WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.

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Job Summary:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Project Employee – Data Intelligence Analyst to join our dynamic team, translating social and digital data into actionable analytical insights that inform strategic decision-making across the organization. This role owns the data value chain relating to social and digital data, including ensuring data quality throughout the data pipeline and producing data products that can be readily adopted by business stakeholders. Partnering closely with our social content team, fan engagement, media, and commercial teams, the analyst works across first- and third-party data sources to deliver clear, practical insights and recommendations to stakeholders with varying levels of data fluency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze data to generate insights that inform strategy, planning, and performance measurement
• Partner with social content team, fan engagement, media, and commercial teams to define metrics, standardize definitions, and ensure consistent performance tracking
• Develop and maintain data tracking schedule to fill data gaps across platforms
• Monitor data and API connections in Fivetran and communicate errors and findings to database solutions team
• Maintain manual data entry and export/upload process for platforms with API gaps
• Build, maintain, and evolve dashboards and recurring reporting that track fan engagement, growth, and business performance against core KPIs
• Conduct ad-hoc, exploratory, and deep-dive analyses
• Support measurement frameworks, testing, and experimentation (e.g., campaign performance, re-engagement efforts, segmentation effectiveness)
• Translate data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders with varying levels of data fluency
• Ensure data quality, accuracy, and proper interpretation across first- and third-party data sources
• Contribute to the development of scalable analytics assets, documentation, and best practices to improve self-service analytics over time
• Collaborate on data management projects (e.g. data standardization projects, data mapping)

Must-Haves:

• Strong analytical skills with experience working in SQL and at least one analytics or BI tool (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI)
• Experience analyzing marketing, fan, customer, or business performance data
• Ability to connect data insights to business and fan outcomes, not just metrics
• Comfort working with imperfect or evolving data and making practical recommendations
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, including presenting insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of social media and digital data a plus
• Detail oriented data background and exemplary analytical skills
• Curiosity, critical thinking, and bias toward action
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
• High attention to detail, design, and innovation
• Passion for data and eagerness to learn new analytics tools and languages

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience using R or Python for advanced analysis, experimentation, or modeling

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; short-term disability; mental health coaching/therapy; and sick time.​

Eligibility Note: Not all positions are eligible for these benefits; eligibility may vary by role.

Salary Range:

$3,000 - $3,450 bi-weekly

Job Posting Title:

Project

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.

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.

About the NBA

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 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. 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.