Job Description
Closing Date of Applications – 09/10/2024
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.
The Technical Development Insights Manager will inform and support the individual player development coaching and analysis process through creating and delivering bespoke, automated data and video insights. Aligned with players individual development plans (IDPs), accurate benchmarking will be created to assess if players are making meaningful progress towards their development goals and understand readiness to progress to new environments.
As a key stakeholder in the player development process, the Technical Development Insights Manager will work closely with Engineers, Data Scientists & Analysts from CFG’s Football Intelligence team in order to play a leading role in developing and integrating data-informed coaching and analysis processes within both the City Football Group Remote Player Support (RPS) department and wider group clubs.
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
Integrate data and video into IDP performance analysis and coaching processes for RPS group and wider City Football Group clubsCollaborate with the Football Intelligence team to identify and develop appropriate performance benchmarking systems tailored to individual player development considering position, performance and environmentDevelop and visualise player positional profiles using/creating relevant metrics and advanced performance benchmarkingCollaborate with the Football Intelligence team to create bespoke metrics and develop XMLs for video integration to track individual player development objectives, position/team specific characteristics and evidence data insights through videoProductionize and communicate data and video insights to inform player development decision making and support the player development coaching processProduce player review dossiers to support monthly and bi-annual multi-disciplinary team reviewsCollaborate and support individual coaching and analysis process development across the wider City Football GroupContinually advance, challenge and set data, insights and performance analysis standards across player and team development processes
What we are looking for
Essential
Substantial experience working in a professional football environment as a data analyst, data scientist or performance analystHigh level of context specific technical and tactical football understanding, specifically analysing and benchmarking player performanceExperience using SQL, R or Python. With previous experience working with large datasets (e.g. StatsBomb & Opta)Experience utilising Visual Analytics tools (preferably Tableau) to explore, identify & communicate insights
Desirable
Confident and competent using a broad range of video analysis software packages such HUDL Sportscode and SBG MatchtrackerUEFA Coaching badges – or working towardsProficiency in multiple languagesExcellent communication and interpersonal skills – the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levelsPro-active and engaging styleWilling to self-evaluate and work towards continuous developmentExperience implementing best practice data analysis strategies that are context specific and relevant
Established in May 2013, City Football Group is the owner of football-related businesses in major cities around the world, including football clubs, academies, technical support and marketing companies.