Job Posting: San Francisco Giants Baseball Operations Analyst
Position: San Francisco Giants Baseball Operations Analyst
Location: San Francisco
Description:
The San Francisco Giants are seeking an Analyst to join the Baseball Operations department. This individual will be part of the analytics team and provide research and analysis to support front office, player development, and scouting staffs. This position will also work closely with the application development team to design and develop statistical models and tools using advanced data sources within new and existing applications. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, the ability to communicate effectively to non-technical people, and both passion and intellectual curiosity for the game of baseball.
Responsibilities:
- Provide statistical analysis and quantitative research to support Baseball Operations staff.
- Research, design, and test predictive and statistical models using data and technology to support all aspects of Baseball Operations.
- Collaborate with application development team to design and integrate analytic tools into existing baseball information system.
- Maintain understanding of new public baseball research and emerging statistical tools, as well as all potential vendor data/technology options.
- Communicate analysis to Baseball Operations staff effectively.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computational field, such as statistics, engineering, computer science, or applied math.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases (Microsoft SQL preferred).
- Strong quantitative abilities, attention to detail, and existing knowledge of baseball analytics.
- Experience with additional programming languages (e.g. R, Python) is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of statistical modeling and machine learning techniques.
- Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate comfortably and professionally at all levels.
- Passion for baseball, intellectual curiosity, and understanding of sabermetric concepts.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and travel as needed by the baseball calendar.
- High level playing experience is a plus.
To Apply:
To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to resumes@sfgiants.com in a PDF attachment. The name of the attachment should be your First and Last name. Refer to “FBO44524 – Baseball Operations Analyst” in the subject field. The deadline to apply is Sept. 22, 2017.
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Any way he (or she) can possibly afford to live there?
“Willingness to live in basement of stadium a plus”
basement, aka bowels
That’s across the bay in Oakland
Probably close to zero percent chance of that.
They’re basically looking for some techie whose local startup just failed and happens to like baseball.
How can you do this job and not be conversant with ‘R’?
Because Python covers everything R can do and that’s where the industry moved to. R is slowly becoming a dinosaur. Though the posting does list both.
I’ve heard that as well, but it would seem not as clear cut as you indicate. John Hopkins seems devoted to it, and anything but dinosaur wranglers.
https://simplystatistics.org/
I get it. I was being a little provocative, but I’ve probably been interviewed/headhunter for 15-20 positions in the past few years and the questioning is almost exclusively centered around Python. I can talk about R, but it invariably comes back to Python if you’re collaborating in larger teams within the machine learning space.
Obvisouly if you’re a superstar in R no one is going to stop you, it just seems less prevalent in conversations this decade than a decade ago.
if you are a college graduate and you decided to work a low paying baseball internship (I’m sure this position pays a little more) are you able to apply for welfare / food stamps?
Baseball operations positions are minimum wage or close to it.
basically this listing says…..will you come build us something to take us out of the gutter and make us a world series contender. Make us millions and we will give you a couple sandwiches and a case of beer for pay.
sorry but the qualifications they are asking for and the pay do not line up.
How much do these type of jobs typically pay?