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Posted: 20-Dec-24

Location: Hanover, New Hampshire

Type: Full-time

Salary: $80,000- commensurate with exp

Categories:

Operations Operations - Player Development

Sector:

Collegiate Sports

Internal Number: 1129171

We’re excited to announce a groundbreaking new role at Dartmouth that bridges sports, data, and innovation. While this type of position has become a staple in professional sports, Dartmouth will be one of the first NCAA institutions to bring it to college athletics. The Program Manager for Sports Data and Analytics will have the unique opportunity to build a sports analytics program from the ground up, leveraging Dartmouth’s distinctive resources and environment.

Reporting to the Executive Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance, this role will lead the development and implementation of new Sports Analytics services within the Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2) team—an interdisciplinary support team helping varsity student-athletes maximize their potential as students, athletes, and people during their time at Dartmouth. Additionally, it will provide data science support to existing sports science and performance technology service area.

This role requires frequent interaction with DP2, sport coaches and staff, athletics administration, campus and industry colleagues. The successful candidate will be responsible for working across these domains to create and manage data infrastructures, systems, and processes that elevate the health, performance and competitive excellence of Dartmouth’s varsity athletics programs. This role requires advanced technical expertise in sports analytics and data science, strategic planning, project management, and adaptable communication, as well as the ability to apply these effectively in a high performance academic and athletic environment.

The successful candidate will thrive in a data-rich setting, taking on projects ranging from designing ETL processes and automating reporting tools to spearheading research in sports analytics and performance science. With Dartmouth’s broad spectrum of varsity sports, they’ll work directly with coaches, student-athletes, and interdisciplinary collaborators—including world-class faculty—to drive innovation. Reporting to an experienced leader with a background in MLB R&D, this role is perfect for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset, a passion for advancing competitive excellence, and the vision to build something truly unique.

Required Qualifications, Skills, Abilities:

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (statistics, computer science, economics, STEM, etc.) Minimum of three (3) years of experience leading data-driven projects on cross-disciplinary teams, preferably within a sports organization Advanced skills and proficiency in data analytics and computer programming languages and tools such as R, Python, SQL, and GitHub. Strong understanding of data architecture, ETL processes, and the ability to set up and manage efficient data infrastructures with diverse data sources. Excellent skills in data visualization with demonstrated experience creating reports, dashboards and other interactive tools (e.g., PowerBI, Shiny Apps). Strong quantitative reasoning and the ability to apply analytical skills to impact athletic performance and student-athlete development. Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects, balance competing priorities, and drive projects to completion. A passion for sports, sports analytics, and teaching key principles of these to diverse learners. Willingness to work collaboratively as part of a larger integrated support team. Ability to work a non-standard work week which may include nights, weekends, and holidays

 

Preferred Qualifications

Graduate degree sports analytics or related field Prior experience on a sports analytics or R&D team in a professional or Olympic sports environment Knowledge and/or prior working experience with athlete health and performance data sources Strong academic background (teaching or research) in sports science or sports analytics

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