Job Description

Sportlight is a leading sports tech company providing patented, military-grade technology to professional sports organisations. This role is to join Sportlight working as our Lead Sports Scientist based in Riyadh and supporting our customer.

The successful candidate will furthermore have a proven track record and expert knowledge of Sport Science or Performance practices and experiene working with a professional team in a performance or Sports Science role. As the role is based in Riyadh, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and organisational skills to help support delivery of the multi-year contract.

The role is well suited to someone with a passion for sport and technology, who is ambitious and can support our goals of revolutionising sports analytics.

Responsibilities

Provide exceptional support to our clients in elite football.
Facilitate maximum client engagement and support with the Sportlight product
Work closely with the client and Sportlight team to support the injury risk analysis, mitigation strategies and statistical data collection

Essential

Familiarity with player tracking systems and ideally experience of using these at an elite level working with professional teams
Expert knowledge of Sport Science practice in football and comfortable discussing advanced metrics and insights
Comfortable discussing statistical analysis, working with data scientists and presenting to customers and club practitioners.
Excellent communication skills (English language)

Desirable

An established network within professional sporting organisations
Experience with Sports Technology beyond EPTS systems
Understanding of bio-mechanics or experience working with 3D/POSE data collection or validation
Ability to speak Arabic is preferable but not mandatory

This role is based in Riyadh working with the UK based team so travel to the UK is required. Sportlight will consider reasonable relocation expenses and support with visa applications as required.

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