Technical Platform Owner, HR and ServiceNow Systems (New York, NY, United Statesof America(US), 100

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. Our vision is built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League.

We have 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. Our rosters at the start of the season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories. Job Title:

Senior Director - Technical Platform Owner Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Director to lead our technical platform as the Technical Platform Owner for HR and ServiceNow Systems. This role will require confidence in defining the strategic vision and creating a prioritized roadmap for our assigned Enterprise Platform (HRIS and ServiceNow). The ideal candidate will align system development with organizational goals, ensuring seamless evolution with the business.

This position plays a critical role in coaching pivotal stakeholders in the art of the possible, designing and delivering a core capability required to support key business processes with speed and scale, limiting manual intervention and improving accuracy. Main Responsibilities:

• Oversee, develop, and implement strategic plans for the platform to meet the NBA's objectives and goals.
• Gather operational successes from across industry - particularly other sports leagues' implementations - review NBA progress in comparison and update strategic vision and action plan to achieve optimal success.
• Inspire cross-functional adoption of platform across League, driving vision of hub and spoke model to achieve operational efficiency. Requirements:
• 8+ years of experience in the field or a related area.
• Master's degree in computer science, math or engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience in cloud technologies and application architectures. Preferred Skills/Knowledge Attributes:
• Skilled in business, technical management, and people leadership.
• Experience with Product Roadmap development and influencing key collaborators for consensus on business priorities.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the proven ability to create business cases/ ROI statements that will gain support from business partners.

This position requires strong technology leadership and delivery solutions to achieve broad automation and orchestration goals. As the Technical Platform Owner, you will provide cross-functional alignment, building a bold vision that energizes and excites department leaders across the League.