Director, Data and Insights - MLS

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Director, Data and Insights

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St. Louis City SC is seeking a Director of Data & Insights (Sporting) to lead the development of the club's sporting analytics capability. Reporting to the Sporting Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for defining the club's analytics strategy and building the people, processes, technology and operating model required to support it. This role represents a significant investment in the club's long‑term use of data, analytics and technology.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in establishing the function, shaping its direction and building a team capable of supporting key decisions across recruitment, coaching, performance, medical and sports science. The long‑term ambition is to develop a best‑in‑class sporting analytics department across analytics, data engineering and performance insights. Success in the role will be measured not by the volume of analysis produced, but by the impact analytics has on decision‑making, performance and competitive advantage across the sporting organization.

This is a full‑time, exempt position.

• Define the club's sporting analytics strategy
• Align analytics priorities with sporting objectives
• Focus resources on the highest‑value opportunities
• Measure the impact of analytics activities
• Identify opportunities to create competitive advantage

• Build trusted relationships across sporting departments
• Influence key sporting decisions through insight
• Create alignment around analytical priorities
• Develop a high‑performance team culture
• Promote evidence‑based decision‑making practices

• Lead the sporting data and technology roadmap
• Establish standards for data quality and governance
• Oversee the club's sporting data ecosystem
• Evaluate data providers and technology partners
• Identify opportunities to improve analytical capability

• Ensure insight supports key sporting decisions
• Support recruitment, coaching and performance functions
• Improve access to trusted and actionable information
• Develop scalable tools and decision‑support services
• Ensure insight is relevant, timely and impactful

• Build long‑term analytical capability across the club
• Develop people, processes and ways of working
• Promote continuous improvement across the function
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies
• Identify opportunities to accelerate innovation

• Experience leading analytics or insight functions
• Experience building and developing high‑performing teams
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to align diverse groups around shared objectives
• Experience operating within complex organizations

• Strong strategic thinking and planning capability
• Ability to prioritize competing demands effectively
• Experience delivering measurable organizational impact
• Strong judgement, clarity and emotional control in high‑pressure environments
• Ability to connect insight with decision‑making

• Strong understanding of modern data ecosystems
• Experience overseeing analytical technologies
• Understanding of data governance principles
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions and vendors
• Familiarity with analytical and…