122 Manager, MiLB Business Development Jobs in New York, NY
Major League Baseball is Hiring a Manager, MiLB Business Development Near New York, NY
Key Goals
The eventual candidate hired to the position will be asked to focus on several key goals:
- Growing MiLB Revenues and maximizing commercial opportunities for all league-affiliated stakeholders.
- Improving the scalability and efficiency of the business development team's MiLB revenue channels.
- Creating enhanced connections between parent MLB Clubs and their MiLB Affiliates.
- Developing grassroots models for growing fan engagement, youth participation, and overall baseball fandom.
- Identifying technologies and innovations to help modernize MLB and MiLB Business Operations.
Candidates will be asked to fulfill the following primary day-to-day responsibilities:
- Business Development
- Identifying new, high growth MiLB revenue opportunities.
- Staying on top of current sports, media, and entertainment trends to identify business categories technologies for potential partnerships and investments.
- Proactively networking with other professional leagues and potential partners to learn best practices and establish a steady stream of new business leads.
- Ensuring the collective value of new commercial opportunities are fully realized across all MLB and MiLB departments.
- Operations
- Help oversee operational day-to-day tasks across the full MLB Business Development portfolio, with a particular emphasis on the MiLB Business Operations function.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. Sponsorship, Marketing, Media, Technology, Gaming, etc.) to ensure strategic projects are on-schedule and executed efficiently.
- Work with legal teams to ensure new partnership contracts are properly negotiated, executed, and fulfilled through the life a partnership.
- Financial and Business Analysis
- Leverage analytical skills to identify trends and summarize commercial insights from large data sets and financial reports.
- Provide benchmarking to affiliated MiLB Clubs to provide insights on best-practices, business optimization opportunities, etc.
- Strategy
- Be a thought-partner to MLB leadership on broader strategic initiatives, including but not limited to:
- Reaching younger audiences.
- Re-imagining the presentation of MLB's live broadcasts to fans.
- Leveraging technology to improve the in-stadium fan experience.
- Leverage the MiLB system as a testing-grounds for these strategic initiatives, helping to spur greater MLB innovation.
- Be a thought-partner to MLB leadership on broader strategic initiatives, including but not limited to:
We seek individuals with the following core attributes and skills:
- Strong leadership skills, with proven experience leading complex teams and cross-functional groups.
- Excellent written and communication skills, specifically for executive-level internal communication, and senior-level partner relationships.
- Strong analytical skills and a general data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Strong relationship-building skills, both with colleagues and clients.
- A collaborative, team-first attitude and approach to office-work.
- Undergraduate-level degree. A graduate level degree, particularly in a business field (e.g. MBA, Masters in Sports Management), is preferred but not required.
- At least 4 years of relevant work-experience in strategy, business operations, marketing, or other business-oriented field.
- Previous work within professional sports is preferred, but not required
Job Summary
Full Time
$126k-164k (estimate)
05/03/2024
05/16/2024
mlb.com
HOUSTON, TX
15,000 - 50,000
2007
ADA EAST
$50M - $200M
Sports & Recreation
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