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About the Role

The Director will drive strategies to decrease player injuries and enhance game safety, collaborating with the NFL Data & Analytics team on technology initiatives. This role oversees the Digital Athlete program, an AI-backed platform created with AWS to aggregate player data for a 360-degree view of their on-field experience. The Director will also define future roadmaps for leveraging sports injury data to improve health within and beyond the NFL.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Digital Athlete program, participating in the development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.
Contribute to programmatic strategic planning and budgeting for research-focused scientific and technological roadmaps.
Collaborate with internal NFL cross-functional teams, engineering and epidemiology consulting teams, and AWS team leads to ensure alignment on strategy, integration, and delivery of tasks and milestones.
Collaborate with vendors and external sources for software, equipment, and analytics research involved in injury reduction.
Manage budget and resource allocation.
Create and conduct presentations of overall program progress, metrics, and contingency plans via status reports and management communication.
Lead various innovation initiatives to develop new technologies and approaches to player training.
Synthesize research results and data to make recommendations for actionable insights or future innovations to senior leadership.
Liaise between the NFL League Office and NFL Clubs’ medical, training and sports science personnel.
Triage feedback from Clubs and vendors; provide vendor and internal support to ensure timely response to critical issues.
Work collaboratively with company partners in IT, data & analytics, finance, marketing, sponsorship, management council and football operations.
Maintain a proactive view of the global sports injury reduction research and innovation space.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree strongly preferred
Minimum 10+ years industry relevant experience
Strong experience leading projects in matrixed organizations, including managing timelines, budgets, and stakeholder alignment
Proven people management skills
Advanced analytical and technological acumen, with experience in data analysis, technical program management, and/or DevOps
Demonstrated excellence in collaborating with others to achieve desired outcomes
Communication skills (written and verbal) which are equally effective with large and small audiences and on a one-to-one level, including executive-level storytelling and strategic briefings
A style that is open to change and innovation, with an ability to delegate yet control, set high standards and work collaboratively to implement change
Experience with AWS cloud computing software
Experience leading technology, innovation, and analytics-based projects in professional or collegiate sports, or sports injury-related fields
Unquestionable integrity, with an ability to command respect both within and outside of the organization
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to persuade and negotiate effectively and be politically savvy. Recognized as a great listener, learner and strategic contributor.
Ability to identify innovation opportunities and incorporate them in ongoing work
Leadership style that builds and maintains a climate of caring, respect and trust and inspires commitment from others to achieve organizational goals
A strong sense of urgency and a bias for action in making sound decisions based on a combination of analysis, experience, judgment and personal/business maturity
20% travel

Skills

Data analysis
Technical program management
DevOps
AWS cloud computing software
Technology leadership
Innovation leadership
Analytics leadership
Communication
Storytelling
Strategic briefing
Collaboration
Stakeholder alignment
Budget management
Resource allocation
Presentation
Persuasion
Negotiation
Political savvy
Active listening
Strategic contribution
Urgency
Bias for action
Decision making

Location

New York

Work Type

Onsite
Full-time

Experience Level

10+ years industry relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Advanced degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

$135,000—$170,000 USD

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits offerings

About the Company

The National Football League (NFL) is seeking an innovative, self-driven, technology-focused Director to join the Player Health & Safety department.
The Player Health & Safety team collaborates closely with other departments across the League to execute outstanding gameday medical operations and develop and implement research and innovation strategies to reduce injuries and keep players healthy.
The Director is joining the NFL at a critically important time when the organization has made unprecedented investments into medical research, biomechanical engineering, epidemiology, and data analytics, all designed to accelerate science and identify new technologies and means of preventing and treating injuries.
NFL Core Values: Respect, Integrity, Team Responsibility, Resiliency.
NFL Leadership Attributes: Build Talent, Execute, Inspire, Live Our Values, Know the Business, Think Big.
Talent Attributes: Enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude, grit, free from ego or entitlement, excels as a relationship builder, eager learner, driven by passion, incredible work ethic, agile mindset.

Equal Opportunity

The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.