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About the Role
The Senior Director, Team and Arena Security - Central Region is responsible for assessing, planning, and executing industry-leading security programs to protect NBA employees, players, and fans at league-sponsored games and events. This role also supports business continuity and crisis management efforts, and assists with on-court investigations.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the security operations, oversight and management of the NBA, and G League teams, security representatives and venues.
- Provide proactive/preventative security measures and contingency planning.
- Assure security is properly integrated into the overall planning process for all games and/or special events.
- Maintain a best practices standard.
- Oversee implementation of NBA, and G League Arena Security Standards by teams and arenas.
- Create and conduct player orientation and team-level awareness training.
- Participate in the security planning and on-site management of security at selected special events, including the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League Playoffs and Finals, All-Star Games, Global Games, basketball camps, NBA Draft, and other special events.
- Serve as a liaison with all relevant domestic and international law enforcement and national security agencies.
- Conduct sensitive investigations across various areas, including players, referees, and other league and team employees for the NBA, WNBA, and G League.
- Assist Legal and other departments in the investigation of any potential integrity-related misconduct.
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership on all investigative findings.
- Assess, plan, and execute security programs.
- Support business continuity and crisis management efforts.
- Support NBA Security’s Lead Investigator with on-court investigations.
- Conduct comprehensive security-based assessments.
- Define, lead, and analyze strategic metrics to measure security program effectiveness.
- Manage and reconcile budgets.
- Build and sustain relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as with law enforcement and security professionals.
- Lead and mentor direct reports.
- Act as an evangelist for the security department.
- Share contemporary ideas and experiences.
- Create and set industry standards.
- Raise the bar internally.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of 10 years of law enforcement and/or high-level security-related experience.
- Experience acquired through relevant law enforcement or equivalent international/corporate security experience.
- Demonstrated success in conducting complex law enforcement investigations and operations.
- Ability to organize data and prepare detailed reports of investigative findings.
- Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with internal business groups, law enforcement contacts, and security services.
Skills
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills with an emphasis on preparing clear, comprehensive, and meaningful reports and presentations for NBA Senior Management.
- Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency with various computer applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
- Ability to learn bespoke League applications.
- Self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work cohesively as part of a team effort.
- Strong background and experience in emergency planning, business continuity, and crisis management.
- Ability to effectively provide close supervision, guidance, and structure to staff.
- Ability to successfully navigate between business, basketball, and security environments and needs.
- Ability to maintain extreme confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Prior experience with security and special event planning, threat assessment/risk analysis.
- Thorough grasp of crowd control/management strategies.
- Strong background in intelligence gathering, including familiarity and use of online resources, investigative databases, subscription services, and public record checks.
- Proven expertise in conducting complex and varied criminal investigations.
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum of 10 years of law enforcement and/or high-level security-related experience.
- Supervisory/management experience in previous positions is desirable.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree is desirable.
- Formal education/training in security-related matters is a plus (i.e., ASIS, CPP).
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000-$230,000
Benefits
- Annual discretionary performance bonus.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life/AD&D insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Fertility and family-forming assistance.
- Wellbeing allowance.
- Educational assistance.
- Mental health coaching/therapy.
- Tax advantaged accounts such as HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Time off benefits that include vacation, sick time, and personal days.
About the Company
- 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.
- At the NBA, we're passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball.
- Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world.
- As a global sports and media business, the NBA is so much more.
- While Basketball Operations runs the league's on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world's most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of NBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the NBA's success.
- Off the court, we're also deeply committed to social responsibility.
- NBA Cares leads the league's involvement in addressing important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.