Director Data Insights Sporting at St Louis City Sc
Job Description
Reporting to the Sporting Director, this senior leadership role will define the club's analytics strategy while building the people, processes, technology, and infrastructure required to support recruitment, coaching, performance, medical, and sports science departments. This is a unique opportunity to establish a best-in-class sporting analytics department within one of Major League Soccer's most progressive clubs.
- Define and implement the club's long-term sporting analytics strategy.
- Align analytics priorities with football performance objectives.
- Identify opportunities to create competitive advantage through data.
- Measure the impact of analytics on sporting decision-making.
- Lead and develop a high-performing analytics function.
- Build trusted relationships across recruitment, coaching, performance, medical, and sports science departments.
- Influence key football decisions through evidence-based insights.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and data-informed decision-making.
- Align stakeholders around shared analytical priorities.
- Lead the club's sporting data and technology roadmap.
- Oversee the sporting data ecosystem and analytical infrastructure.
- Establish standards for data governance and quality assurance.
- Evaluate external data providers, technology partners, and analytical platforms.
- Drive continual improvement of the club's analytical capabilities.
- Deliver actionable insights that support recruitment, coaching, and performance.
- Develop scalable decision-support tools and analytical services.
- Ensure data and insights are relevant, timely, and impactful.
- Improve access to trusted performance information across the organisation.
- Build long-term analytical capability across the sporting department.
- Develop people, processes, and operational workflows.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and analytical methodologies.
- Drive innovation to support competitive advantage.
- Experience leading analytics or insight functions.
- Experience building and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience operating within complex, multidisciplinary organisations.
- Strong strategic planning and prioritisation skills.
- Experience delivering measurable organisational impact.
- Ability to connect analytical insights with football decision-making.
- Excellent judgement in high-pressure environments.
- Strong understanding of modern sporting data ecosystems.
- Experience overseeing analytical technologies and platforms.
- Knowledge of data governance and quality assurance principles.
- Familiarity with analytical and statistical methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong presentation and storytelling abilities.
- Ability to communicate complex analytical concepts clearly.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to build trust across departments.
- Minimum seven years' experience within elite sport or high-performance environments.
- Strong understanding of football recruitment processes.
- Knowledge of performance analysis workflows.
- Experience managing external service providers.
- High integrity and professionalism.
- Curious, ambitious, and growth-oriented mindset.
- Strong ownership and accountability.
- Resilient and adaptable under pressure.
- Commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
St. Louis CITY SC is one of Major League Soccer's newest and most ambitious clubs, committed to innovation, collaboration, and building sustainable success on and off the pitch. The club continues to invest in modern technology and progressive sporting operations to create a long-term competitive advantage.
St. Louis CITY SC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a modern sporting analytics department, driving strategic decision-making and helping shape the future of one of MLS's most progressive football organisations.