Lead, Scouting Operations

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The Crown Is Yours

As a Lead, Scouting Operations, you’ll help oversee a team of passionate individuals dedicated to the sports industry and data collection, focused on maintaining accuracy and integrity in fast-paced, high-intensity environments. In this role, you'll lead a team during live professional and college sporting events to monitor and verify the accuracy of data feeds and provide support to our data collection scouts. Your work will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and continued refinement of our sports data, supporting our organization’s operations and decision-making processes, all while fostering continuous improvement and personal growth.

What You'll Do

• Oversee live gameday operations and ensure the accuracy and consistency of real-time data feeds for college and professional sports.

• Collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot and communicate in real-time with internal teams to address and resolve data feed issues.

• Identify trends in data collection and monitoring and initiate plans to improve data quality

• Stay up-to-date with sports schedules, team rosters, and key statistics.

• Provide feedback on scout performance and identify areas for improvement.

• Utilize your knowledge and experience to communicate potential product and data collection enhancements

• Assist with the hiring, training, & development of our part time team of analysts.

What you’ll bring

• Strong passion and in-depth knowledge of college and professional sports (e.g., schedules, teams, players, and statistics).

• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to work quickly and accurately under tight deadlines while using strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.

• Basic proficiency with data tools and platforms (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets, or database systems).

• Ability to work independently while maintaining effective team communication.

• Experience in data monitoring, sports analytics, or a related field.

• Familiarity with sports data platforms, APIs, and real-time data feed systems.

Join Our Team

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is 51,200.00 USD - 64,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.