6 research jobs found in New York, NY

Overview Major League Soccer's Business Insights & Analytics team is a centralized analytics function within Strategy & Business Intelligence, supporting League and Club decision-making through reporting, advanced analytics, data science, and actionable recommendations.   The group is seeking a Senior Manager, Soccer Analytics & Data Science to lead key sporting analytics workstreams within Business Insights & Analytics and serve as a senior analytics partner to Competition, Player Relations, Medical, and other sporting departments. This individual will independently lead major analytical workstreams, shape analytical priorities, and use soccer, player, roster, and competition data to inform strategic decisions and improve the League's sporting product.   The ideal candidate combines strong technical and analytical capabilities with deep soccer knowledge, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to translate complex findings into clear...

Overview The Properties and Match Business Department oversees the development and delivery of all Soccer United Marketing (“SUM”) events in North America, as well as the management of SUM business relationships with some of the most meaningful soccer properties in the region. The portfolio of events includes the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Mexican National Team U.S. Tour and other Major League Soccer and enterprise events. The organization has long-term business partnerships with Concacaf, Liga MX, and the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol (FMF).   The Senior Director, Match Business is responsible for managing the creation, planning, promotion, delivery, and overall match business operations including tournament planning/development, regional relationships, and venue contacts for all SUM events. This position is also a primary connection point between all other internal departments associated with SUM events.   Responsibilities...

Overview Major League Soccer is searching for a Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, to help us find the best talent to support our growth. The Senior Director will serve as a strategic talent acquisition partner to the league office, leading full-cycle recruiting efforts across a broad portfolio of business functions while helping to strengthen and evolve the organization’s talent acquisition strategy, processes, and candidate experience.   The candidate must be able to roll up their sleeves and thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, while successfully managing, prioritizing, and closing searches against a timeline. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in corporate recruiting, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a consultative approach to talent acquisition. This role requires someone who is equally comfortable executing searches, advising leaders, improving recruiting operations, and helping shape the future of talent...

Overview The Partner Solutions & Insights department is a centralized, foundational support team dedicated to enabling new business efforts, current partner retention, and identifying/development of property-specific commercial opportunities across Major League Soccer (MLS) and Soccer United Marketing (SUM). The group is seeking a Manager who has experience understanding and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data coupled with strong presentation-building skills. The Manager will play a leading role in the planning and production of sponsorship measurement reports as well as the creation of insights-based materials utilizing syndicated research and/or custom studies under the guidance of and in collaboration with department leads. Responsibilities Lead planning and production of sponsorship measurement reports, showcasing value and performance metrics delivered through MLS and SUM properties for commercial partners. Continue...

Overview Major League Soccer is building advanced AI and data platforms to power fan intelligence, personalization, and data-driven decisioning across the organization.   The Principal AI/ML Engineer, Semantic Data will design and build the semantic intelligence layer that enables consistent understanding of fan data, business concepts, and operational workflows across MLS systems.   This role combines semantic data systems with applied LLM engineering to build grounded, production-grade AI capabilities.   This is a systems engineering role responsible for building and scaling real-world AI infrastructure, including knowledge graphs, retrieval systems, and LLM-powered applications.   Responsibilities AI & Knowledge Systems Development Design and implement embedding pipelines across fan data, content, metadata, and behavioral signals Build metadata and enrichment systems that normalize and structure enterprise data for...

Overview The Director, Content Planning will serve as the operational, strategic, and planning lead for the department. This role will be responsible for connecting enterprise priorities, seasonal narratives, commercial opportunities, and audience insights into a unified content plan that aligns all content-producing teams across MLS.   This leader will be responsible for ensuring Editorial, Social Media, Creators, Feature Content, Production, Partnership Marketing, Communications, Product, and Commercial teams operate from a shared content roadmap while providing direct strategic and operational support to the VP and the Content Leadership Team.   Responsibilities Strategic Planning & Operations Serve as the primary strategic planning partner to the VP, helping translate organizational priorities into actionable content, distribution, audience growth, and monetization plans. Act as an extension of the VP, driving alignment across...