Quantitative Analyst, Applied Biomechanics

Philadelphia Phillies - Baseball Operations•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Philadelphia Phillies are hiring a Quantitative Analyst to join our Applied Biomechanics team, with a focus on quantitative modeling and analysis. In this role, you’ll use biomechanical and/or high performance data to answer practical questions about player evaluation, development, and on-field outcomes. You’ll help translate complex data into clear, objective insights that support coaches, analysts, and decision-makers across the organization.

Requirements

Proven experience creating high performance or biomechanical metrics and researching their relationship to on-field performance.
Strong familiarity with supervised and unsupervised learning, regularization, model assessment and selection, model inference and averaging, ensemble methods, etc.
Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, statistical software (R, SAS, or similar), and databases (BigQuery, MySQL).

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with best practices in machine learning operations (Git, Docker, MLFlow, or equivalent).
Demonstrated experience in handling, analyzing, and interpreting biomechanical data in sports.
1-5+ years of relevant work experience.
Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Sports Science, Data Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Build statistical models using athlete high performance, on-field performance, and biomechanical data.
Develop metrics, tools, and visualizations to support player evaluation, player development, workload management, and gameplanning processes.
Conduct research on relationships between tracking data and on-field outcomes.
Help productionize analytical tools and maintain scalable research pipelines.