Data Scientist, Basketball Integrity
Job: Full Time
New York, NY, USA

Employer Description
The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America. It is the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world

Job Description
The Data Scientist will support the Basketball Integrity Analytics Lead in compiling and analyzing data relating to gameplay, team and referee trends in conjunction with sports betting data. The position will contribute to efforts to keep all Integrity stakeholders abreast of key analyses undertaken using a variety of reporting and visualization tools

Responsibilities:

• Create and execute models for flagging anomalous performance, trends, etc. that may be consistent with but not necessarily indicative of manipulation
• Design and undertake secondary checks to understand if the flagged event/trend under investigation is of genuine concern.
• Prepare reports for senior leadership in BS&A as well as related groups within the NBA such as Legal/Security and undertake follow-up analysis as directed
• Use statistical techniques to better understand salient betting trends and market movements, especially on NBA games across different markets

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required; Major in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or related discipline or Master’s Degree or relevant work experience is preferred
• 3+ years of experience in data analytics, ideally related to the sports or gaming industries
• Experience with a database management language 

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