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Join Nielsen Sports, the global leader in sports media valuation and data analytics. For over 30 years, we've been the trusted scorekeeper for the world's top brands, leagues, and broadcasters, helping them maximize the return on their sponsorship investments. Our team combines deep industry expertise with cutting-edge AI and massive datasets to provide insights that level the playing field.

As an Engineering Manager / Sr Engineering Manager, you will lead the team that builds the critical technology behind our world-class data and insights.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a software engineering team, supporting career growth and performance.

• Translate high-level business goals—like providing greater ROI for sponsors—into actionable technical roadmaps for your team.

• Foster a strong, collaborative partnership with the Machine Learning team to create a streamlined process for operationalizing AI models within our applications.

• Drive the execution and delivery of projects, ensuring they meet quality standards and timelines that serve our global client base.

• Facilitate technical and architectural discussions, helping the team make sound decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term strategy.

• Recruit, hire, and onboard new engineering talent.

• Champion engineering best practices and agile methodologies.

• Experience: 2+ years of engineering management experience, with a background as a senior-level software engineer (4-12+ years total experience).

• Technical Credibility: You must have a strong technical background and be able to effectively guide a team working with our stack. This includes a deep understanding of modern backend technologies (at least two of Java, Python, Go, Node.js), modern frontend frameworks (ReactJS, Next.js, Angular), and the challenges of legacy system modernization (experience with platforms like .NET or PHP is a major plus).

• People Leadership: Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, with a passion for mentoring and development.

• Execution & Strategy: Demonstrated ability to manage projects from ideation to completion and to contribute to long-term technical strategy.

• Communication: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Exposure to building AI applications, and using AI coding tools like Cursor, and coaching teams on responsible usage of these tools

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