Director, Basketball Operations

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals. Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor.

In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals’, Wizards’, and Mystics’ games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.

In addition to Capital One Arena – a venue which hosts 3M visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000 live event venue on George Mason University’s campus).

In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook.

MSE opened “District E powered by Ticketmaster” in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.

MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:

• You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
• You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
• You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
• You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
• You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
• You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
• You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.
  
  

Position Overview: The Director of Basketball Operations will support the General Manager in overseeing the day-to-day operations and logistics of the Mystics. This role will be responsible for all Mystics team operations.

Do you have a proven track record of managing all aspects of basketball team operations including travel, hospitality, scheduling, facility coordination, housing, player experience, budgeting & expense management, and more? We would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Lead and handle all player travel arrangements including flights, hotel bookings, team buses, etc.
• Support the logistics and operations associated with the end-to-end player experience with the Mystics, including Team Housing, car rentals, etc.
• Lead all team and player communications and in-market player needs with internal and external partners.
• Assist the Head Coach with ongoing team calendar management.
• Manage the day-to-day team operations, programming, and scheduling.
• Coordinate facility scheduling for all games and practice sessions.
• Support the GM in overall Mystics budgeting and tracking.
• Oversee all aspects of expense management, ensuring expenses are within the rules and regulations of the organization.
• Support the GM and Head Coach on other operational needs.
• Collaborate with Player Engagement on all team and player off-court engagement and/or community programming.
• Serve as the point of contact for visiting teams.
• Lead coordination with practice players and teams.
• Maintain dialogue with WNBA League Office and ensure compliance with all WNBA regulations and league obligations.
• Interact with Mystics and Monumental Business Operations on an ongoing basis to push forward Mystics Basketball Ops initiatives as well as facilitating Business Ops requests.
• If issues arise, assist with resolving player disputes, dealing with disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience within a basketball organization (WNBA, NBA, NCAA, or FIBA).
• Ability to think critically and problem solve.
• Highly organized self-starter with meticulous attention to detail, time management and flexible in approach to projects and problems, resourceful, and works well in a face-paced environment.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills; can clearly communicate within a cross-functional work environment.
• Ability to thrive in change, while always maintaining high attention to detail.
• Extensive travel required, including travel with the team on road trips and to other marquee events.
  
  

Pay Range: $100-110k USD.

Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.