First Team Data Scientist, Football Analytics & Strategy

Manchester City FC; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days’ annual leave

Private healthcare

Dental cover

Annual discretionary bonus

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme with 24/

Company pension

Life assurance

Free on-site parking

Complimentary breakfast and lunch

Sports and leisure clubs access

Cycle to work

Give As You Earn

Discounted match tickets

City+ subscription

Stadium tour discounts

Job summary

Manchester City FC is seeking a First Team Data Scientist to join the 1st Team Analysis department in Manchester. Your work will turn football data into actionable insights to inform recruitment, training and match strategy.

You will develop statistical and machine-learning models using structured and unstructured data, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science or related field.
• Experience designing and training complex statistical models.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and model development.
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data sources, including spatio-temporal data.
• Clear and effective communication skills, including presenting findings to non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to collaborate with other data scientists and across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Research and build data science solutions to inform performance and recruitment.
• Develop statistical and machine-learning models to understand what it takes to perform.
• Explore patterns, test ideas and make predictions for training and match strategies.
• Communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences; manage work against plans.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Structured data

Unstructured data

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Masters or equivalent in quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

Job description

Manchester City FC is seeking a First Team Data Scientist to join the 1st Team Analysis department in Manchester. Your work will turn football data into actionable insights to inform recruitment, training and match strategy.

You will develop statistical and machine-learning models using structured and unstructured data, and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.