Major League Baseball (MLB) is looking to support its integrity and policy efforts related to sports betting, conduct confidential investigations, and manage compliance, security, and business development matters.
Requirements
- Experience with SQL, Python, and/or R
- Experience working with large datasets and data warehouses
- Experience with machine learning, anomaly detection, or other relevant working experience is preferred
- Strong skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word
Responsibilities
- Help identify suspicious betting activity on baseball events; and clean, analyze, and maintain large datasets from various sources
- Create ad-hoc reports analyzing broad trends or specific events
- Assist with investigations related to sports betting
- Monitor gambling industry (including sports betting, fantasy, prediction markets, etc.) trends and developments
- Assist with research and regulatory efforts related to gambling
- Enhance MLB’s educational and awareness initiatives
- Support MLB’s integrity and policy efforts related to sports betting and other gambling verticals
Other
- Ability to clearly communicate technical insights to executives and non-technical stakeholders across legal and business teams
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- High attention to detail
- Self-starter, team player, and critical thinker with outstanding problem solving skill
- Knowledge of sports betting and the gambling industry is strongly preferred
- Fluency in Spanish (oral and written) is a plus
- This position requires in-office attendance five days per week based out of the New York City or Boulder office
