Head of Soccer Analytics & Scouting Strategy

Ultipro; Herriman, Wallace Heights (UT, UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Utah Soccer in Utah seeks a Director of Soccer Analytics to lead the club’s analytics function for scouting across MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, and Academy pathways. You will own recruitment data strategy, player evaluation models, and scouting decision-support to align methodology, data providers, and reporting standards.

This role unifies event, tracking, and video data to benchmark targets and deliver clear, actionable player assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of applied football analytics, recruitment analytics, or comparable data-driven scouting environments.
• Advanced proficiency in R, Python, SQL, and data visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar).
• Extensive experience with football event and tracking data and scouting platforms (StatsBomb, Opta, Wyscout, SkillCorner, Second Spectrum).
• Strong football tactical and player-evaluation knowledge, with the ability to contextualize data within game model and positional requirements.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Sporting Directors, scouts, and coaches to support recruitment decisions across multi-team environments.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to work independently, managing priorities, timelines, and transfer-window deliverables with accountability.
• Ability to collaborate within complex, multi-team environments while maintaining alignment, trust, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the club-wide soccer analytics strategy in support of scouting and recruitment across Real Salt Lake, Real Monarchs, and the RSL Academy, ensuring vertical alignment across MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, and Academy pathways.
• Establish standardized methodologies for player identification, evaluation, and comparison, including positional profiles, benchmarking, and similarity modeling.
• Manage recruitment data providers and integrations (e.g., StatsBomb, Wyscout, SkillCorner, etc.), ensuring high-quality event and tracking data and actionable insights.
• Build and maintain player evaluation models supporting performance benchmarking, age-curve and contract-value analysis, and transfer-target shortlisting.
• Design and maintain recruitment dashboards, overseeing data ingestion, cleaning, storage, and integration to ensure data integrity and accessibility.
• Direct scouting analytics and reporting, including dashboard development, player reports, squad-needs analysis, and applied machine learning for talent identification.
• Collaborate closely with the Sporting Director, scouts, and coaches to deliver unified recruitment decision-support informed by data, video, and live exposure.
• Translate complex data and analytical insights into clear, actionable decision support for scouts, sporting leadership, and executives.
• Own the analytics workflow and manage recruitment timelines around transfer windows, setting analytical priorities, and ensuring timely delivery to the scouting department.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging data sources, technologies, and research, driving continuous improvement and innovation across all scouting environments.
• Promote knowledge sharing and best practices across teams, ensuring insights from MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, and Academy environments elevate the entire organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Football analytics

R

Python

SQL

Data visualization

Event tracking data

Scouting platforms

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

StatsBomb

Opta

Wyscout

SkillCorner

Second Spectrum

Job description

Utah Soccer in Utah seeks a Director of Soccer Analytics to lead the club’s analytics function for scouting across MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, and Academy pathways. You will own recruitment data strategy, player evaluation models, and scouting decision-support to align methodology, data providers, and reporting standards.

This role unifies event, tracking, and video data to benchmark targets and deliver clear, actionable player assessments.