Job Application for Sr. Manager, Football Operations and Media Data Science at The National Football League

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The Sr. Manager, Football Operations and Media Data Science is responsible for the aggregation, analysis, modeling, and reporting of data and analytics related to the intersection of Football Operations and game viewership. This includes objective and advanced measures of game competitiveness, equity, leverage, and excitement, as well as using those inputs in the projections of game viewership. The position will serve within the NFL’s central data and analytics organization and report to the Director of Analytical Research and Governance, as well as collaborate with the Senior Director of Football Data and Analytics and the Vice President of Media Reporting and Analytics.

Primary responsibilities:

Collaborate with Media Reporting and Broadcast departments regarding metrics for game viewership and projected viewership
Build, validate, and automate statistical/machine learning models for Football Operations/Media related data, including game competitiveness, equity, leverage, and excitement, and leverage those factors and others to predict NFL game viewership
Curate and enhance the NFL’s Football Operations data analytics projects, including data cleansing, analysis, and reporting
Work within the central data and analytics team to develop new and relevant metrics for cross-sectional usage across the league
Collaborate with the Football Operations group on data and analytics events, including the Big Data Bowl
Attend in-person meetings at various points in the NFL calendar
Perform ad-hoc analysis and reporting on request

Minimum qualifications:

7+ years of experience of building statistical models in sports
Bachelor’s degree or higher in statistics, data science, computer science, or related fields
Advanced knowledge of R
Basic knowledge of python
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Ability to analyze highly sensitive and confidential data
Strong knowledge of the National Football League and its teams

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree or higher in statistics, data science, computer science, or other related fields, or the equivalent in industry training.
Experience with the tidymodels package in R
Experience building Shiny apps
Experience building R packages
Advanced knowledge of Python
Understanding of Nielsen viewership and media math
Familiarity and understanding of generalized linear models, tree-based methods, methods for supervised and unsupervised learning, and models of spatio-temporal data
Familiarity with SQL

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$130,000 - $180,000 USD

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Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude
Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset

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