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Major League Baseball

Professional baseball league with media rights

Area Scout

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePanama City, Panamá Province, PanamaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Candidates must reside in Panama year-round.
  • Build relationships and communicate effectively with players, coaches, agents, and trainers from varying backgrounds.
  • Maintain a strong work ethic, honesty, and desire to learn.
  • Be familiar with the hardware, tools, technology, and equipment needed to conduct player evaluations.
  • Understand the landscape, market, and context of the Dominican Republic and international scouting.
  • Be able to collect and use the information needed to complete a full scouting process.
  • Have a driver's license valid in the assigned area.
  • Have regular access to a car in the assigned area.
  • Demonstrate problem solving, teamwork, clear communication, and time management, and embody honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary scout for the assigned area by evaluating talent, preparing reports, and establishing a network of players, trainers, coaches, and player representatives.
  • Maintain a detailed preference list for players in the assigned area and any other players reported on.
  • Develop working knowledge of specified technologies and apply their results to the evaluation process.
  • Collect player data, physical assessments, and video.
  • Evaluate player makeup and build relationships with players and their families.
  • Provide regular updates to superiors on players in the territory.
  • Coordinate tryouts and cover assigned events inside and outside the territory.
  • Submit expenses promptly according to Boston Red Sox policies.
  • Understand International Scouting policies established by MLB and comply with MLB and Boston Red Sox rules.
  • Participate in professional development exercises assigned by supervisors.

About the Company

Major League Baseball

Professional baseball league with media rights

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the top professional baseball league in the United States and Canada, made up of 30 teams that operate as independent franchises within a league-wide partnership. It coordinates the season, playoffs, and the World Series, while teams compete locally in their markets. MLB earns mainly from national and local TV rights, ticket sales, sponsorships, and merchandise, and uses revenue sharing to keep competitive balance. The goal is to grow the sport’s fan base and sustain financial stability by monetizing media, attendance, and partnerships across many markets.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$2.6B
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2000

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