Seasonal Next Gen Stats Research Analyst

The National Football League•Inglewood, CA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The NFL’s Next Gen Stats team is seeking an experienced research analyst to help produce insights throughout the NFL season. This role’s primary responsibility will be compiling pregame research packets and providing live in-game support for our broadcast partners to oversee integration of Next Gen Stats data into live game telecasts. Other responsibilities include supporting NFL+ and NFL.com content, assisting in the development of new statistics powered by football tracking data, and building dashboards to streamline research capabilities. Next Gen Stats Research Analysts will collaborate with other departments throughout the NFL Media organization, including the Next Gen Stats Engineering team and various content-focused groups. The ideal candidate will demonstrate deep football knowledge and acumen and a background in research, statistics and/or analytics. Candidates must be self-motivated and work well under tight deadlines.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a related field
Extensive football knowledge required
Comfortable working with large sets of data
Coding skills not mandatory, but encouraged
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to quickly learn new systems and tools
Must be able to adhere to strict deadlines and react to breaking news
Strong grammar skills
Strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Experience playing, coaching, or scouting football is a plus
Experience cleaning, compiling, modeling, and analyzing football data, from play-by-play to frame-level tracking data
Proficient in writing complex queries using SQL
Proficient in Python and/or R for statistical analysis
Experience building dashboards using BI tools such as Tableau or Quicksight

Responsibilities

Develop original storylines and analysis based on own research within large data sets
Deliver weekly game preview packets to broadcasters breaking down matchups and highlighting key team tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses
Collaborate with NFL owned & operated content verticals and third-party broadcast partners to provide them with engaging Next Gen Stats narratives and supporting data
Maintain and improve Next Gen Stats research dashboards
Recognize and anticipate league and team trends, applying appropriate statistics to create content for various platforms including social media
Drive development of new football analytics using Next Gen Stats
Ensure accuracy of data before distribution