Business Intelligence Engineer, Analytics

Key Skills

Amazon RedShift, Big Data Technology, Business Intelligence, Cloud computing, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Git, Github, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linux Operating system, Microsoft-Excel, Presentation skills, Python Programming, R Programming, SDLC, Snowflake, SQL

Job Description

MLB’s Strategy & Development (S&D) organization is a centralized resource within Baseball’s Office of the Commissioner. The S&D organization works cross-functionally across MLB to support the development and execution of our strategies for growing baseball globally.

As part of our charter, S&D is a service organization that oversees 5 key areas:

• Strategy: Align Industry strategic direction and provide internal consulting services to League Verticals and Functions, Clubs, Office of the Commissioner
• Club Biz Ops & Strategy: Support development of club strategies, best practices, x-functional dialogue
• Analytics: Centralized home for data-driven-insights to advise and support Strategy, Clubs, League Verticals and Functions
• Operations: Implement and stand-up new initiatives
• Corporate Development: Identify and activate inorganic growth opportunities for MLB that support our strategy and provide economic return

MLB Analytics team is looking for a Business Intelligence Engineer who can assist our seasoned team of dedicated professionals in delivering business-critical, analytical solutions that impact the league. The Analytics team within the Strategy & Development (S&D) department is responsible for partnering with multiple areas of the organization to not only develop impactful insight for a particular vertical through the utilization of various data resources but provide sage direction on what is possible for the league’s success looking across all departments.

As the Business Intelligence Engineer in our NYC office, your primary task as an individual contributor will be developing various parts of the data journey, model data, provide end-to-end analyses, and develop reports/dashboards leveraged by management. We all contribute, whether it is for two people or a project that is touched by all aspects of an organization - the aim of this game is to deliver. Your careful attention to detail, fearlessness in rolling up your sleeves to build on your own, and honed problem-solving talents will serve you well as you develop visualizations, dashboards, and reports. The data that feeds those developments are maintained through logical transformations of the data owned by our team. The presentation of the data story will be a crucial contribution to the analytical adaptation across baseball, which continues to be the backbone of some of baseball's critical operational decisions.

REQUIRED SKILLS & BACKGROUND

• 2-3 years related experience.
• College/Masters Graduate with a relevant academic major is strongly preferred, though candidates with non-traditional schooling backgrounds and strong relevant experience will be considered.
• Proficiency in quantitative data collection and data analysis (e.g., SQL, Excel etc.) is required, with the ability to write complex freehand SQL including sub-queries, nested queries, and other advanced SQL features.
• Highly professional manner and excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards and data visualizations via Looker, Tableau, R.
• Experience working with a Cloud Data Warehouse like BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake.
• Experience with Cloud Computing (Google Cloud Platform (GCP) preferred).
• Experience working with multiple lines of businesses across an organization to develop data solutions.
• Self-learner, independent, and have outstanding problem-solving skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS & BACKGROUND

• Knowledge of programming languages/tools including R, Python or other Object-Oriented Languages.
• Experience developing dynamic, interactive data visualization tools.
• Knowledge of Airflow or other data workflow orchestration tools.
• Knowledge of Git / GitHub.
• Experience with Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics.
• Experience working within Linux.
• End-to-end SDLC experience.
• Baseball knowledge and/or love of the game of baseball.
• Consulting, presenting data and presentation experience.
• Client / Business customer centric experience is preferred; High IQ, low Ego.

Salary Range $90,000- $120,000