Position Title: Senior Analyst, Baseball Informatics

Reports To: Senior Director, Baseball Informatics

The Pittsburgh Pirates are seeking an experienced individual to help drive player- and coach-facing analysis at all levels, playing a key role in the strategic direction of player/coach facing analytics, mentoring analysts and support staff, and identifying opportunities in this area. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the process of creating data-driven targets for player improvement and facilitate their use. This individual will be expected to help players and coaches understand and apply insights using developmentally appropriate language.
• Managing the effort to track and monitor progress on the targets in conjunction with analysts and developers through player- and coach-facing deliverables. The deliverables will include metric development, data visualization, integration into proprietary systems, advance reports, and other research items.
• Performing, publishing, and communicating analysis on specific players throughout the year, providing insights from a data-driven perspective as needed as well as lead other analysts in this process.
• Collaborating with staff and Informatics in exploring and implementing technology solutions in Baseball Operations.

Requirements

• Experience and expertise in quantitative player evaluation at the professional level
• Experience in working with advanced baseball data including pitch data, swing data, and ball and player tracking. Work with biomechanics data a plus
• Advanced ability to create insights with data using statistical models, techniques (i.e. optimization modeling, non-parametric estimation), and data visualization
• Proven coding skills
• Experience in managing projects, goal setting, and executing on deliverables
• Experience managing the work of others including setting expectations, delivering feedback, and making course corrections
• Ability to work independently and think creatively to evaluate players focusing on player improvement
• Ability to communicate clearly with a broad spectrum of personalities and ranges of experience with data
• Proactive collaborator and communicator with players, uniformed, staff, and analysts

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• A degree in a quantitative field or equivalent work experience in baseball analytics, statistics, computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related field
• Willingness to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA.
• Authorized to work in the United States

To Apply
If interested, please apply using this link.

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