Jon Hurwitz
About Jon Hurwitz
Jon Hurwitz is a Senior Product Manager at the NBA, specializing in Basketball Data & Stats, with a background in product management and marketing from companies like Vimeo and Tripadvisor.
Current Role at NBA
Jon Hurwitz is currently a Senior Product Manager for Basketball Data & Stats at the National Basketball Association (NBA). Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, he has been with the NBA since 2022. In this role, Hurwitz leads the development of consumer-facing Basketball Data and Stats features across multiple platforms including the NBA's Native App, Web, and Connected Devices. He manages a team of two Product Managers, overseeing the successful launch of critical pages and features for the NBA Next Gen App in September 2022.
Past Experience at Vimeo
Before joining the NBA, Jon Hurwitz worked at Vimeo in the New York City Metropolitan Area. He served as a Senior Product Manager for Pricing & Monetization from 2021 to 2022, handling responsibilities for about 5 months in this role. Prior to this, Hurwitz was a Product Manager for Growth at Vimeo from 2020 to 2021, contributing for 9 months to drive growth initiatives.
Previous Roles at Tripadvisor
Jon Hurwitz's career also includes notable positions at Tripadvisor in Needham, Massachusetts. From 2019 to 2020, Hurwitz was a Product Manager specializing in Membership & Growth, serving for 9 months. Earlier, he had worked as a Marketing Manager at Tripadvisor from 2018 to 2019, where he was involved for 11 months in various marketing initiatives.
Academic Background
Jon Hurwitz has an extensive academic background. He earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Tech & Product Development from Cornell Tech from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, he achieved a Master of Science (MS) in Marketing Science (Consumer Statistics) from Columbia Business School from 2016 to 2017. Hurwitz also holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Management (Accounting) & Media Arts from Stony Brook University, which he completed from 2011 to 2014.
Early Career and Consultancy Work
In the early stages of his career, Jon Hurwitz co-founded BMTS Productions, where he served as President of Business Development from 2014 to 2016. He also worked as a Product Management Consultant on an independent study at Cornell Tech in 2018. Additionally, he has held roles at Columbia University - Columbia Business School, first as a Summer Research Intern from 2016 to 2017, and then as a Research Assistant in the Behavioral Research Lab for 8 months from 2016 to 2017.