Data Science Associate

University of Notre Dame • Notre Dame, IN

3d • $0 - $85,000

About The Position

The Data Science Associate will work at the intersection of data engineering and analytics, contributing to data processing, cleaning, and analysis in an agile manner across all domains of revenue efforts, with an emphasis on revenue generation, ticketing, marketing, content and partnerships. This role will leverage data engineering and analytical expertise to ensure data-driven decision-making across the Notre Dame Athletics revenue and business areas. Responsibilities include diagnosing system issues, refining code, and conducting functional testing to resolve application production challenges.
The Associate will collaborate closely with the Senior Associate AD for Revenue, Partnerships & Marketing and their team, the Back-End Database Engineer, Data Analytics Associate, and other functional area leaders to ensure seamless integration and functionality of data-driven revenue generation and business intelligence solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years)
• At least 3 years of professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a data science related field
• Highly proficient with multiple data systems and experience in a variety of programming languages (Java, SQL, Python).
• Proven experience with data in various forms (such as relational SQL, NoSQL, JSON, unstructured data environments).
• Knowledge and skills required to formulate and pursue impactful questions regarding revenue generation, ticketing, marketing, CPM, CRM and partnerships.
• Strong organizational skills, intellectual curiosity, stress tolerance, ability to handle uncertainty, and persistent desire to start and complete projects.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to dynamically adapt messaging to a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Broad understanding of / and interest in sports business

Nice To Haves

• graduate-level training preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Back-End Database Engineer to seamlessly integrate data-driven solutions into existing and new systems, while partnering with revenue, ticketing, marketing, content and partnership staffs to ensure analytics tools align with and adapt to the evolving needs of Notre Dame Athletics.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines that support revenue, ticketing, marketing, content and partnership analytics.
• Aligned with departmental best practices, implement and maintain data quality checks, logging, and monitoring to ensure accuracy and reliability of revenue-related datasets.
• Issue optimized queries for use in stakeholder-facing tools like dashboards and other reporting mediums. Develop insights and build tools to address current and new revenue generating opportunities, enhance data accessibility, and support the revenue and external affairs teams.
• Apply analytical expertise and programming skills to interpret and visualize data across all departmental needs of revenue-focused efforts (e.g., ticketing, partnerships, marketing, digital, fan experience, etc.).
• Partner with functional leaders to shape metrics, definitions, and data models that drive actionable decision- making.
• Facilitate internal research projects that contribute to novel and innovative revenue growth.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level