Talent Placement Manager, Remote Player Support (Manchester, GB)

Closing Date of Applications – 31st October 2025

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.  

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

At City Football Group, we’re creating opportunities that don’t exist anywhere else in football. This role puts you at the heart of our player development journey — supporting and guiding our loan players, building trusted relationships across clubs and stakeholders, and using (and expanding) your network to shape the future of talent at the very highest level. Acting as both coach and ambassador, you’ll create a positive environment where players can thrive, while representing CFG’s values across our global football family.

This is Your City 

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts. 

Your Impact

1. Player Case Management – Act as case manager for a defined group of players, coordinating multi-disciplinary support, managing on-boarding processes, and ensuring Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and Player Passports are effectively handed over and followed.
2. Performance Monitoring & Insight – Provide regular technical and tactical feedback through live and video observations, performance reports, and mid/end-of-season reviews to inform player pathways and development decisions.
3. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement – Work closely with academy staff, loan clubs, coaches, and the Remote Player Support team to align development goals, build strong working relationships, and ensure IDPs are consistently supported.
4. Player Communication & Support – Maintain regular contact with loan players to deliver feedback, motivate, promote professional behaviours, and provide technical/tactical guidance.
5. Technical Coaching & Development Delivery – Design and deliver tailored coaching sessions during elite training camps, pre-season, and rehabilitation programmes to enhance player development and return-to-play readiness.
6. Analysis & Content Creation – Produce detailed video and performance analysis, presentations, and player reports to support reviews, loan decisions, and the work of the wider Talent Placement and Remote Player Support teams.

What we are looking for

Experience

• Significant experience in a professional football club or elite sporting environment.
• Proven track record of building effective relationships with coaches and practitioners across diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications & Knowledge

• UEFA A, Pro or Youth Licence (or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of talent development and performance pathways, with knowledge of European leagues and structures.
• Established and trusted network within the football industry.

Skills & Attributes

• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, with behaviours that promote respect and trust.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to engage effectively with players, coaches, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Highly organised, with proven ability to plan, prioritise, and manage a varied workload under pressure.
• Proficient in creating presentations, video analysis, and Individual Development Plans (IDPs).
• Flexible and adaptable, comfortable with international travel and the demands of a dynamic, 24/7 football environment.
• Committed to continuous improvement and self-development.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. 

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.