Remote Sports Analytics Strategist | Data-Driven Impact

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 1,996,000 - 3,160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position

Competitive salary

Work with leading sports organizations

Access to analytics software

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a highly analytical Remote Sports Data Analyst & Strategist to join a leading sports analytics client. The role focuses on collecting, cleaning, and transforming large, multi-source datasets and turning raw data into actionable strategic insights for performance optimization.

You will build predictive models, develop dashboards, and deliver data-driven recommendations to professional teams, betting firms, and media partners.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years in data analysis and strategy, sports analytics preferred.
• Proficiency in Python or R and SQL databases.
• Strong modeling, ML, and data visualization knowledge.
• Experience communicating complex data to varied stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and transform large multi-sport datasets.
• Develop statistical models and ML algorithms to predict outcomes.
• Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations for clients.
• Translate client needs into data-driven strategies.
• Stay updated on data science and analytics advancements.
• Present findings and recommendations to clients.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data visualization

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics, Data Science, CS, Mathematics, Economics, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL databases

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a highly analytical Remote Sports Data Analyst & Strategist to join a leading sports analytics client. The role focuses on collecting, cleaning, and transforming large, multi-source datasets and turning raw data into actionable strategic insights for performance optimization.

You will build predictive models, develop dashboards, and deliver data-driven recommendations to professional teams, betting firms, and media partners.