Basketball Insights Analyst, Phoenix Suns

Player 15 Group • Phoenix, AZ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Basketball Analytics team partners across Basketball Operations to transform data, research, and technology into actionable insights for front office, coaching, scouting, player development, and basketball strategy stakeholders. As a Basketball Insights Analyst, you will be embedded in the coaching workflow and provide timely, reliable analytics support throughout the season. You will attend coaching meetings and practices, travel with the team as assigned, support opponent preparation and postgame review, manage ad hoc requests, and help coaches use analytics tools and information in their daily work. Strong communication, organization, responsiveness, accuracy, and basketball judgment are central to success in this role.

Requirements

• Reliability and Responsiveness - A consistent record of following through, communicating status, meeting deadlines, and handling time-sensitive work accurately.
• Basketball Curiosity and Judgment - A strong desire to understand coaching strategy, ask useful questions, and connect information to real basketball decisions.
• Clear Communication - Strong listening, writing, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information concisely and adjust to the audience.
• Organization and Attention to Detail - Ability to manage multiple requests, maintain quality under time pressure, and catch errors before work is distributed.
• Analytical Foundation - Comfort working with basketball data, spreadsheets, and analytical tools; experience with SQL and Python or R is preferred.
• Collaborative Approach - Ability to work effectively with coaches, analysts, engineers, scouts, video staff, and basketball leadership.
• Schedule Flexibility - Ability to work the schedule required by an NBA season, including travel, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in basketball operations, coaching, video, scouting, analytics, or another high-performance team environment is preferred, but exceptional early-career candidates will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide dependable day-to-day support for the coaching staff.
• Attend coaching meetings and practices to understand priorities, terminology, and tactical context.
• Travel with the team as assigned and support the staff throughout the pregame, in-game, and postgame cycle.
• Serve as a consistent point of contact for analytics questions, follow-up, and coordination.
• Build trust through preparation, responsiveness, discretion, and reliable execution.
• Support game planning and postgame review.
• Prepare recurring opponent, team, lineup, player, and matchup analysis for coaches.
• Answer quick-turn questions using internal tools, basketball data, video context, and other available information.
• Support postgame review by identifying relevant trends, possessions, lineup results, and questions that warrant follow-up.
• Escalate deeper research questions to the Basketball R&D Analyst and broader Data Science team.
• Manage requests and communicate clearly.
• Translate coaching questions into clear analytical tasks and confirm the intended decision or use case.
• Maintain visibility into active requests, priorities, deadlines, and completed work.
• Communicate progress, limitations, and results clearly, including when a request requires more time or a different approach.
• Deliver concise recommendations and supporting information in formats that fit the coaching staff's workflow.
• Operate and improve coaching analytics tools and workflows.
• Use, test, and help maintain reports, dashboards, applications, and workflows used by the coaching staff.
• Identify recurring manual work and opportunities for automation, better reporting, or new tools.
• Provide user feedback to the Basketball R&D Analyst, Software Engineering, and Database Engineering.
• Document recurring processes and quality-control steps to improve consistency and coverage.

Benefits

• The Player 15 Group is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed