Associate Product Manager, Stats Technology

 WORK OPTION: Remote

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.  Built around five professional sports leagues:  the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2023-24 season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms.  NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness. 

The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace.  To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

Position Summary:

The NBA is looking for an Associate Product Manager to join a diverse product development team. You will be a part of the team responsible for the ingestion, storage, processing and data science of the basketball statistics from the NBA, WNBA, G League, BAL and 2K.

Our team’s primary goals are to maintain the historical statistical records of the NBA and its affiliate leagues and then use that data through machine learning and artificial intelligence to build fan-facing products that engage and educate fans across the world. 

You will be responsible for managing the team’s relationships with partners and internal stakeholders fielding questions and requests as well as effectively communicating expectations, priorities, and timelines. If you want to join a team of hardworking developers who love cloud architectures and data science as much as they love basketball stats, this is the job for you!

Major Responsibilities:

• Work with product development and product management teams to conceptualize, develop and release new NBA Advanced Stats Products
• Advocate for the use and advancement of NBA Advanced Stats Products with both internal and external partners
• Project manage NBA Advanced Stats development projects
• Manage relationships with internal and external skateholders
• Make internal and external presentations to help educate key groups on NBA Advanced Stats initiatives
• Gather feedback on new product features and effectively convey that feedback to the rest of the development team
• Represent NBA Stats team as a subject matter expert at cross-departmental meetings
• Regularly help Broadcast, Social, Product and Content teams effectively utilize NBA Advanced Stats
• Document development stories and track progress within project management software
• Research relevant statistical tidbits for Social and Content teams
• QA NBA Advance Stats products as part of the regular release cycle
• Help remove development blockers across multiple development teams

Required Education/Professional Experience:

• Backelor's Degree
• 2+ years of technical project or product management or programming experience

Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills!
• Strong understanding of NBA basketball and NBA statistics
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
• Effective leader of large presentations
• Detail oriented
• Willing to learn!
• Proficient in college level mathematics and statistics
• Basic SQL query and python skills are a plus
• Knowledge of APIs and Software Development are a plus

Salary Range: $92,500 - $115,000 

Job Posting Title: Associate Manager 

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