The Golden State Valkyries are seeking a talented Sports Scientist/Performance Assistant to join their team. As a key player in this dynamic organization, you'll have the opportunity to bridge strength and conditioning, readiness monitoring, and advanced analytics to drive data-driven decision-making.

About the Position

As a Sports Scientist/Performance Assistant, you'll be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end data lifecycle, from data collection and cleaning to processing and modeling. Your primary goal will be to create dynamic dashboards and actionable reports that inform training and rehabilitation teams, enabling them to make data-informed decisions about recovery, readiness, and return-to-play.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop a data pipeline for athlete performance monitoring, incorporating data from various sources such as IMU wearables, athlete management systems, strength and power diagnostics, force plates, sport technology, rehab/medical metrics, and game/practice statistics
  • Clean, validate, and merge heterogeneous datasets to ensure data integrity, timeliness, and consistency
  • Conduct exploratory and advanced analysis to evaluate athlete-workload relationships, readiness, fatigue/recovery status, injury-risk indicators, return-to-play benchmarks, and performance outcomes
  • Build dynamic dashboards and interactive visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or custom web apps that deliver meaningful performance insights and training to coaches, performance medical staff, and athletes
  • Translate quantitative findings into clear, practical recommendations for training design, recovery strategies, competition readiness, and player availability decisions

Required Experience & Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in sports science, exercise science physiology, kinesiology, human performance, or a closely related field
  • PhD in applied sport science, human performance, biomechanics, analytics, or data science highly preferred
  • 3+ years of applied experience in a professional or elite sports organization, preferably within basketball (or a comparable team sport)
  • 7+ years of leadership experience in performance science, analytics, or multi-disciplinary integration
  • Certification in Strength & Conditioning (e.g., National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) CSCS or equivalent) highly preferred
  • Proven proficiency in athlete monitoring systems and technologies, as well as experience delivering load/recovery/readiness monitoring frameworks

Time Commitment

  • Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays

Compensation

  • $75,000 - $85,000 + Bonus
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for employees and dependents
  • Employer 401K match
  • Vacation and a generous paid time off plan for pregnancy and parental leaves

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Golden State is an equal opportunity employer.

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