Senior Performance Data Scientist - Soccer

NovationIQ; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sporting Kansas City seeks a First-Team Performance Data Scientist to connect the HP front end to a centralized analytics infrastructure. You will ensure data hygiene, collect multidisciplinary data, and deliver insights for training periodization, readiness, profiling, injury prevention, and return-to-play decisions.

The role requires leading data models, dashboards, and collaboration across HP, technical, and recruiting teams to enable live decision-making and marginal gains across performance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a sports environment, preferably soccer at an elite level.
• Master’s degree or higher in Sports Science, Data Science, or related field.
• Expert in data languages (R, Python, Shiny Apps, Tableau, Power BI, Excel).
• Experience with AMS systems and HIPAA/privacy considerations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data science workflows and pipelines within the club’s central data infrastructure.
• Handle training/match load, readiness to train data, movement analysis and physical metrics.
• Create usable dashboards to depict player readiness and performance.
• Deliver actionable insights to optimize marginal gains across HP operations.

Skills

Python

R

Shiny Apps

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

GPS

Optical Tracking

AMS platforms

Data modeling

Education

Master’s degree in Sports Science or Data Science

Tools

Kitman Labs

SmartaBase

Job description

Sporting Kansas City seeks a First-Team Performance Data Scientist to connect the HP front end to a centralized analytics infrastructure. You will ensure data hygiene, collect multidisciplinary data, and deliver insights for training periodization, readiness, profiling, injury prevention, and return-to-play decisions.

The role requires leading data models, dashboards, and collaboration across HP, technical, and recruiting teams to enable live decision-making and marginal gains across performance