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Senior Analyst, Baseball Analytics

Red Sox · 30+ days ago
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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW: 
Baseball Analytics supports the decision-making processes throughout Baseball Operations, including Player Acquisition, Player Development, and Player Optimization. Core responsibilities include predictive modeling, long-term research, report creation, and delivering the output of one’s work in a clear and digestible manner. 

POSITION OVERVIEW: 
The Boston Red Sox seek a Senior Analyst for the club’s Baseball Analytics department to develop, evaluate, and optimize predictive models that enhance decision-making across all aspects of Baseball Operations.  The Senior Analyst will collaborate closely with the Baseball Analytics team and other Baseball Operations stakeholders to influence player personnel decisions and strategic initiatives. As a senior member of the team, the Senior Analyst will help shape the data strategy of the department influencing team growth and keeping the group on the cutting edge of predictive data science. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply advanced statistical techniques and data science to shape the team's future direction. 
 
The successful candidate will possess excellent analytical skills, a deep understanding of baseball, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences effectively. The specific role, level, and compensation package will be tailored to the selected candidate's qualifications and experience. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and maintain robust predictive models and data pipelines to generate insights for player evaluation, acquisition, development, and performance optimization. 
  • Craft compelling written reports and data visualizations to effectively communicate complex analyses to diverse audiences, including both technical specialists and Baseball Operations leadership. 
  • Partner with the Baseball Systems team to seamlessly integrate new analytical findings into team applications and proactively identify and address data quality issues. 
  • Continuously monitor and evaluate cutting-edge analytics and research from public and academic spaces to recommend innovative ideas, methodologies, and technologies that can enhance on-field performance. 

COMPETENCIES

  • Understanding of modern statistical and machine learning methods and an advanced proficiency with popular data science languages and libraries. 
  • Practical understanding of how to approach research questions to drive actionable insights. 
  • Able to visualize, present and disseminate analyses to a diverse group of stakeholders (leadership, coaches, players, scouts, etc.) in a clean, intuitive, and engaging way. 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD or master's degree in a quantitative field (such as statistics, engineering, applied mathematics, physics, quantitative social sciences, computer science, computer vision, or operations research) or equivalent professional experience. 
  • Proficiency in SQL and programming languages such as R or Python. 
  • A passion for baseball and a strong desire to contribute to building a championship-winning team. 

  • In addition to the above requirements, all roles within Baseball Operations are expected to effectively demonstrate our universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management, along with embodying our culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB.

Last updated on Sep 24, 2024

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