Performance Director

Exos; Grand Rapids (MI); In loco; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Exos in Grand Rapids seeks a Sports Performance Coach to design and implement a comprehensive high-performance model that unites sports science, athletic training, nutrition, and recovery. You will tailor programs to players’ profiles and work closely with medical staff to advance rehabilitation to full competition.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making using GPS, force plates, and wellness metrics, with opportunities to lead education on sleep, hydration, and lifestyle management

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in kinesiology or related field required; master's preferred.
• Minimum two years of personal training or strength coaching experience.
• NSCA-CSCS or NASM certification preferred.
• CPR/AED/First Aid certifications required.

Mansioni

• Design and evolve the club's integrated high-performance philosophy.
• Develop systems to maximize player health, readiness, and performance.
• Align performance methods with the club's soccer philosophy and objectives.
• Oversee strength, power, speed, agility, mobility, and conditioning programs.
• Individualize training plans based on players' profiles, positions, and injury history.
• Monitor workload, fatigue, recovery, and readiness using metrics.
• Utilize GPS, wearables, force plates, and wellness data to evaluate performance.
• Design recovery protocols for training, matches, travel.
• Integrate sleep, hydration, nutrition, and recovery strategies into daily operations.
• Collaborate with medical staff to progress athletes from rehab to competition.
• Develop education on nutrition, sleep, recovery, and lifestyle management.
• Foster collaboration across athletic training, sports science, medical teams, and coaching.
• Build trusted relationships across the organization.
• Maintain Exos standards and pursue credential advancement.

Conoscenze

Program design and coaching

Team collaboration

Communication and presentation

Adaptability

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, Sports Science, or related field

Master’s preferred

NSCA-CSCS or NASM certification (preferred)

Strumenti

GPS technology

Force plate testing

Wearable devices

Descrizione del lavoro

At Exos, we believe in unlocking everyone's potential for peak performance, and we're passionate about making it happen. As a leader in human performance, we deliver world-class training, coaching, and education to athletes and high-performing individuals across the spectrum. We're seeking a Sports Performance Coach to bring their expertise, energy, and excitement to our team of innovators, educators, and motivators—all united by a shared goal: empowering people to perform at their best. In this role, you'll be responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive high-performance model that seamlessly integrates sports science, athletic training, strength and conditioning, performance monitoring, nutrition, recovery, and return-to-performance processes into one aligned philosophy centered on helping players consistently perform at their highest level.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously evolve the club's integrated high-performance philosophy
• Develop systems that maximize player health, readiness, resilience, and performance throughout the competitive calendar
• Align performance methodology with the club's soccer philosophy and competitive objectives
• Oversee strength, power, speed, agility, mobility, conditioning, and movement quality programs
• Individualize physical preparation plans based on player profiles, positional demands, injury history, and developmental objectives
• Monitor workload, fatigue, recovery, and readiness using objective and subjective performance measures
• Utilize GPS, wearable technology, force plate testing, wellness questionnaires, and other monitoring tools to evaluate player performance Analyze workload trends and performance data to support decision‑making
• Design and oversee comprehensive recovery protocols for training, matches, and travel
• Integrate sleep, hydration, nutrition, soft tissue therapies, cold and heat modalities, compression, and regeneration strategies into daily operations
• Collaborate closely with medical professionals to ensure safe progression from rehabilitation to full competition
• Develop educational initiatives related to nutrition, hydration, sleep, recovery, supplementation, and lifestyle management
• Foster collaboration among athletic training, strength and conditioning, sports science, medical providers, nutrition consultants, and coaching staff
• Build trusted relationships throughout the organization
• Maintain Exos standards by adhering to established policies, continually upgrading professional credentials, and attending required continuing education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, Sports Science, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• Minimum two years of personal training or strength coaching experience, or completion of Exos Performance Specialist Internship.
• Current industry certification; NSCA-CSCS or NASM preferred.
• Current CPR/AED and First Aid certifications required.
• Proven ability to create effective, individualized exercise plans.
• Strong presentation skills for both small and large group settings.
• Exceptional customer service skills, prioritizing client success and support.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout the professional soccer season
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and non-traditional hours

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of GPS technology, workload monitoring, force plate testing, and performance analytics
• Experience within MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, USL Championship, NCAA Division I, or international professional soccer
• Knowledge of FIFA and MLS competition demands
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary professional staff

WHO WE ARE

For nearly 30 years, Exos has been dedicated to getting people ready for the moments that matter by promoting a holistic approach to health. As an elite coaching company, Exos applies its evidence-based methodology to programming designed to unlock the potential in everyone from corporate employees, to elite athletes, military operators, and beyond.

Simply put, we "get you ready" for the moments that matter — whether that’s striving to excel at work, or training for a major athletic event. How do we do it? Our employer solutions include fitness center management, on-site coaching and classes, and the Exos app, as well as immersive team-building experiences, executive coaching, and personal development programming. Our professional athlete training programs propel elite athletes to new heights in the NFL combine and NBA Draft each year, and our practitioner education courses and workshops provide industry professionals ongoing opportunities for development.

We’ve never been the type to accept the status quo. We’re all about studying, learning, innovating, and making waves. And we feel that it’s our responsibility to help others because we know there’s a better way. That better way is Exos Readiness.

We are an equal opportunity employer

EXOS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all. We invite applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives and experiences and encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Exos offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.