Utah Jazz

Role Description The Utah Jazz are looking for a Data Scientist to perform modeling and analysis that will help inform basketball decision-making. We are located in Salt Lake City, but are open to remote candidates (must be legally authorized to work in the United States). Duties & Responsibilities - Develop and maintain models to better predict basketball outcomes and facilitate better decision-making across Basketball Operations. - Perform ad hoc data analysis as necessary to help basketball decision-makers. - Interface with all departments within Basketball Operations (scouting, coaching, analytics, sports science) and strive to understand and meet their needs. - Identify, research, and implement opportunities for new models, data sources, and basketball analytics techniques. - Help maintain and test datasets used to perform analysis. - Maintain best practices for software development including test writing, documentation, and adherence to and improvement of coding standards. - Protect the reputation of the company. - Exemplify the Utah Jazz mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy. - Accept other duties, as assigned. Competencies - Communicates Effectively – Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. - Demonstrates Self-awareness – Uses a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. Qualifications - Bachelor’s in Statistics, Data Science, Math or equivalent experience. - 2+ years of experience analyzing data and training statistical models in a production environment using Python or R. - 2+ years of experience with basketball data and the latest basketball analytics techniques. - 2+ years of experience with data visualization. - Expertise in statistics fundamentals and state-of-the-art predictive modeling techniques. - A desire to work in a startup-like environment where you will be empowered to make design decisions. - A track record of writing clean and well-documented code. - Enthusiasm for basketball. - Nice to have experience with MLOps. - Nice to have experience with SQL. - Nice to have experience with data engineering. - Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Physical Demands - This person must be able to communicate and express themselves both written and verbally. - This person must be able to observe, inspect, estimate, and assess. - This person must be able to sit for long periods of time.