at Yahoo! Inc. in Champaign, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Yahoo Sports is one of the internet's leading destinations for comprehensive sports news and innovative fantasy games. We produce insightful content across multiple platforms and curate quality coverage from around the web to inform and entertain fans. We're an original fantasy sports pioneer, with a legacy of innovation that helps us continue to be a fantasy leader. And as one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet, we're one of the best places for brands to reach fans.
About the Role
As the Director of Business Intelligence for Yahoo Sports, you will be at the forefront of sports analytics, driving strategic insights that shape the future of our products. You will partner closely with the Yahoo Sports leadership team to deliver data-driven intelligence that informs business decisions and enhances user experiences.
Please note: Candidates MUST possess a solid background in the sports industry, including work experience with sports properties, leagues, teams, sports betting or similar. The candidate also needs to possess a profound enthusiasm for sports, with a comprehensive understanding of the industry's intricacies, such as broadcast rights for major events and the dynamics of fan engagement and its monetization.
Responsibilities
- Act as a strategic business partner to the Yahoo Sports leadership team, proactively delivering business and audience insights.
- Be on the edge of industry and market trends on sports products including product, content, and consumer trends.
- Serve as a hands-on manager by leading and mentoring a small team of analysts, fostering their growth into industry experts.
- Translate business challenges into analytical questions and define data requirements to address them.
- Execute targeted analyses to understand user experiences and behaviors, and deliver meaningful insights and strategic recommendations.
- Craft compelling data stories for executives and stakeholders through presentations, written summaries, and visualizations.
- Utilize third-party data sources like Comscore, SimilarWeb, and Data AI to deliver market trends and insights.
- Deliver the insights and reporting to the media & content, operations & strategy, and product teams with the insight they need to optimize their business areas.
- Contribute to strategic projects through innovation to execution to analytical overviews, across Yahoo Sports.
- Perform targeted and comprehensive analyses to uncover insights into user behavior and web/app activity.
You Must Have
- Experience working in Sports media, sports industry or digital sports properties is a MUST. No exceptions.
- Past experience generating actionable insights for sports property product teams, digital sports organizations, fantasy sports products and/or sports media
- Strong understanding of sports media, the marketplace and core products - deep understanding of digital sports media, fantasy sports and/or sport betting space along with prior experience in those domains
- Passion for Sports and facilitating cool products as well as experience working in Sports media or digital sports properties
- 7+ years of relevant experience with expertise around analytics, research, and insights delivery. 3+ years of experience leading teams.
- Significant experience, proficiency in, and passion for mobile and web products.
- Bachelor's degree required, masters degree preferred.
- Expertise in SQL required.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment juggling multiple projects often under tight and concurrent deadlines and stakeholder...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
