Former Nine managing director commercial Alexi Baker is in talks with the NRL for a position on the executive, believed to be the vacant chief operating officer position.

The rugby league has been without a chief operating officer since September last year, when Nick Weeks was let go as part of sweeping cash-saving changes that resulted in the code making 25 per cent of staff redundant with the executive team reduced from 11 to eight as the NRL looked to pull inflated salaries into line.