Jason Rosenfeld, who has the amazing title of “Manager of Basketball Analytics” at the Charlotte Bobcats, announces the following jobs:
Basketball Operations: Statistics
Basketball Operations Systems Developer – Charlotte Bobcats (Charlotte, NC)
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Basketball Operations System Developer will collect and import data to our database, check data, and field requests from the Basketball Operations staff. This position will be instrumental in molding and improving our database to assist the staff in player personnel and coaching efforts.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Respond to data and database requests from the front office.
• Build user-friendly software tools for use by the basketball operations staff.
• Accumulate data from various sources to input and organize into our system to assist the basketball operations staff with decisions.
• Check and clean data for accuracy and import to our database.
• Provide ideas and play a key role in making our database industry-best.
• Ability to multi-task and respond to a variety of requests in a timely manner.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND ABILITIES
(To perform the job successfully, the candidate should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this job.)• Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree is a plus) in computer science or related field with focus on programming from an accredited college or university.
• Strong coding skills with experience in SQL, C#, and Visual Basic; experience with ASP.NET is a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with basketball stats and modern advanced statistics and knowledge of basketball stats resources are preferred but not required.
• Desire to help build fantastic tools to improve our understanding of the game and improve our decision making.
• Self-starter with an ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality.
• Presents self in professional manner and has the ability to interact with all levels of organization and outside contacts.
• Strong project management skills.
• Interpersonal skills –listens to others, works well in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal; ability to present ideas clearly and concisely.
• Planning and organizing, can prioritize work activities; uses time efficiently.
• Detail Oriented.
• Adaptability – adapts to change in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to handle frequent changes.
• Dependability – consistently at work on time, follows instructions, responds to manager’s instructions.
• Strong computer skills – including all Microsoft Office software programs.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work extended hours including nights, weekends, holidays.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Ability to attend company events.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Basketball Operations: Quantitative Research Experience
Basketball Operations Quantitative Analyst – Charlotte Bobcats (Charlotte, NC)
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Basketball Operations Quantitative Analyst will evaluate and organize basketball data, analyze basketball games, and build software tools. Position will work with the Manager, Basketball Analytics to provide statistical and technological solutions for use in player personnel and coaching efforts.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design and perform rigorous statistical analyses in support of Basketball Operations decision making; analyses may include prediction of future player performance, quantification of player contributions to team performance, and assessment of team/player matchups for use in game preparation.
• Produce stats-based reports for the front office and coaching staff.
• Check data, support data integration into our database, and provide ideas to improve our database.
• Perform exploratory analysis of new data sources to assess data quality and applicability in Basketball Operations decision making.
• Keep abreast of latest developments and advances in sports analytics through research papers, blogs, and conferences.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND ABILITIES
(To perform the job successfully, the candidate should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this job.)• Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree is a plus) in statistics or related field with focus on statistical analysis from an accredited college or university.
• Experience with statistical analysis (including on large data sets) and commonly used statistics packages (especially R), econometrics, data visualization, and basketball analytics is desirable.
• Experience with varied programming languages, particularly SQL, is preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail in checking and working with data.
• Self-starter with an ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities, with a willingness to work flexible hours.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality.
• Presents self in professional manner and has the ability to interact with all levels of organization and outside contacts.
• Strong project management skills.
• Interpersonal skills –listens to others, works well in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal; ability to present ideas clearly and concisely.
• Planning and organizing, can prioritize work activities; uses time efficiently.
• Detail Oriented.
• Adaptability – adapts to change in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to handle frequent changes.
• Dependability – consistently at work on time, follows instructions, responds to manager’s instructions.
• Strong computer skills – including all Microsoft Office software programs.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work extended hours including nights, weekends, holidays.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Ability to attend company events.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work extended hours including nights, weekends, holidays
I hope it pays well.
Even if it pays well, you’ll have no time to spend the money! :)
As someone who grew up watching the Hornets I’d love this. Only problem is there’s no link to here or on their site.
I added the link.
This might be worth taking just to be able to tell people that I work with Michael Jordan.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan_(disambiguation)
There are three kinds of statistical people: those who think first of Michael Jordan as a basketball player, those who think first of Michael Jordan as the researcher in machine learning, and the others, who must be very different.
I suppose some might say “the” basketball player; I gather he is quite good.
This was funny:
Strong computer skills – including all Microsoft Office software programs.
I think it might have been better to advertise:
Strong computer skills – as evidenced by having never used Microsoft Office
No, no, Strong computer skills – as evidenced by having renounced used Microsoft Office. I have seen the light.
They really need help…as evidenced by their pick of Cody Zeller