Football Analytics & Scouting Analyst

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club; Enfield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is seeking a Scouting Insights Analyst to shape recruitment strategy through data-driven analysis and insight. You will bridge advanced analytics with scouting to identify talent across global markets and influence decision-making in player identification and assessment.

You will collaborate with data scientists, scouts and leadership to embed analytical models, develop new metrics, and build world-class recruitment processes within a high-performance football

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in data analysis, with a strong foundation in statistical methods and data visualisation
• Strong programming capability for statistical analysis and modelling
• Deep understanding of football analytics, player evaluation metrics, and the landscape of football data providers
• Experience analysing football event data and applying it to player evaluation and benchmarking
• Experience using tracking data or tracking-derived data for football analysis
• Previous experience within a football club’s scouting or performance analysis department
• Proficiency in Python for statistical analysis, modelling and data visualisation
• Experience building analytical applications using Streamlit and/or Flask
• Experience working with StatsBomb data to develop player metrics
• Experience working with SkillCorner data to develop player metrics
• Experience working with cloud-based data analytics platforms and technologies

Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced statistical analysis and football data to identify, monitor and evaluate player targets across global markets, delivering actionable recommendations that support recruitment strategy
• Design, develop and enhance data-driven scouting tools and workflows that improve efficiency and consistency of identification and evaluation processes
• Produce high-quality reports, visualisations and presentations translating analytical findings for scouts and leadership
• Lead exploratory research projects with autonomy, investigating market dynamics to generate new knowledge
• Apply quantitative methods to answer complex football questions, build new assessment approaches
• Educate the recruitment team about new metrics and data best practices

Job description

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is seeking a Scouting Insights Analyst to shape recruitment strategy through data-driven analysis and insight. You will bridge advanced analytics with scouting to identify talent across global markets and influence decision-making in player identification and assessment.

You will collaborate with data scientists, scouts and leadership to embed analytical models, develop new metrics, and build world-class recruitment processes within a high-performance football