Football Data Scientist: Insights for Elite Performance

Football Federation Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Football Australia is seeking a Data Scientist to turn complex football data into clear, actionable insights. You will join the Football Intelligence team to develop models across event, tracking, and performance data and to support national teams and talent identification.

This role delivers accessible reports, dashboards and visualisations for coaches and performance staff, contributing to player monitoring and research.

Qualifications

• Experience turning football data into actionable insights.
• Advanced Python or R programming experience.
• Experience with cloud data pipelines and visualization tools.
• Strong communication with coaches and staff in elite sport.

Responsibilities

• Develop data models and insights by combining performance, tracking and event datasets to support football decision-making.
• Collaborate with coaches, analysts and performance staff to translate technical, tactical and physical data into clear reports, dashboards and visualisations.
• Build and maintain analytical tools, databases and reporting solutions that support National Teams, talent identification and player monitoring.
• Lead the integration, management and analysis of scouting, performance and player data to inform selection and development pathways.
• Produce standardised reporting for opposition analysis, match reviews, tournaments and stakeholder reporting.
• Support research projects, coach education programs and the Technical Department through data analysis, presentations and learning resources.

Skills

Football data

Python/R

Data visualization

Cloud & pipelines

SQL/APIs

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

AWS

Snowflake

DataBricks

Job description

Football Australia is seeking a Data Scientist to turn complex football data into clear, actionable insights. You will join the Football Intelligence team to develop models across event, tracking, and performance data and to support national teams and talent identification.

This role delivers accessible reports, dashboards and visualisations for coaches and performance staff, contributing to player monitoring and research.