NBA Jobs — Find Open Positions Across All 30 NBA Teams
Every open NBA role from all 30 National Basketball Association teams plus the NBA League Office, aggregated into one searchable feed. Updated multiple times daily. Free to browse.
Working in the National Basketball Association
The NBA is the most globally-oriented and arguably the most tech-forward of the four major North American leagues. Each of the 30 NBA franchises operates a parent club plus a G League affiliate (and many also run NBA 2K League teams and have ownership relationships with WNBA franchises). That gives the league an unusually broad employment footprint by team. The NBA League Office (based in New York and Secaucus) runs media, partnerships, basketball operations, and an enormous content / digital operation as well as referee operations.
NBA hiring is concentrated in two main windows: pre-season (August–October) as teams ramp toward tipoff, and post-draft / free agency (June–July) when basketball operations restructures and new front-office groups bring in their own people. The international scouting calendar runs year-round, with hiring waves around major international tournaments and pre-draft camps. Analytics and basketball R&D departments hire continuously, often around the conclusion of the academic year as recent grads enter the pipeline.
Common NBA role types
- Basketball operations (analyst, coordinator, manager, director, assistant GM)
- Analytics and basketball R&D (analyst, data engineer, ML engineer)
- Scouting (college, international, pro, G League / 2-way)
- Player development and skill coaching
- Sports performance, sports science, athletic training
- Ticket sales and premium sales
- Corporate partnerships and activation
- Marketing, brand, content, social, digital
- Broadcasting, RSN partnerships, media relations
- Game-day operations and entertainment
- Community relations and team foundation
- Software engineering, product, design (concentrated at larger-market teams and league office)
- Finance, legal, HR, IT, arena operations
How NBA teams post jobs
NBA teams use a fragmented mix of applicant tracking systems. The most common platforms across the 30 clubs are Workday (used by many larger-market teams and the NBA League Office), Greenhouse and Lever (used by teams with strong tech-org structures and at the league office for engineering), Teamwork Online (legacy sports-industry platform, still common at several franchises), iCIMS, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce Now. A handful of teams use SmartRecruiters, Ashby, or BambooHR.
The NBA stands out for its volume of publicly-posted analytics, software, and product roles — driven both by team-side R&D investment and by the league office's substantial technology arm. Sports betting and prediction-market companies in the NBA partnership ecosystem also pull from this same applicant pool, contributing to overall basketball-adjacent hiring volume.
Compensation reality
NBA business and operations compensation generally tracks NFL-level or slightly below at mid-and-above levels, with significant variance between major markets (Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami) and smaller markets. Entry-level operations and marketing roles start in the $42,000–$58,000 range. Mid-level (manager / senior associate) runs $75,000–$115,000. Director $125,000–$190,000; VP $190,000–$350,000+. Analytics and software engineering roles pay closer to tech rates — at major-market teams, total comp can rival mid-tier tech companies, particularly at the senior individual contributor and engineering manager levels. Sales is commission-heavy; OTE at the associate level $55,000–$85,000. Full breakdown in the salary guide.
Common questions about NBA jobs
How many NBA teams does SportsCareers cover?
All 30 National Basketball Association teams plus the NBA League Office. Most NBA franchises also operate a G League affiliate.
What applicant tracking systems do NBA teams use?
NBA teams use a fragmented mix of ATS platforms. The most common across the 30 clubs are Workday (used by many larger-market teams and the NBA League Office), Greenhouse and Lever (used by tech-org-structured teams and at the league office for engineering), Teamwork Online (the legacy sports-industry platform), iCIMS, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce Now. A handful of teams use SmartRecruiters, Ashby, or BambooHR.
What types of roles do NBA teams hire for?
NBA teams hire across basketball operations, analytics and basketball R&D, scouting (college, international, pro, G League), player development, sports performance, ticket and premium sales, corporate partnerships and activation, marketing, broadcasting, RSN partnerships, game-day operations, community relations, software engineering, product, design, finance, legal, and arena operations. The NBA stands out for its volume of publicly-posted analytics, software, and product roles.
When do NBA teams hire most heavily?
NBA hiring concentrates in two main windows: pre-season (August–October) as teams ramp toward tipoff, and post-draft / free agency (June–July) when basketball operations restructures. International scouting hires year-round around major international tournaments and pre-draft camps. Analytics and basketball R&D hire continuously.
What does an entry-level NBA front-office job pay?
Entry-level operations and marketing roles at most NBA teams start in the $42,000–$58,000 range. Mid-level (manager / senior associate) runs $75,000–$115,000. Director $125,000–$190,000; VP $190,000–$350,000+. Analytics and software engineering roles pay closer to tech rates — at major-market teams, total comp can rival mid-tier tech companies.