments, infrastructure, and customer behaviour

● Collaborate with central teams to support product rollouts, operational initiatives, and campaign execution (non-marketing ownership)

● Ensure consistency in operational processes and customer experience across all markets

● Contribute to improving operational frameworks and efficiencies across the business

● Support budget awareness and contribute to commercial decision-making through performance insights

● Manage and develop Regional Operations Managers, ensuring alignment and effective execution across markets

● Maintain a strong understanding of market dynamics and ensure local insights are reflected in central decision-making

● Support cross-functional alignment to ensure smooth delivery of the overall online gaming experience

Requirements:

● Experience in online gaming, betting

● Fluency in French langauge is preffered

● Experience in operations, commercial, or multi-market roles

● Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities

● Strong commercial awareness, with exposure to performance metrics and ideally good P&L understanding

● Experience working with data to support decision-making and performance improvement

● Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across multiple teams and geographies

● Willingness and flexibility to occasionally travel across African markets when required

● Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English; French is a plus

● Experience in emerging markets or Africa is beneficial

● Exposure to digital/online business models

Personal Competencies:

● Strong operational mindset with the ability to balance execution and commercial thinking

● Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving, and sometimes unstructured environment

● Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across distributed teams

● Adaptable and flexible, with a proactive and problem-solving approach

● Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

● Effective communicator with the ability to influence and align stakeholders

● High level of emotional intelligence and teamwork

● Ability to manage ambiguity and respond effectively to changing business needs

● Results-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement

● Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to take ownership and drive outcomes

Head of Operations (French, Online Gaming)

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: Circa £90k DOE

Job Summary:

We are looking for a results-oriented, highly self-motivated, and commercially aware individual with a passion for Online Betting & Gaming to support and optimise operations across multiple African markets.

The Head of Operations will act as a key link between regional teams and central functions (including Product, Payments, Marketing, and Customer Service), ensuring effective execution of operational strategies across markets.

This role is responsible for overseeing multi-market performance, supporting regional teams, and ensuring that local operational needs are aligned with central direction. The position will play a critical role in maintaining operational efficiency, improving performance, and ensuring a consistent customer experience across all markets.

Responsibilities:

● Oversee operational performance across multiple African markets, ensuring alignment with commercial and operational KPIs

● Work closely with Regional Operations Managers to monitor and improve performance across their respective markets

● Analyse data, reports, and market trends to identify opportunities for operational and commercial improvement

● Act as a key liaison between local teams and central functions, ensuring effective communication and execution

● Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and regional teams to ensure smooth operational flow

● Support market entry and exit decisions by providing operational and performance insights

● Assist in adapting operations to local market conditions, including payments, infrastructure, and customer behaviour

● Collaborate with central teams to support product rollouts, operational initiatives, and campaign execution (non-marketing ownership)

● Ensure consistency in operational processes and customer experience across all markets

● Contribute to improving operational frameworks and efficiencies across the business

● Support budget awareness and contribute to commercial decision-making through performance insights

● Manage and develop Regional Operations Managers, ensuring alignment and effective execution across markets

● Maintain a strong understanding of market dynamics and ensure local insights are reflected in central decision-making

● Support cross-functional alignment to ensure smooth delivery of the overall online gaming experience

Requirements:

● Experience in online gaming, betting

● Fluency in French langauge is preffered

● Experience in operations, commercial, or multi-market roles

● Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities

● Strong commercial awareness, with exposure to performance metrics and ideally good P&L understanding

● Experience working with data to support decision-making and performance improvement

● Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across multiple teams and geographies

● Willingness and flexibility to occasionally travel across African markets when required

● Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English; French is a plus

● Experience in emerging markets or Africa is beneficial

● Exposure to digital/online business models

Personal Competencies:

● Strong operational mindset with the ability to balance execution and commercial thinking

● Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving, and sometimes unstructured environment

● Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across distributed teams

● Adaptable and flexible, with a proactive and problem-solving approach

● Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

● Effective communicator with the ability to influence and align stakeholders

● High level of emotional intelligence and teamwork

● Ability to manage ambiguity and respond effectively to changing business needs

● Results-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement

● Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to take ownership and drive outcomes

Title - Senior Digital Designer

Location - London (remote)

Salary - Competitive depending on experience

Here at Pentasia we are currently working with a start-up e-sports betting platform looking to hire their very first Designer.

They are currently offering fully remote working from London or its surrounding areas.

What I'm looking for

• Strong creative level (branding, visual identity, web design, marketing assets, etc.)
• Good command of 3D production tools (animation, creation of playable 3D characters, etc.)
• Experience in iGaming/e-sports would be a major plus, but it’s not essential

If interested, please don't hesitate to reach out for more information.

About the Company

A UK based competitions company is looking to hire a Compliance Manager.

About the Role

The Compliance Manager leads and manages our compliance framework across all areas of the business. This role is critical in ensuring our competitions, marketing activity, payment processes and customer interactions fully comply with UK laws, regulations and industry best practice. You will act as the subject-matter expert on regulatory compliance, working closely with senior leadership, marketing, product and operations teams to ensure compliance is embedded into everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with UK legislation relevant to online competitions, including the Gambling Act 2005, CAP Code, Consumer Protection laws and data protection (UK GDPR).
• Assess whether competitions are structured as prize competitions, free draws or skill-based formats and ensure they meet legal requirements.
• Review and maintain all competition Ts&Cs to ensure compliance and fairness.
• Monitor regulatory developments and advise the business on changes impacting operations.
• Develop, implement and maintain compliance policies, procedures and internal controls.
• Conduct compliance risk assessments and audits, identifying gaps and recommending improvements.
• Establish, implement and maintain the QMS in line with ISO 9001.
• Maintain accurate compliance records and documentation.
• Review marketing materials, website content, terms & conditions and promotional campaigns for regulatory and advertising compliance.
• Work closely with marketing teams to ensure transparent, fair and compliant customer communications.
• Oversee processes relating to fairness, prize fulfilment, complaints handling, chargebacks, scam emails and customer support compliance, leading investigations where required.
• Ensure robust processes for age verification, AML (where applicable) and responsible participation.
• Accountable for implementation and ongoing management of GDPR compliance across the business, including identifying, investigating and responding to data breaches and Data Subject Access Requests.
• Acts as internal Data Protection Officer.
• Provide compliance training and guidance across the business, acting as subject matter expert.
• Act as the primary point of contact for compliance queries and escalation.
• Develop and maintain rules for access to restricted or sensitive data.
• Support due diligence and compliance oversight of payment providers, software partners and suppliers.
• Assist with audits or information requests from regulators, payment providers or external advisors.

Qualifications

Proven experience in a compliance, regulatory or legal role within an online, digital, gambling, gaming or promotions-led business.

Required Skills

• Experience working with or advising online competition, prize draw, gaming or gambling businesses.
• Familiarity with ASA rulings, CAP Code enforcement and Gambling Commission guidance.
• Compliance qualification (e.g. ICA, CII or similar) or legal background.
• Strong knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks relating to competitions, promotions or gambling.
• Excellent understanding of consumer protection, advertising standards and UK GDPR.

Preferred Skills

This is a hybrid working arrangement, three days per week in the office.

Salary up to £50,000 per annum

This is a strategically important leadership role within a newly evolved Group Compliance function, offering the opportunity to shape regulatory compliance strategy across both retail and digital operations. Operating within a highly regulated and rapidly evolving environment, the successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the business continues to meet its regulatory obligations while supporting sustainable growth and innovation.

Reporting directly to the Group Compliance Director, this role carries significant visibility and influence across the organisation, with regular engagement at Executive Committee and Board level, as well as direct interaction with regulators and industry bodies.

The Role

Leading a team of senior compliance professionals, you will be responsible for the development, oversight and continuous enhancement of the organisation's regulatory compliance framework. Operating as a true second line of defence, you will provide independent oversight, challenge and guidance to first-line business functions, ensuring robust regulatory governance across the business.

The role covers both online and retail operations, with a primary focus on the UK regulatory landscape and potential oversight of additional jurisdictions as the business continues to expand.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the regulatory compliance strategy and framework across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable gambling regulatory and licensing requirements.
• Monitor and assess regulatory developments, translating complex requirements into practical business solutions.
• Provide independent oversight and challenge to operational teams, ensuring effective ownership of regulatory obligations within the first line.
• Oversee compliance monitoring, management information, key risk indicators and regulatory reporting.
• Act as a senior escalation point for higher-risk customer decisions and governance matters.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with regulators, industry bodies and external stakeholders.
• Support executive and Board reporting on regulatory compliance matters.
• Chair and contribute to key governance committees and forums.
• Drive a culture of compliance, accountability and ethical conduct across the business.
• Oversee advertising, marketing and customer communication compliance frameworks.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking an experienced regulatory compliance leader with a proven track record operating within highly regulated environments.

Essential Experience

• Significant senior-level regulatory compliance experience within gambling, financial services or a similarly regulated sector.
• Deep understanding of UK gambling regulation, licensing requirements and regulatory expectations.
• Demonstrable experience operating within a second-line compliance function.
• Strong leadership experience, including the development and management of senior compliance teams.
• Experience engaging with regulators and senior external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to operate credibly at Executive and Board level.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Interest in leveraging emerging technologies, automation and AI to improve compliance effectiveness.

Desirable

• Exposure to regulatory investigations, remediation programmes or enforcement matters.
• Relevant compliance, legal or regulatory qualifications.

Why Apply?

This opportunity offers the chance to take on a highly influential leadership role within a well-established and ambitious organisation operating at significant scale. The successful individual will have the opportunity to shape regulatory strategy, influence senior decision-making and help drive the continued evolution of a modern compliance function.

A highly competitive remuneration package, performance bonus and comprehensive benefits package are available for the successful candidate.

Games Project Manager - Studio

Pentasia are supporting a large iGaming business launching an exciting new games studio.

Main Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain game delivery plans.
• Schedule and facilitate project gates.
• Coordinate and run design reviews.
• Track and report project costs and progress, identifying and escalating potential schedule or budget risks early to enable corrective action.
• Secure required external approvals, including Compliance and Legal sign-off.
• Ensure game teams adhere to established game delivery processes.
• Communicate project status and progress updates to roadmap stakeholders.
• Deliver game packages to the Release Team in line with agreed timelines.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project and Monday.com.

Desirable Experience

• Project management experience within the gaming industry.
• Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2).

Here at Pentasia, we are currently assisting a key client of ours on a Crucial and exciting Head of Game Design role for a brand new studio based in Manchester.

Responsibilities and requirements

Design and deliver online slot games from concept to release, combining creative vision with mathematical rigour. Core responsibilities span:

Game Design – Full documentation: mechanics, UX/UI flows, feature specs, and product requirements

Maths & Simulation – Build C++/C# simulators to validate RTP, volatility, hit frequency; produce developer-ready maths docs

Creative Leadership – Define game loops, design pillars, and creative vision in collaboration with Product and Art leads

Iteration – Playtest, analyse live data, and optimise performance across the product lifecycle

Communication – Align art, engineering, and production teams; support scope and delivery management

Must-haves: 5+ years game design experience, hands-on slot maths and simulator development, strong C++/C#, Excel proficiency, agile experience, portfolio of released products.

Nice-to-haves: Regulatory knowledge (UKGC/MGA/US/CA), Unity/Unreal, analytics tools, player psychology, live ops, AI tooling, mentoring experience.

Pentasia is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to work in a hybrid arrangement from Newcastle, UK. The ideal candidate will build and scale core platform services in a distributed, event-driven environment, focusing on system resilience and data integrity.

With a requirement of 8+ years in Java and a strong background in Spring and Microservices, this position demands technical leadership and effective communication with non-technical stakeholders. The role offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional growth.