About the job

At the NBA, we’re passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball. Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world. As a global sports and media business, the NBA is so much more. While Basketball Operations runs the league’s on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world’s most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of NBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the NBA’s success.

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 vaccina

Position Summary:

The NBA's Next Gen Experience group is looking for a talented product owner to help drive the future of the NBA app on a variety of connected device platforms. The Next Gen Experience group leads the strategy for the NBA's global direct-to-consumer product offerings and services available globally in over 215 territories. Next Gen at the NBA is a multi-platform experience that connects NBA fans to free and premium content while innovating in the delivery of live games, personalized experiences, community features, emerging technologies, and monetization opportunities globally. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Product leader to play a significant role in shaping the future of products on fast-growing connected devices used by millions of fans around the world. We are looking for someone with exceptional energy and ability to deliver quality products to an avid and engaged fan base. The Next Gen team is hiring a Project Manager to help build and support the NBA's suite of direct-to-consumer apps. You'll be responsible for leading scrum teams across mobile and connected device platforms. You'll work with product, engineering and design teams to manage the software development process including supporting prioritization, estimating timelines, assessing and mitigating risks, building detailed project plans, tracking milestones, and running agile ceremonies and key stakeholder meetings. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, rapidly synthesize new information, make data-informed strategic choices, and know to handle surprise roadblocks. They will demonstrate clear and effective written and verbal communication skills and collaborate with partners throughout the organization.

Major Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Manage all agile ceremonies for the mobile and connected device platform teams
• Manage work against the Product roadmap and providing status updates against the team's deliverables
• Connect cross functional teams to nail down outstanding questions/issues
• Have knowledge of the status of our work items, where they live and how they are progressing
• Tracking the work for the functional team's work and requirements
• Help connect and think about how we best get to our end goals
• Generate team-level reports to promote ever-improving team velocity and performance
• Escalate issues through the right channel that may impact delivery

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• 3-5 years of agile experience working with mobile and connected device platforms
• Project & cross-functional management - possesses the skills, knowledge and aptitude to engage and direct all functions involved in the development of the assigned product
• Demonstrate clear, concise, effective verbal and written communications
• Demonstrates an ability to act in a changing environment
• Experience in developing a roadmap of requirements
• Experience collaborating across teams to keep alignment on digital transformation efforts and assure collaboration and best practices
• Excellent communication, organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience working with premium digital and sports subscription products/services using AVOD, TVOD or SVOD business model(s) a plus
• Strong attention to detail and ability to lead multiple sub-projects at once
• Expertise in modern project management tools and standard methodologies, such as Agile/CSM, Lean, and planning tools

Highly Qualified Applicants will have:

• A passion for basketball
• Relevant experience within the sports media industry
• Experience working with AVOD, TVOD and SVOD
• Familiarity with platform specific design guidelines and partner integrations

Education:

• Bachelor's degree

We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law. Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.