Overview
The Sports Data & Analytics Product Lead will drive an innovative project at the intersection of professional football, analytics, and insurance, focusing on the development of analytical products from football-related datasets. This role involves collaborating closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into actionable analytical insights, contributing to improved underwriting decisions. The candidate will leverage their expertise in sports data to identify valuable use cases and prototype solutions, while working alongside a technical team to deliver impactful results.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with an insurance underwriting stakeholder to understand business needs and identify potential analytical use cases.
- Bring knowledge of football, player analytics, and the wider sports ecosystem to help shape the project's direction.
- Review available sports datasets and determine where meaningful insights could be generated.
- Explore use cases involving player risk, injury history, transfers, team exposure, and commercial opportunities.
- Translate business questions into clear analytical requirements for a technical delivery specialist.
- Prioritise ideas based on their potential business value and practical feasibility.
- Collaborate closely with a Snowflake / AI Prototyping Engineer to develop and evaluate working solutions.
- Present findings and recommendations clearly to business stakeholders.
Requirements
- Significant professional experience within sports data, analytics, digital products, or a closely related field.
- Strong understanding of how data is used commercially or analytically within professional sport.
- Ability to identify meaningful questions and analytical use cases from business challenges.
- Experience developing, shaping, or delivering data-driven solutions or products.
- Confidence engaging directly with senior business stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate analytical requirements clearly to engineers and technical specialists.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate independently.
- Genuine expertise in the sports domain, especially in professional football.