Remote Sports Performance Analyst

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Health insurance

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly analytical Sports Analytics Specialist to join a fully remote team. You will collect, analyze, and interpret complex performance data to provide actionable insights for athletes, coaches, and teams, using advanced models and visualizations.

The ideal candidate will have strong statistics, data mining, and ML skills, proficiency in Tableau/Power BI and Python/R, and a deep understanding of performance metrics across various sports.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Analyst or similar role with sports analytics focus.
• Strong statistics, data mining, and ML techniques.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools and programming languages (Python/R).
• Deep understanding of sports performance metrics and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and analyze large datasets on player and team performance.
• Develop analytical models and visualizations to identify KPIs and trends.
• Provide data-driven insights to coaches, athletes, and management.
• Collaborate with sports professionals to translate needs into analytics projects.
• Stay updated on analytics innovations and techniques.
• Prepare reports and presentations communicating findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data mining

Machine learning

Data visualization

Python

R

Communication

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Python

R

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly analytical Sports Analytics Specialist to join a fully remote team. You will collect, analyze, and interpret complex performance data to provide actionable insights for athletes, coaches, and teams, using advanced models and visualizations.

The ideal candidate will have strong statistics, data mining, and ML skills, proficiency in Tableau/Power BI and Python/R, and a deep understanding of performance metrics across various sports.