Data Visualization Specialist - NHL

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The Florida Panthers enter the 2025-26 season as the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champions, having gone to the Stanley Cup Final in each of the past three seasons. The National Hockey League’s southernmost team, the Panthers have reached the postseason in a club-record six consecutive campaigns. The Panthers operate four facilities in Broward County, Florida: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs, the new state-of-the-art practice facility Baptist Health IcePlex in Fort Lauderdale, as well as the renovated War Memorial Auditorium, which hosts concerts and events for the South Florida faithful.

An organization with deep roots in the community, the Panthers are owned by Vincent J. Viola, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Emphasizing a culture of selfless service both on and off the ice, the Panthers pillar program ‘Heroes Among Us’ honors a United States military veteran at every game and the Florida Panthers Foundation has four main focuses including veterans affairs, children's health and education, raising awareness for the endangered Florida panther and growing youth hockey.

Job Title: Data Visualization Specialist
Department: Panther Insights
Reports To:  Director, Business Intelligence
FLSA: Exempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Florida Panthers Hockey Club

 

Position Overview

We are seeking a Data Visualization Specialist with 1–2 years of experience to join our Business Intelligence team and bridge the gap between complex data architecture and executive decision-making. This role solves the problem of "information overload" by translating massive commercial datasets into intuitive, high-impact narratives that allow leadership to identify revenue opportunities at a glance. While we value experience in UI/UX or front-end development, we are primarily looking for a design-thinker with elite SQL and BI skills; if you bring the visual logic and technical horsepower, we will provide the industry context and the platform to see your work directly influence a championship organization.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build sophisticated, interactive reporting suites that serve as the primary interface for ownership and the executive team to monitor organizational health.
• Translate complex statistical findings into compelling visual stories, ensuring the "so-what" of the data is clear and leads directly to strategic business action.
• Apply UI/UX principles to all data products to ensure tools are intuitive, accessible, and facilitate 100% data literacy across the organization.
• Write optimized SQL to extract and transform data from the AWS Redshift warehouse, ensuring visualizations refresh with minimal latency.
• Establish and maintain a departmental style guide and template library to ensure a consistent, world-class aesthetic and mathematical standard across all reports.
• Configure automated reporting workflows and threshold-based visual alerts to proactively notify stakeholders of deviations in business KPIs.
• Collaborate with Analytics Engineering and Quantitative teams to ensure backend data models are optimized for front-end performance and logical clarity.

 

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Information Design, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1–2 years of experience in data visualization, business intelligence, or information design.
• Expert-level proficiency in leading BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Amazon QuickSight) with a portfolio demonstrating advanced data storytelling.
• Strong ability to write complex SQL queries to join, filter, and aggregate data within a cloud warehouse environment.
• Deep understanding of visual encoding and how to select the correct chart types to represent specific quantitative datasets.
• Exceptional ability to present findings to high-level stakeholders, explaining technical data through a commercial lens.

Preferred:

• Experience using Python (e.g., Plotly, Matplotlib) to create custom visualizations or automate data preparation.
• Formal training or experience in UI/UX design, specifically for analytical software or enterprise-level tools.
• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem and optimizing dashboard performance against large-scale datasets.
• Basic knowledge of front-end technologies like HTML/CSS or D3.js for bespoke web-based components.
• A passion for sports analytics or experience in a high-volume, event-based business environment.

 

Team & Environment

You will join a lean, fast-moving Business Intelligence team where creativity and speed are essential. We operate in a championship-winning environment that is structured yet agile; you will often be given open-ended business problems that require critical thinking as well you to be both the architect and the builder of the solution. We are looking for a teammate who is eager to bridge the gap between technical architecture and business-driving insights.

**Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:**This is a full-time salaried (exempt) position. Must be able to work flexible hours including nights, weekends and holidays as nneeded.

 

At the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Arena Operating Company, Panthers IceDen, Sanza Food Service, War Memorial Benefit Corporation, and FLA Team Shop, we strive to make every employee feel valued and respected for who they are and the unique contributions they make. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful company, which is why we aim to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) into all aspects of our culture and our business.

We welcome all to apply and join our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.