• Leading on all elements of data and analysis strategy and resourcing, for the 1st Team and Academy.
• Effectively leading and line managing the Data and Analysis department.
• Ensure that standard operating procedures are in place to support the planning and review of all matches and competitions, across levels.
• Growing the department’s capability to deliver live in-game analysis and impact.
• Ensuring that player identification, recruitment, and assessment are objectively and critically informed.
• Ensuring that coaching, and both team and player programming, are objectively and critically informed.
• Ensuring the integration of data sources and associated data science capability to deliver practical insight.
• Leading the management of relationships across football-related data service providers, consultants and agreements, co-ordinating all processes and functions to ensure services are optimised and maintained to the highest standard at all times.
• Overseeing all 1st Team and Academy department studies and research projects, ensuring that collaborative relationships with external partners are maintained, and that impact is delivered.
• Establishing and overseeing the programme of learning for University Interns, in conjunction with partner organisations.

• Extensive experience and demonstrable achievements in the field of Sports Data and Analytics
• Experience of impactful departmental leadership
• Demonstrable experience of working and integrating software such as, but not limited to, Piero/Hudl/Wyscout/Sportscode/Studio/Piston/Catapult/StatSport/StatsBomb, or similar services from sporting disciplines.
• Advanced coding and visualisation abilities such as R/Python/Power BI.

• High-level data science capabilities.
• In-depth understanding of data architecture, storage and integration.
• In-depth understanding of analysis methodologies, software and data/video resources.
• Exceptional relationship and stakeholder management skills to engage external partners, players, coaches, recruitment personnel and senior management.
• Confident, resilient and self-motivated.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, with an ability to positively influence.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.

The Executives in Sport Group are retained on behalf of Derby County Football Club to appoint a Data Analytics Lead. All direct applications and CVs will be forwarded to The Executives in Sport Group.

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