Jobs at Major League Soccer, L.L.C.

Manages match presentation operations for MLS matches and major events, coordinating Clubs, league stakeholders, vendors, contractors, talent, consultants, and temporary staff. Oversees policies, matchday communications, issue resolution, ceremonies, live entertainment, field production, and event logistics. Contributes creative direction, budget tracking, vendor management, documentation, training resources, post-event reviews, and real-time execution of pre-match, halftime, and post-match programming.

Leads soccer analytics and data science workstreams supporting MLS competition, player relations, medical, and sporting decisions. Uses soccer, roster, tracking, financial, and performance data with statistical, AI, and machine learning methods. Evaluates roster rules, competition changes, player pathways, and sports science trends; develops KPIs, models, reporting, and recommendations for senior stakeholders. Also guides sporting data governance, technology evaluations, vendor use, and cross-functional analytics priorities.

Leads employee engagement, culture, belonging, Employee Resource Group strategy, and internal communications. Develops engagement programs, manages company-wide events and leadership forums, oversees employee communication channels, supports inclusive practices, and measures program impact. Partners with HR, talent teams, leaders, and ERG sponsors to strengthen employee experience, retention, and organizational alignment.

Coordinates MLS player engagement events, virtual and in-person programs, stakeholder outreach, media logistics, website and database updates, and administrative operations. Builds trusted relationships with players and club personnel while managing confidential information, multiple priorities, deadlines, and non-traditional work hours. The role requires strong organization, communication, judgment, Microsoft Office proficiency, and flexibility to travel.

Leads the MLS enterprise partnership with adidas, overseeing strategy, relationship management, contractual rights, product development, marketing activations, club fulfillment, financial allocations, and performance measurement. The role coordinates League and Club stakeholders, drives fan engagement and retail growth, manages risks and executive communications, and supports strategic projects. It requires extensive cross-functional leadership, partnership marketing, presentation, project management, and sports or retail industry experience.

Coordinates live matchday operations for MLS regular season, playoff, and marquee events. Manages Matchday Control issues and escalations, applies league policies, analyzes operational risks and trends, coordinates Clubs, venues, vendors, and internal stakeholders, and supports process improvements. Oversees event workstreams, documentation, vendor agreements, payments, budgets, inventories, reports, and executive presentations. Requires evening, weekend, holiday, and occasional travel availability.

Leads sponsorship measurement reporting, valuation analysis, consumer research, and insights development for MLS and SUM commercial partners. Supports sponsorship sales and renewals through package valuations, pricing recommendations, performance materials, and fan insights. Manages syndicated research tools, custom studies, third-party vendors, and measurement agencies. Presents findings to senior stakeholders, tracks sponsorship KPIs, monitors industry trends, and contributes to analytical processes and commercial research initiatives.

Leads full-cycle corporate recruiting across business functions and seniority levels, advises leaders on hiring strategy and compensation, strengthens recruiting operations and candidate experience, and develops inclusive talent pipelines. The role manages executive searches, recruiting technology initiatives, metrics-driven strategy, external partnerships, compliance, and employee development while supporting the organization’s broader talent acquisition objectives.

Design and scale semantic data and AI infrastructure, including embedding pipelines, knowledge graphs, ontologies, vector and hybrid retrieval, RAG systems, and LLM-powered applications. Build production-grade APIs and data pipelines, optimize private GPU inference, establish evaluation and reliability frameworks, and ensure explainability, attribution, and safe outputs. Collaborate across product, analytics, data engineering, and ML teams while mentoring engineers and translating business needs into grounded AI systems.

Leads Major League Soccer’s community engagement strategy and execution across 30 clubs, managing outreach initiatives, charitable partnerships, events, campaigns, digital platforms, marketing assets, budgets, and partner relationships. Oversees cross-functional alignment, program delivery, employee performance, and team development while strengthening MLS brand visibility, fan engagement, and community impact across the United States and Canada.

Leads Major League Soccer’s Marketing Science function, overseeing teams and external resources while developing marketing analytics strategy. Partners with Marketing, CRM, Technology, Product, and Data Engineering teams to improve audience targeting, personalization, campaign measurement, media investment, and fan growth. Oversees predictive modeling, AI and machine learning applications, media mix modeling, experimentation, attribution, and CRM activation. Communicates analytical insights and strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders across League and Club organizations.

Executive leader responsible for MLS NEXT Pro’s long-term growth, expansion strategy, corporate development, M&A, strategic partnerships, commercial operations, revenue growth, media initiatives, and stakeholder relationships. Leads strategic planning, board communications, cross-functional initiatives, and executive teams while advising clubs, owners, investors, and media partners. Oversees broadcast, media, and content functions and develops opportunities across sports, technology, digital products, and fan experiences.

Manages licensing operations, licensee and partner communications, product approvals, brand compliance, royalty reporting, invoicing coordination, business reporting, and cross-functional consumer products initiatives. Supports seasonal planning, event activations, marketing programs, and leadership updates while maintaining licensing calendars, contracts, product assets, and performance dashboards. The role requires approximately 10–20% travel and occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Supports the reliability, security, and performance of enterprise, cloud, stadium, venue, broadcast, and event-driven networks. Responsibilities include routing, switching, firewall, VPN, wireless, DNS, monitoring, access control, incident response, documentation, change management, network automation, vendor coordination, and match-day support. The role requires operational coverage during evenings, weekends, holidays, maintenance windows, and occasional travel.

Leads MLS’s sports betting and prediction-market operations, including gaming-company relationships, integrity monitoring, club-wide compliance, authorized operator programs, and commercial partnerships. Manages the Polymarket sponsorship and MLS Data relationships with Sportec and Sportradar, while driving partner service, revenue growth, reporting, training, and audit frameworks. Requires deep sports betting, prediction-market, sports-data, regulatory, compliance, and commercial partnership expertise.

Manages partnership marketing accounts and sponsorship activation programs for MLS and related properties. Serves as the primary partner contact, provides strategic counsel, oversees contractual assets, budgets, creative approvals, media strategies, CRM updates, and renewal support. Leads cross-functional workstreams, develops sponsorship opportunities, presents to stakeholders, and manages direct reports and performance processes. The role requires partnership marketing experience, client service expertise, strong communication, organization, and flexibility for travel and nontraditional hours.

Manages Safety & Security department operations for Major League Soccer and Soccer United Marketing, including security agent programs, events, vendor and consultant administration, budgeting, logistics, compliance training, sports betting integrity programs, stakeholder communications, and operational reporting. Coordinates meetings, contracts, invoices, resources, training completion, prohibited bettor data, and annual security meetings. Requires strong program management, organization, communication, compliance, and stakeholder coordination skills, with domestic and international travel and non-traditional hours as needed.

Leads the strategy, governance, roadmap, implementation, and optimization of HR technology systems, including Workday HCM and applicant tracking platforms. Partners with HR leadership to gather requirements, improve processes, manage integrations and vendors, develop analytics, and drive platform adoption. Evaluates AI, automation, generative AI, and emerging technologies for HR operations while ensuring security, privacy, governance, and business alignment.

Leads enterprise content planning and operations for MLS, aligning editorial, social, creator, production, marketing, communications, product, and commercial teams around a unified roadmap. Responsibilities include strategic planning, portfolio governance, content calendars, budget and resource management, KPI frameworks, performance insights, stakeholder alignment, and executive support. The role requires senior content strategy or operations experience, strong project management, executive communication, and willingness to travel and work nontraditional hours.

Leads Major League Soccer’s creator ecosystem and influencer marketing strategy. Develops creator programs, manages relationships with creators and agencies, oversees campaigns and partnerships, identifies cultural trends, establishes measurement frameworks, and manages budgets. The role drives fan engagement, audience growth, brand impact, conversion, and revenue across digital and social platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing high-performing staff.