AMB Sports & Entertainment is part of the Blank Family of Businesses comprised of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United FC, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, AMBSE Ventures, and PGA TOUR Superstore.
Our Ideal Candidates
Actively Listen – Take an active role in listening by being present in the moment, using healthy body language, and ensuring joint understanding. When we read between the lines and hear what others are saying and what they are not saying, we encounter amazing opportunities to go the extra mile in serving them.
Collaborate – Realize that we are better together than we are alone. We achieve much better results when others have the opportunity to add their diverse perspectives. Be open to feedback and actively seek input from a variety of people at varying levels because the best ideas come from those who are closest to those we serve.
Engage in Servant Leadership – Put others ahead of yourself even when it’s difficult. Find opportunities to lead by example in the way you pitch in and help others. Giving back to others is at the heart of what we do.
Build Relationships – Cultivate trust in relationships by showing respect and sensitivity. Invest time in helping others to continuously improve by listening to their ideas and helping them to continuously improve.
Own Results – Own issues you encounter even when they are outside of your area of responsibility by taking action or seeking out the needed resolution. You are empowered and expected to take risks aimed at exceeding the expectations of our guests. Take advantage of this rare opportunity by utilizing available resources.
Position Summary
The Technical Project Analyst at AMBSE is a key lynchpin inside of the Strategy & Analytics team at AMBSE, responsible for ensuring that the data and insights that drive our business are being realized within the organization, and enabling timely, accurate, and bold business decisions being made across the organization. Our team here is small but growing. The ideal candidate will balance curiosity with an analytical mindset and enjoy sitting between the key business stakeholders and the technical team. They will be passionate about rolling up their sleeves with key stakeholders to understand our organization’s biggest challenges, and then leverage their own analytical skillset alongside our Data Operations and Emerging Tech teams to create data-driven, competitive advantages. This role is for strong analytical candidates, who have passion for organization, project management, and new/emerging tech that is going to impact the Sport Landscape and help keep Mercedes Benz Stadium one of the top technical marvels of the world.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
You are responsible for delivering technology solutions that drive value for our stakeholders. You will develop knowledge of the data product(s) and product delivery and will coordinate projects with our Agile Dev Teams.
You will split your time with the engineering team and Analytics, Enterprise Technologies, and business stakeholders to understand key organizational business problems and opportunities and brainstorm innovative solutions.
Help lead our Agile Project Process – lead Scrum meetings, interface with key business stakeholder, and keep our development efforts on track
Provide tip of the spear assistance within our team: Track down requirements, prototype API integrations, understand potential data flows and help drive the art of the possible.
Provide basic data analysis and research on new and untapped resources.
Develop and support our Agile processes and track the effectiveness of our sprints and goals.
Provide timely updates to the Chief Technology Officer, Data Operations team, and other key stakeholders
Establish and support new processes and systems that impact the entire organization, i.e., operational process improvements, process documentation, data quality efforts, and data governance.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Undergraduate or Master’s degree in statistics, analytics, engineering, computer science, project management
0-2 years’ experience in requirements gathering, technical planning, and Agile Team Management (Scrum planning)
Experience with Project Management solutions (ideally Asana, but also would include Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Monday)
Experience in data analysis and an intermediate knowledge of SQL
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.
Understand customer data components and attributes as well as their business impact.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with leading project management and agile principles.
Strong Pluses:
Experience or familiarity with Microsoft Power BI (or comparable business intelligence tool)
Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development.
Programming in R, Python or comparable
Capable of prototyping API calls with tools like Postman