Director of Scouting

The Rise of Women’s Football; North Carolina; Presencial; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

The Rise of Women’s Football is seeking a Director of Scouting to lead the club’s scouting network across professional, NCAA, and youth levels. You will set the vision, oversee live, video and data assessments, and support player acquisitions and roster planning.

Working with Data Analytics, you will unify evidence-based insights, manage budgets, build global relationships, and drive our expansion roster. Travel domestically and internationally will be part of the role.

Qualificações

• Extensive experience in professional soccer scouting and recruitment.
• Leadership experience or managing scouts.
• Strong knowledge of NCAA college soccer and US youth landscape.
• Knowledge of domestic and international soccer leagues.
• Experience applying data to player identification and assessment.
• Proficiency with scouting platforms (Wyscout, Impect, SkillCorner, InStat, TransferRoom).
• MS Office/Excel/PowerPoint and data visualization/database tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in sport-related field or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong organizational skills and multitasking.
• Willingness to travel nights/weekends/holidays; domestic and international travel.
• Openness to analytics and AI adoption.

Responsabilidades

• Scouting process and strategy
• Player acquisition and movement
• Scouting schedule and budget
• Data, technology and information management
• Network, relationships and market intelligence
• Scout management and development

Conhecimentos

Extensive scouting experience

NCAA college soccer knowledge

US youth landscape knowledge

Data-driven player assessment

Excellent written and verbal comms

Strong organizational skills

Willingness to travel domestically &国际

Openness to analytics/AI adoption

Formação académica

Undergraduate degree in sport-related subject or equivalent experience

Ferramentas

Wyscout

Impect

SkillCorner

InStat

TransferRoom

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization tools

Database tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

The Director of Scouting leads all scouting and player identification for the club, at every level from professional to NCAA college and youth. The role sets the scouting vision, manages the scouting network, and gives provides expert, documented assessments of players worldwide.

Working closely with the Data Analytics department, the Director combines live, video and data scouting into one evidence-based process. The role provides critical and direct support to all player acquisition, roster planning and salary cap decisions and will be critical to the build of the Club’s inaugural expansion roster.

Key responsibilities

• Scouting process and strategy
• Player acquisition and movement
• Scouting schedule and budget
• Data, technology and information management
• Network, relationships and market intelligence
• Scout management and development

Essential experience and qualifications

• Extensive experience in professional soccer in scouting and recruitment, including leading or managing scouts.
• Strong knowledge of NCAA college soccer and the US youth landscape.
• Strong knowledge of domestic professional leagues, other American soccer leagues and leagues worldwide.
• Experience applying data to player identification and assessment.
• Working knowledge of scouting platforms such as Wyscout, Impect, SkillCorner, InStat and TransferRoom.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, plus visualisation and database tools.
• Undergraduate degree in a sport-related subject, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization, with the ability to prioritize and manage several projects at once.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends and holidays, and to travel regularly, domestically and internationally
• Openness toanalytics and AI adoption, a non-negotiable cultural expectation at the club.

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