Junior Data Analyst

Arsenault; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary & share options package

Participation in the Arsenault Performance Bonus Scheme

Flexible working hours

Personal development and training opportunities

Job summary

A leading performance analytics company is seeking a Junior Data Analyst in Chicago. This role involves supporting consulting, product, and engineering efforts through data integration and analysis for elite sports teams. Candidates should have experience with Power BI, SQL, and large datasets using Python or R. A passion for sports is essential. This position offers a competitive salary, share options, and opportunities for personal development and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience with building customized reports with Power BI or comparable BI tool.
• Experience with SQL queries and relational databases.
• Strong understanding of statistics.
• Experience working with large quantities of data using Python or R.
• Comfort when presenting, defending and discussing ideas and concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support the consulting, product and engineering team through dashboard building.
• Help deliver new features based on robust statistical and data science techniques.
• Manage client projects and support product stack development.
• Optimize and extend existing analytics infrastructure.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses on long-term data for athletic progress.

Skills

Power BI or comparable BI tool experience

SQL queries

Statistics understanding

Python or R experience

Presentation and discussion skills

Strong work ethic

Passion for sport

Education

Degree in data science, mathematics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Arsenault is perfecting human performance. We provide the worlds leading health, performance and physical testing platform to organisations around the world, empowering them with actionable insights, leading to efficient, high quality decision making.

As market leader, we work with organisations across the medical and performance spectrums, from elite to grass root teams and from armed forces to multi-national corporations. In sport alone, we work with 1,000+ teams from the leading and most prestigious leagues around such as the MLB, NHL, EPL, NBA and MLS.

Requirements

We're seeking an ambitious junior data analyst to join our team. The team delivers world class sports science and data analysis services to a roster of world-famous teams. This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience working with a unique human performance data set sourced from the world's top elite sports teams.

• Your objective will be to support the consulting, product and engineering team through dashboard building, data integration and targeted analysis
• You will be called upon to help on specific client projects, to include delivering new features based on robust statistical and data science techniques
• You could also be working day to day with clients to help manage their current product stack and support their continued development
• Maintain, optimize and extend our existing analytics infrastructure
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses on long-term data for trends on athlete progress and physical performance

You should have

• Experience with building customized reports with Power BI or comparable BI tool
• Experience with SQL queries and relational databases
• Strong understanding of statistics
• In order to be considered for this role please include your favorite sports team and athlete at the top of your cover letter
• Experience working with large quantities of data using Python or R
• Comfort when presenting, defending and discussing ideas and concepts both internally and externally
• A strong work ethic
• A passion for sport

Great if you have

• Working experience in professional sport
• Have a degree in data science, mathematics, a related field
• The ability to operate without close oversight
• Excellent salary & share options package
• In addition to the baseline package, participation in the Arsenault Performance Bonus Scheme (inc. Equity)
• Opportunity to steer the technical direction of the Arsenault
• Fast-paced work environment with creative freedom to implement your ideas
• Collaboration with recognized thought leaders making a real impact in this ever-evolving industry
• Flexible working hours and ability to work remotely
• Exciting working atmosphere in an ambitious, diverse, and agile team
• Personal development and training opportunities for realizing your career goals
• Internal knowledge sharing forums, best-practice sharing and continuous learning

We are looking for exceptional people. If you believe you can add value to the company and continue to drive it forward, apply now.

We love what we do. We want you too as well.