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• Own reliability and operational excellence for messaging and collaboration platforms. • Serve as a senior escalation point for complex issues across Proofpoint, Exchange, Outlook, SMTP, and various collaboration services. • Lead incident response, service restoration, and root cause analysis in high-pressure, real-time scenarios. • Design and operate highly available, secure, and compliant messaging architectures. • Automate operations using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. • Administer and support Slack and Microsoft Teams, including tenant/workspace configuration and escalations. • Provide white-glove, high-touch support for the NBA Executive Leadership Team, requiring professionalism, discretion, and urgency. • Partner with Security, Legal, and Audit teams on compliance, retention, and eDiscovery. • Participate in a formal rotating on-call schedule. Provide after-hours, weekend, and holiday support.

• Develop, lead, and implement security plans and logistics for global events. • Build and execute security plans for various global events. • Identify event vulnerabilities and develop analytical feedback and actionable strategies. • Create effective staffing and risk mitigation strategies. • Manage budgets to provide scalable resources across multiple events. • Build a network of vendors complying with national and international regulations. • Conduct periodic reviews and cost-benefit analyses. • Implement department standard methodologies and incorporate innovative protocols. • Oversee assessments and review security planning documents for events globally. • Conduct investigations involving game incidents, players, staff, and others.

WORK OPTION: Remote_________________ This is a temporary position with an expected duration not to exceed (10) months. Position Summary The Project Employee, Digital and Social Content Design, is part of the NBA’s Social & Digital Content team, which focuses on creating, distributing, and publishing content across the NBA’s digital and social platforms, as well as with its domestic and international partners. As demand for NBA content continues to grow, this is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment, reaching more than 100M fans worldwide. The ideal candidate is both a basketball fanatic and an expert designer. They are well-versed in Adobe Creative Suite, have a strong understanding of design principles, and bring meticulous attention to details such as kerning, logo usage, style guides, and compliance. Candidates should also have a deep knowledge of the NBA’s nightly storylines, players, and broader culture. Major Responsibilities/Attributes: - Produce nightly real-time graphics with a focus on both quality and engagement. - Create graphics and story-driven content for NBA social media handles (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, GIPHY) to promote games and drive engagement. - Support real-time game coverage by creating and overseeing graphics from the NBA’s Content Command Center (nights and weekends required). - Ensure the NBA’s brand voice is consistent across all posts. - Participate in content planning sessions for the NBA’s social media channels. - Monitor social media and propose fresh ideas to reach new audiences and deepen fan engagement. - Potentially cover NBA events by publishing behind-the-scenes content to NBA platforms. Required Skills/Knowledge: - Ability to work nights and weekends as needed. Expertise in Adobe Photoshop with working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. - Meticulous and detail-oriented approach to design. Strong passion for the NBA, its players, coaches, and teams. - Knowledge of basketball stats, analytics, and rules of the game. - Familiarity with NBA culture, including sneakers, fashion, and music. - Proficiency in all major social media platforms and understanding of how the NBA uses each. - Strong writing skills with sound editorial judgment. - Ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects at once. - Flexibility to adapt to evolving schedules and priorities. Salary Range: $2307.69/biweekly Job Posting Title: Project Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; short-term disability; mental health coaching/therapy; and sick time. Eligibility Note: Not all positions are eligible for these benefits; eligibility may vary by role. We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law. The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. About the NBA 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. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has 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. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.

• Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle for NBA’s mobile platforms • Collaborate with a team of Platform Product Managers responsible for mobile-specific execution (i.e., iOS & Android) • Partner with key stakeholders to define system-driven solutions that enable scalable content, personalization, and performance improvements • Serve as the primary key point of contact for mobile platform delivery excellence ensuring stability, feature parity, and release management • Participate in quarterly PI Planning for mobile platforms in collaboration with App Experience, Platform Services, PMO, and Engineering • Define cross-platform dependencies, sequencing, and feasibility to ensure predictable delivery of velocity • Translate business priorities into system-level requirements across backend services, APIs, and SDKs • Drive stack ranking and trade-off decisions to balance innovation, performance, and technical debt reduction • Ensure all features are system-aligned leveraging CMS and other backend services where possible • Conduct impact assessments across SDK upgrades, device performance, and store compliance (Apple, Google) • Drive coordination between Product, PMO, Engineering, QA, and Release Ops to maintain synchronized delivery cadences • Monitor platform health metrics (crash rates, ANRs, startup time, memory utilization)

• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements • Translate product needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria • Create and maintain technical tickets to ensure scope clarity and delivery alignment • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to scope backend and client-side initiatives • Assess feasibility, dependencies, and implementation approach • Coordinate with internal and upstream teams to establish and maintain data contracts, APIs, and platform integrations • Manage configuration files to enable scalable platform changes • Collaborate with QA teams to ensure a clear understanding of feature functionality and technical implementation • support the development of test plans • Participate in testing to validate quality and platform stability • Lead backlog refinement to ensure tickets are well-defined, prioritized, and aligned with sprint and Program Increment (PI) goals • Track capacity, velocity, and delivery progress • Help remove impediments • Coordinate release planning and execution • Manage priorities, timelines, and dependencies • Serve as a liaison across Product, Engineering, QA, and partner teams

• Own social content tagging process that powers content dashboards shared company-wide, including executive leadership • Monitor and update content taxonomy as needed to include new content franchises, players, and initiatives in tagging process • Develop and maintain data tracking schedule to fill data gaps across platforms • Monitor data and API connections in Fivetran and communicate errors and findings to database solutions team • Maintain manual data entry and export/upload process for platforms with API gaps • Collaborate on data management projects (e.g. data standardization projects, data mapping) • Collaborate with content strategy team to determine data gaps and opportunities