Job Posting: Cubs Director of Research & Development

Director of Research & Development – Baseball Operations

Location: Chicago, IL

Description: This role will be responsible for developing and overseeing the research and analytics function within Baseball Operations, reporting to the Assistant GM.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced statistical analysis on large volumes of baseball-related data and implement predictive models to aid in decision-making.
• Develop and manage a talented staff (developers, analysts, and consultants) by identifying strong candidates, prioritizing work flows, supervising projects and providing productive feedback.
• Present high-level analysis in an effective and articulate manner through the use of written reports, charts, tables, graphics, and other tools that enhance the Department’s decision-making process.
• Develop and maintain proprietary projections model for future performance.
• Monitor, identify and recommend new or emerging techniques, technologies, models and algorithms applicable to internal processes.
• Analyze internal baseball processes in order to develop functional requirements (specifications) for outside vendors and application developers, including requirements, system impact, data flow diagrams, special considerations, etc.
• Identify technologies that offer potential value to the organization through meetings with vendors and providers.
• Oversee the departmental budget associated with R&D spending.
• Contribute to baseball decisions and proactively generate ideas for player acquisition and player usage.
• Other projects as directed the Baseball Operations leadership team.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated project management, problem-solving, and teaching abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate difficult and complex concepts at an appropriate level to colleagues possessing a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge (of at least 5 years) with baseball-specific data, modern statistical techniques, and sabermetric analysis.
• Demonstrated expertise with R, STATA, SPSS, SAS, or similar software.
• Demonstrated expertise with SQL Server, Microsoft Access, My SQL, Oracle, database administration/structuring, data warehousing and data modeling.
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability in the areas of programming, software-coding, ETL, and/or machine learning techniques.

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