Remote Sports Performance Analyst - Data & Insights

Placements24; George; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote work

Education opportunities

Research opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is looking for a highly analytical Performance Analyst to join a remote sports analytics team. You will collect, clean, and interpret performance data to improve athlete and team strategies, translating complex results for coaches and management.

The role emphasizes advanced statistics, data visualization, and predictive modeling, with remote-first work and collaboration across global sports programs from your home office.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Statistics, Data Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in sports analytics or performance analysis.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods and data mining.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and organize large athlete and team datasets.
• Analyze performance metrics using Python or R and relevant libraries.
• Develop dashboards and reports to visualize KPIs for coaches and management.
• Identify trends and anomalies to provide strategic recommendations.
• Present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Python

R

Statistics

Data Visualization

Communication

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Statistics/Data Science/Mathematics

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Pandas

NumPy

SciPy

Job description

Placements24 is looking for a highly analytical Performance Analyst to join a remote sports analytics team. You will collect, clean, and interpret performance data to improve athlete and team strategies, translating complex results for coaches and management.

The role emphasizes advanced statistics, data visualization, and predictive modeling, with remote-first work and collaboration across global sports programs from your home office.