Analyst, Baseball Projects

Department: Baseball Projects
Reports To: Director, Baseball Projects
Status: Exempt

Primary Objective:
Responsible for delivering projects across player acquisition, player optimization, in-game strategy, and other areas of the broader baseball operations group, with an emphasis on creating innovative tools & streamlining communications.

Essential Functions:

• Deliver dashboards, reports, and educational materials to facilitate evidence-based decision-making throughout broader baseball operations.
• Identify novel strategies & technologies to streamline Mariners computational and communications processes.
• Engineer and support data pipelines for post-game feedback and pre-game preparations.
• Curate and deliver data-driven in-season player plans across all levels of the organization.
• Formulate a holistic offseason experience for all Mariners players, including evidence-based season reviews, offseason objectives, and individualized training programs.
• Stimulate growth of Mariners amateur scouting infrastructure, including draft room processes, amateur statistical databases, and player pool management.
• Spearhead player acquisition exercises to evaluate potential trade concepts, major/minor league free agent signings, and Rule 5 Draft selections.
• Contribute to player acquisition decisions in both formal & informal contexts.
• Field ad hoc requests from coaches, scouts, and other staff about internal metrics & processes.
• Will complete other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics or any other STEM field related to data science preferred. Equivalent, relevant work experience in lieu of formal education may be approved by management.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Proficiency handling large datasets in R, SQL, Python, and/or comparable languages
• Shiny application or other web development experience
• Demonstrated capacity to define stakeholder needs and organize project visions
• Working knowledge of baseball analytics, strategy, and trends
• Experience building predictive models is preferred.
• Basic Spanish fluency preferred.
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly and completely in an accurate, and prompt. Identifies and corrects errors.  Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values.
• Effective negotiation skills that include analyzing a problem to determine the interests of each party in the negotiation and effectively communicating that between the parties involved.
• Handles sensitive and/or confidential information professionally, involving only those who need to be involved or informed.
• Identify, collect, and analyze relevant information to a problem and create multiple solutions
• Initiate and maintain actions to attain goals, regularly monitoring progress.
• Know when to make a unilateral decision and when to consult with the team or superiors, and how to involve them in the process.
• Navigate a variety of social, emotional, and interpersonal situations to leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals.
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests.  Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.

Physical Activities and Working Conditions:

• Seattle-based and works out of T-Mobile Park. Remote opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis.
• Night, weekend, and holiday work may be required.
• Travel to Spring Training, relevant conferences, and/or Mariners affiliated games may be required.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Intern, Baseball Analytics

Department: Baseball Operations
Reports To: Director of Analytics
Status: Part-time, Nonexempt

Primary Objective:
Responsible for supporting all areas of baseball operations through baseball related data science, including statistical modeling, research, visualizations, and other projects.

Essential Functions:

• Statistical modeling and analysis of a variety of data sources including Trackman, Hawkeye, and proprietary data sets.
• Ad hoc queries and quantitative research.
• Will perform other relevant duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Education and experience may be considered in lieu of education requirements if approved by management.
• Proficiency in programming with either R or Python required.
• Proficiency with SQL required.
• A strong foundation in mathematics, statistics, computer science, and/or engineering required.
• Track record of original baseball research preferred.
• Experience building and interpreting predictive models preferred.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Strong technical skills in predictive modeling, data analysis, and research.
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests. Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.
• Understands and supports the team and is quick to volunteer to assist others. Others view most interactions as being positive with a willingness to achieve common goals. Effective in working with others to cooperatively solve problems. Workplace behavior is consistently respectful of others.
• Takes personal responsibility for getting things done in a way that positively and professionally represents the organization.
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values.
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly, accurately, and promptly. Identifies and corrects errors. Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Intern, Baseball Operations

Department: Baseball Operations
Reports To: Director, Baseball Operations
Status: Non-exempt

Dates: Preference will be given to candidates who can start by March 1, 2023, and work through mid-October 2023.

Primary Objective:
Responsible for coordination, support, and assistance to the Baseball Operations department in research, administration, and day-to-day scouting operation tasks.

Essential Functions:

• Support all areas of the Pro/Amateur Scouting departments, including player evaluation, research, video clipping, and preparation for Amateur Draft meetings.
• Provide support in advance scouting, including preparation of the advance report, as assigned.
• Provide additional statistical analysis, economic and financial research as assigned.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Equivalent, relevant work or playing experience may be considered in lieu of formal education if approved by management.
• Basic Spanish proficiency preferred.
• Background in player evaluation preferred.
• Background in video preparation preferred.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Working knowledge of statistical baseball data and its application as it pertains to scouting information, baseball strategy, and current in game management trends.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests. Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.
• Understands and supports the team and is quick to volunteer to assist others. Others view most interactions as being positive with a willingness to achieve common goals. Effective in working with others to cooperatively solve problems. Workplace behavior is consistently respectful of others.
• Takes personal responsibility for getting things done in a way that positively and professionally represents the organization.
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values.
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly and completely in an accurate, and prompt, manner. Identifies and corrects errors. Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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Intern, Baseball Projects

Department: Baseball Projects
Reports To: Director, Baseball Projects
Status: Non-exempt

Primary Objective:
Responsible for contributing to projects at the intersection of baseball analytics and broader baseball operations, with an emphasis on creating innovative tools & streamlining communications.

Essential Functions:

• Develop dashboards, reports, and educational materials to facilitate evidence-based decision-making throughout broader baseball operations.
• Provide quantitative support to player plan, high performance, advance scouting, and other player improvement processes.
• Contribute to amateur & professional player acquisition decisions in both formal & informal contexts.
• Field ad hoc requests from coaches, scouts, and other staff about internal metrics & processes.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics or any other STEM field related to data science preferred. Equivalent, relevant work will be considered in lieu of formal education may be approved by management.

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Proficiency handling large datasets in R, SQL, Python, and/or comparable languages
• Shiny application or other web development experience
• Demonstrated capacity to define stakeholder needs and organize project visions
• Working knowledge of baseball analytics, strategy, and trends
• Experience building predictive models preferred.
• Basic Spanish fluency preferred.
• Competent in required job skills and knowledge. Completes work assignments thoroughly and completely in an accurate, and prompt. Identifies and corrects errors.  Is careful, alert and accurate, paying attention to details of the job.
• Demonstrates through their actions and interactions with others a commitment to Mariner Purpose, Mission and Values.
• Effective negotiation skills that include analyzing a problem to determine the interests of each party in the negotiation and effectively communicating that between the parties involved.
• Handles sensitive and/or confidential information professionally, involving only those who need to be involved or informed.
• Identify, collect, and analyze relevant information to a problem and create multiple solutions
• Initiate and maintain actions to attain goals, regularly monitoring progress.
• Know when to make a unilateral decision and when to consult with the team or superiors, and how to involve them in the process.
• Navigate a variety of social, emotional, and interpersonal situations to leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals.
• Shares and expresses thoughts in a clear and effective manner through verbal and written communication skills. Exhibits effective listening skills and builds positive relationships with all team members, vendors, and guests.  Is diplomatic, tactful and professional in all forms of communication.

Physical Activities and Working Conditions:

• Seattle-based and works out of T-Mobile Park. Remote opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis.

To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.

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