Technical Business Analyst, Core Platform

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization dedicated to connecting people through basketball. They are seeking a Technical Business Analyst to support the Core Platform team, focusing on translating complex business needs into technical requirements and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize digital products for fans worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements, translating product needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria while creating and maintaining technical tickets to ensure scope clarity and delivery alignment
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to scope backend and client-side initiatives, assessing feasibility, dependencies, and implementation approach to ensure work is appropriately defined and ready for sprint execution
• Coordinate with internal and upstream teams to establish and maintain data contracts, APIs, and platform integrations, and manage configuration files to enable scalable platform changes without requiring repeated code releases
• Collaborate with QA teams to ensure a clear understanding of feature functionality and technical implementation, support the development of test plans, and 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, while tracking capacity, velocity, and delivery progress and helping remove impediments
• Coordinate release planning and execution, manage priorities, timelines, and dependencies, and balance team capacity to support smooth, on-time deployments and delivery of commitments
• Serve as a liaison across Product, Engineering, QA, and partner teams on cross-functional initiatives, facilitating technical discussions and maintaining project plans to ensure alignment, visibility, and timely execution

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst, with a focus on large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-functional teams
• Experience developing and managing requirements roadmaps across multiple workstreams
• Experience collaborating effectively across Product, Engineering, QA, and other partner teams
• Hands-on experience using modern project management and planning methodologies and tools, including Agile and Scrum frameworks
• Experience working with mobile and connected device development, including AVOD, TVOD, and SVOD platforms
• Relevant experience within the sports media or digital entertainment industry
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements
• Ability to engage, influence, and help guide multiple functions involved in product development
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and multitasking skills
• Strong relationship-building skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and sub-projects simultaneously
• Willingness to roll up sleeves and contribute wherever needed to support team success
• Familiarity with platform-specific design guidelines and partner integrations
• Passion for basketball and the NBA fan experience