The Manager, Licensing will be responsible for the development and growth of various product categories for both MLS and U.S. Soccer.  This role is looking for energetic leaders, with a product background, that thrive in collaborative, creative, fast paced environments.

The Staff Accountant maintains financial reports, records, and general ledgers. This position is responsible for preparing and analyzing budgets and performing general bookkeeping.

In this position, the Manager, Human Resources will partner with the HR team to deliver solutions that will foster organizational and people effectiveness by providing support and guidance for performance management, employee engagement, talent development, and HR initiatives.

The Manager will function as a threat assessment and research expert and collaborate with stakeholders around the league to ensure proper safety and security protocols are in place.  They will monitor global events that could impact leaguewide operations, team security, and sport integrity using open-source information, media, commercial software platforms, and third-party resources. In addition, the individual will conduct social network analysis, monitor groups and individuals, and develop recommendations in the form of briefings, reports, or dashboards to MLS leadership.

The Director, Partnership Marketing leads a team responsible for managing and executing all activities associated with assigned partnership accounts including the creation, ideation, development and execution of partner initiatives.  The Director provides strategic oversight of partners across MLS/National teams using expert knowledge of industry relevant topics and understanding of the sales/marketing objectives of each client in the portfolio.

MLS is looking for a talented, thoughtful and impact-oriented Design Director to lead UI and UX work across our portfolio of digital products, bringing experience and collaborative energy to the ongoing evolution of our overall digital experience.   As Design Director, you will be involved in all aspects of user experience design, working with a small team to research, ideate, direct and design modern digital product experiences that have a real impact on our fans and our business. Your projects will span from small—new features or optimizations of existing experiences—to very large—extending and evolving our new network of league and club websites—and you will be involved throughout the process from planning to launch. In addition, you will function as a leader in our Digital Experience team, working closely with Product and Engineering teams to make sure all of our work is rooted in smart strategy and delivering great real-life experiences for our fans.   The ideal candidate will have a high standard for quality, a serious attention to detail, an insatiable curiosity about interaction design and a passion for soccer (or at least sports). If all that resonates with you, let’s talk. 

The Media Solutions team manages the commercialization strategy and execution of media sponsorship and advertising efforts for MLS & SUM properties. As a department, Media Solutions plays an important role in helping the larger MLS/SUM organization to articulate the value proposition of assets across owned, operated and distributed media channels to both internal and external stakeholders, ultimately driving value for the enterprise, official marketing partners and media partners.   Director, Media Solutions will work across functions and divisions to ensure the seamless development and execution of digital media sponsorship and advertising programs. From standard turn-key media executions across owned and operated channels to content development and branded entertainment positions crafted for our most noteworthy official marketing partners, the Director will be responsible for a wide range of activation. Campaign assets will run across a variety of digital platforms, including mobile, app, social media, OTT and emerging platforms. Although this function will focus mainly on MLS digital media sponsorships, it is incumbent upon this resource to partner with the sales marketing teams at our broadcast partner networks to support sponsored MLS brand positions where appropriate.   

Major League Soccer’s Strategy and Business Intelligence group is tasked with supporting strategic decision making and resource allocation across the League – with a focus on driving fan growth, revenue capture, and operating efficiencies – by providing impactful data driven insights, analysis, and recommendations.  The group is seeking a new Manager, who will support Fan and Market Insights and Strategy initiatives.  This individual should have experience in developing surveys, running focus group sessions, conducting quantitative analysis, crafting insights and optimizing syndicated research tools.  The Manager will be energetic, ready to take initiative, and capable of independently driving individual work streams. 

Major League Soccer’s Strategy and Business Intelligence group is tasked with supporting strategic decision making and resource allocation across the League – with a focus on driving fan growth, revenue capture, and operating efficiencies–by providing impactful data driven insights, analysis, and recommendations.  The group is seeking a new Sr. Director, who will bring a consultative approach to supporting MLS Clubs.  This hire will lead projects end-to-end and actively interface with senior stakeholders across the enterprise.  This individual will bring a collaborative energy, desire to build and thought leadership to the team. 

The MLS Legal department is seeking a Paralegal to assist with the preparation of legal documents and research projects, prepare rights summaries/charts, organize and track the status of pending and completed agreements, and provide ongoing support for the prosecution and maintenance of MLS’s intellectual property.

In this position, the Director, Human Resources will act as an HR Business Partner, responsible for providing strategic leadership, consultation and coaching to business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies that will foster organizational and people effectiveness as well as an inclusive culture. The Director, Human Resources will partner with leaders and their teams in areas such as performance management, employee relations, culture, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, compensation and talent development. 

The Director is a member of the Technology team who will be responsible for setting up and managing the Technology Project Management Office. This is a new role within the organization as we work to create efficiencies, maintain project standards and improve project visibility across the enterprise. The Director will work to establish methodologies and processes that work best for our Technology organization. Along with being the visionary for the Technology PMO, this position will manage highly visible projects in a fast-paced environment that cross multiple business divisions.

Major League Soccer (MLS) seeks a Vice President of Tax to provide proactive leadership of the organization’s tax function and to oversee tax planning and compliance for the league. Ideal candidates will be experienced professionals who have experience in a partnership tax environment and who have had extensive exposure to complex tax accounting. The Vice President of Tax must be broadly skilled in tax strategy, compliance, and accounting. The Vice President of Tax will be responsible for developing and implementing tax strategies at the partnership level of MLS. In addition, it will liaise with its member clubs to ensure strategic alignment at the partner level. They will have an enterprise focus and will align tax practices with business processes and overall strategy. The Vice President will establish a business-based tax strategy that ensures optimal structuring, compliance, and results while also establishing priorities, motivating team members, and creating an atmosphere that willencourage a collaborative work environment.

The Digital Club Services (DCS) team supports MLS Clubs by providing the tools, training, best practices and expertise to help them leverage their content and digital systems to drive business results. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining relationships with the club digital teams by helping them maximize their digital engagement, coordinating network-wide initiatives and supporting their business goals.

The Financial Analyst will support the management of the MLS player budget and working closely with the Player Department on all financial matters related to players.

MLS is looking for a passionate addition to its engineering team with a knack for APIs and code. The Backend Engineer will create and/or improve server-side applications, APIs, and databases that help create powerful, functional, seamless fan experiences. The ability to build, maintain, and extend our features, APIs, and testing suite in a fast-paced environment are core capabilities.   The engineering team is building a world-class, data-driven technology platform and the backend engineer will contribute to real-time data feeds, a multitude of applications, and our digital product infrastructure as a key member of a high-output expert team. We are looking for an experienced engineer who is a true team player as we continue to build out our digital presence in the beautiful game of soccer. In this role, you will be recommending solutions and solving technical issues as it relates to web, mobile, and data driven applications