Manager: Cricket Data Collection

Ellipse; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 1 200 000 - 2 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ellipse in Mumbai seeks a Cricket Data Collections Manager to lead a team of data collectors, ensuring accurate, complete cricket data and driving data-driven decision making for enhanced analytics capabilities.

You will develop collection strategies, collaborate with analysts and stakeholders, and ensure data quality, privacy, and operational efficiency in a dynamic sports data environment.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of cricket rules, players, and history.
• Experience in leading data collection teams in sports.
• Ability to motivate and guide team members.
• Willingness to work shifts including nights/weekends; Mumbai office mandatory.

Responsabilités

• Lead and manage a cricket data collection team.
• Set goals, provide mentorship, and evaluate performance.
• Develop and execute cricket data collection strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements.
• Ensure data quality and compliance with privacy standards.
• Provide regular reports to senior management.

Connaissances

Cricket expertise

Team management

Analytical abilities

Data analysis tools

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Formation

Bachelor's degree in any field

Cricket scoring or analytics certification

Description du poste

Ellipse has established itself as a market leader in data analytics, maximising the value of sports data across each of our sports verticals. We deliver best-in-class solutions to engage a broad and diverse audience and tell better stories about the sports we love. Combining the world’s most extensive sports databases and unique predictive models with the expertise of our diverse team of data scientists, engineers and analysts, Ellipse provides unrivalled analysis and insight to clients around the world.

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader to oversee our cricket data collection efforts. As the Cricket Data Collections Manager, you will be responsible for managing a team of data collectors, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of our cricket-related data. Your expertise will drive data-driven decision-making and enhance our cricket analytics capabilities.

• Lead and manage a team of data collectors specializing in cricket.
• Provide training, guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback to team members.
• Set clear goals and performance expectations for the team.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive data collection strategy for cricket.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements and priorities.
• Identify new data sources and partnerships to enhance our cricket database.

Team scheduling and rostering

• Creating a weekly schedule for team members scoring for a match.
• Allocate weekly offs to team members on a fair and equitable basis.

Quality Assurance:

• Implement quality control processes to maintain data accuracy and consistency.
• Regularly audit collected data to identify and rectify discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and confidentiality standards.

Data Analysis and Insights:

• Collaborate with data analysts to extract meaningful insights from collected data.
• Identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate data into actionable recommendations for the organization.
• Identify additional data that can be captured that can add value to the already existing rich datasets.

Process Optimization:

• Create and continuously improve data collection processes and tools.
• Streamline workflows to maximize efficiency and productivity.
• Stay informed about industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Work closely with sports leagues, federations and external data providers and clients to gauge their requirements and provide data driven solutions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Represent the organization at industry conferences and events.

Reporting and Communication:

• Provide regular reports to senior management on data collection progress, challenges, and achievements.
• Communicate data-related insights to cross-functional teams.
• Ensuring a regular tracking of issues, problems across ops/tech to develop a pattern and work towards talking to the right stakeholders for solving the same.

Requirement

Cricket Expertise:

• In-depth knowledge of cricket rules, player profiles, and historical context.
• Passion for the game and a keen interest in sports analytics.
• Proven experience in managing teams, preferably in sports data collection.
• Ability to motivate and guide team members toward common goals.

Analytical Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• A Bachelor’s degree in any field is good to have and a certification in Cricket scoring or analytics is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in sports data collection with around 2 years in cricket centric roles.
• Open to work in shifts based on the match schedule including night games and games on weekends.
• Working from our Mumbai office is mandatory.
• Working 5 days a week with offs on any 2 days.

Equality and Diversity:

Ellipse is committed to building an open and inclusive culture that supports personal development and learning. Ellipse believes in the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment, training, development and promotion despite any differences based on individual grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment.