Vice President of Business Strategy and Analytics

Vice President of Business Strategy and Analytics

Minneapolis, MN, USA

We understand that to win championships, it starts with the people. We’re all teammates with a united focus on fostering an inclusive winning culture that empowers, values and recognizes each other. Because working together is how we do what’s right for the communities we live, work and play in. It’s how we innovate, learn and grow as individuals and as a group.

And it’s how we elevate lives through the power of basketball.

The Vice President of Business Strategy & Analytics is a high-impact leadership role responsible for enabling better decisions across the organization through strategic insight, rigorous analysis, and strong cross‑functional partnership. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer and is accountable for shaping how the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx, and Iowa Wolves compete and grow.

The ideal candidate brings a strong management consulting background and excels at framing complex business problems, structuring rigorous analyses, and translating insight into clear recommendations for senior leadership. Success in this role is defined by driving revenue growth and sharper decision‑making by harnessing the organization’s data assets, leading a new technology stack rollout that establishes a single, trusted source of truth, and building a high‑performing team with strong strategic influence across the business.

In addition, this role owns the analytics operating model for the organization, ensuring work is prioritized effectively, team capacity is managed sustainably, and stakeholders have clear visibility into what the team is working on, why it matters, and when outcomes can be expected.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform these essential functions:

• Lead annual and long‑range strategic planning processes, including materials prepared for senior leadership and ownership review
• Develop and execute growth strategies across revenue streams — ticketing, sponsorship, media, and emerging business lines
• Frame complex business problems with structure and rigor, translating ambiguity into clear, actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders
• Develop pricing strategy and tools to optimize yield across tickets, premium, and partnerships
• Lead org‑design and operational improvement initiatives to drive efficiency across business units

• Build and oversee analytics capabilities that translate data into actionable business insights
• Oversee the management and evolution of the organization’s data platform, ensuring infrastructure supports analytical and reporting needs across the business
• Lead special projects including fan segmentation, fan surveys, and other consumer insight initiatives that inform business strategy
• Drive standardization and accessibility of reporting to ensure consistent, trusted metrics across the organization
• Deliver executive‑ready insights, dashboards, and presentations that inform key decisions
• Own the training and enablement of staff on new data warehouse capabilities, driving adoption of self‑service analytics across the organization

• Partner with Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships to identify and size opportunities for margin expansion and revenue growth
• Collaborate with the Partnerships team on sales strategy, retention strategy, and partner valuation frameworks
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior and functional leadership across the organization
• Manage department budget and serve as a resource for ad‑hoc analysis and evolving business needs

• Own the ongoing integration and strategic collaboration with Jump, the organization’s ticketing and fan experience platform, ensuring the organization fully realizes the value of its technology investments and first‑party data assets
• Serve as the primary internal owner of the Jump relationship, coordinating cross‑functional alignment and driving accountability on integration milestones
• Translate first‑party data capabilities into…