Manager/Director, Baseball Initiatives
BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES / BASEBALL OPERATIONS / FULL-TIME
Position Overview:
Research and implement new long-term initiatives throughout baseball operations, and identify under-resourced but potentially fruitful areas for strategic development, in order to create competitive advantages for the Red Sox.
Responsibilities:
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- Build relationships throughout baseball operations to understand current organizational processes and identify opportunities for advancement
- Work systematically to understand best practices within the industry and what drives their effectiveness
- Work to understand what past new initiatives have had impact in baseball and why
- Research possible new initiatives that could have positive impact on the Red Sox, including identifying relevant areas of emphasis, best practices, and new initiatives in other sports and industries
- Regularly communicate with senior baseball operations leadership to recommend and prioritize new initiatives, then develop action plans to implement them
- Collaborate with appropriate personnel, including department heads, to implement selected initiatives and work with relevant staff to integrate into the department’s day-to-day
- Build processes to assess these initiatives, define success and failure, and learn from their implementation
- Spearhead other special projects as appropriate and directed
- Oversee and participate in the hiring of any future positions within this space
Characteristics/Qualifications:
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- Self-motivated; comfortable working independently from day-to-day baseball operations business
- High levels of humility and curiosity
- Creative and entrepreneurial mindset, with a willingness to challenge the status quo
- Able to build comprehensive action plans and a willingness to use evidence to assess their effectiveness
- Team-focused, with above-average ability to build relationships and collaborate
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
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* Level of the role will be based on candidate experience and expected contribution
The Red Sox (or FSM) requires proof of being up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, subject to applicable legal requirements. Up-to-date means having received all recommended COVID-19 vaccination doses in the primary series and a booster dose(s) when eligible, per CDC guidelines.
Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.
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Analyst
BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES / BASEBALL OPERATIONS / FULL-TIME
Position Overview:
The Boston Red Sox are seeking an Analyst for the team’s Baseball Analytics department. The role will support all areas of Baseball Operations while working closely with Director of Baseball Analytics, and our team of analysts.
This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually curious environment and to impact player evaluation, acquisition, development and strategic decision making.
Responsibilities:
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- Statistical modeling and quantitative analysis of a variety of data sources, for the purpose of player evaluation, strategic decision-making, decision analysis, etc.
- Effectively present analyses through the use of written reports and data visualization to disseminate insights to members of the Baseball Operations leadership.
- Maintain working expertise of leading-edge analytics, including publicly available research and novel statistical approaches, in order to recommend new or emerging techniques, technologies, models, and algorithms.
- Other projects and related duties as directed by the Director, Baseball Analytics, and other members of Baseball Operations leadership.
Qualifications:
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- Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field such as statistics, predictive analytics, data science, engineering, applied math, physics, quantitative social sciences, computer science, computer vision, or operations research.
- Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience in one of the aforementioned fields preferred.
- Advanced understanding of statistical methods or machine learning techniques.
- Proficiency with modern database technologies including SQL.
- Demonstrated experience with programming languages (e.g., R or Python).
- Demonstrated ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences using data visualization.
- Attention to detail while also having the ability to work quickly and balance multiple priorities.
- Ability to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours is a must.
- Other programming and database skills are a plus.
The Red Sox (or FSM) requires proof of being up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, subject to applicable legal requirements. Up-to-date means having received all recommended COVID-19 vaccination doses in the primary series and a booster dose(s) when eligible, per CDC guidelines.
Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.
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