Director of Scouting & Data-Driven Talent

The Rise of Women’s Football; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

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

Education

Undergraduate degree in sport-related subject or equivalent experience

Tools

Wyscout

Impect

SkillCorner

InStat

TransferRoom

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization tools

Database tools

Job description

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.