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National Basketball Association (NBA)

2mo ago

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert / Leadership (9+ years)
  • New York

Requirements

  • - 15+ years’ experience in the sports or entertainment industry within events, media, and technology.
  • - Inspirational leadership style and hands-on approach.
  • - Outstanding organizational skills and time management.
  • - History of decision-making and proven results based on business metrics.
  • - Exceptional project management skills and attention to detail, along with high levels of emotional intelligence and partnership skills!
  • - Strategic thinker who can take broad visions and concepts and develop structured plans, actions and measurable metrics and then execute on those plans.
  • - Decisive, action-oriented, and able to motivate, inspire, and lead cross-functional teams in different geographies and business units.
  • - A strong leader and excellent communicator who can drive consensus and articulate recommendations and tradeoffs to senior executives.
  • - Ambitious self-starter with demonstrated ability and willingness to roll up sleeves and execute to get the job done!
  • - Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, innovative, and rapidly evolving industry and business organization.
  • - Travel ~50% of the year

Responsibilities

  • Business leadership
  • Lead development of ambitious, innovative programming to support and drive our fan-first business approach partnership with GPM, DTC, Communications, and other teams.
  • Drive programming, business partnerships and superior delivery of experiences while establishing effective repeatable and sustainable processes to support growth.
  • Lead highly visible projects and work cross-departmentally to analyze key short-term efficiency opportunities and long-term growth platforms.
  • Negotiate sound and innovative business partnerships that drive revenue, fan engagement and overall business impact.
  • Grow and strengthen the role the League(s) programming with Teams, Promoters, Partners, Cities, and other sports & entertainment properties.
  • Establish systems and processes to share best practices and explore new opportunities to continuously refresh and elevate the NBA fan experience and align with overall League business objectives.
  • Represent the department internally with senior management and associates alike as well as with external constituents ranging from teams, industry leaders to media.
  • Team building and people development
  • Serve as an inspirational leader and role model for staff; promote a culture of strong integrity, high performance, meaningful collaboration, and continuous improvement that values commitment to equity, learning, and quality.
  • Define success and galvanize the team around it.
  • Effectively handle performance across the team to hit goals and manage out poor performers.
  • Play a key role in catalyzing a unified, global events function and team, integrating efforts and people across the world.
  • Stakeholder management and influence
  • Collaborate with diverse sets of stakeholders to align on and prioritize what's most important.
  • Identify critical stakeholders and engage them to shape a shared vision.
  • Take extreme ownership for outcomes and remain engaged with prior efforts to ensure strategies drive desired outcomes; identify pivots as needed.
  • Present verbal and written recommendations; lead discussions with all levels of management including SLT.
  • Develop and deliver high-impact presentations to communicate plans and vision to internal and external constituents.
  • Experiential design and implementation
  • Execute against the roadmap to produce diverse, scalable, and profitable events.
  • Lead the development and presentation of planning to communicate key milestones, storylines, activation plans with all key stakeholders.
  • Bring strong, established, and actionable relationships with vendors, production companies, and important stakeholders; deepen active partnerships, as well as build ones with new vendors, clients, and stakeholders.
  • Lead initiatives to increase efficiency across all areas of event management processes, including but not limited to planning processes, finances, vendor management, event design, venue selection and activation.
  • Work effectively, transparently, in a partner-like fashion with the leadership team; ensure buy-in to key decisions, agreement on strategic direction, alignment of cross-functional resources and activities.
  • Help to build the event teams and manage resources; identify, negotiate and book external resources needed in partnership with the Operations Lead.
  • Work with marketing and event partners including agencies, talent, venues, suppliers, security, registration, hotels, transportation, health and safety, creative services, facilities, shipping, and another event logistics.
  • Multitask and lead several projects simultaneously.

FAQs

What is the primary responsibility of the Head of Event Management at the NBA?

The primary responsibility is to lead the event development and planning team in designing and producing a wide range of events across NBA properties, including youth and grassroots events, fan engagement activities, and marquee events for the NBA, WNBA, G League, USAB, and 2K League.

Is the position remote or in-office?

The position is hybrid, indicating a combination of remote work and in-office presence.

What are the key qualifications required for this role?

The key qualifications include 15+ years of experience in the sports or entertainment industry, exceptional project management skills, strong leadership qualities, outstanding organizational skills, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

What kind of experience is preferred for candidates applying for this position?

Candidates should have significant experience in the consumer, sports, media, and/or entertainment industries, particularly in live event development, production, and management, with a strong track record of driving event revenue and cost efficiencies.

How many professionals will the Head of Event Management directly manage?

The Head of Event Management will directly manage a team of over 20 professionals.

What is the expected travel requirement for this job?

The expected travel requirement is approximately 50% of the year.

What type of leadership style is expected from the Head of Event Management?

An inspirational leadership style with a hands-on approach is expected, promoting a culture of integrity, high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

How does the Head of Event Management contribute to stakeholder management?

The Head of Event Management collaborates with diverse stakeholders to align on priorities, engages critical stakeholders to shape a shared vision, and presents recommendations to management, ensuring effective communication and buy-in for initiatives.

What is the salary range for this position?

The salary range for the Head of Event Management position is between $240,000 and $295,000.

What kind of culture and values does the NBA promote within the event management team?

The NBA promotes a culture of equity, learning, and quality, emphasizing high performance, meaningful collaboration, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion across the organization.

National Basketball Association (NBA)

#bringyourgame

Entertainment & Media
Industry
1001-5000
Employees

Mission & Purpose

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 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. 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 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms.  Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.