Analyst, Major League Hitting - Research & Development

Job Title: Analyst, Major League Hitting - Research & Development

Job Summary: The Kansas City Royals are seeking a highly motivated and creative analyst to join the organization. Working under the direction of the Assistant Director of Research & Development, Brandon Nelson, the analyst will be fully integrated into the Major League clubhouse to provide resources, answers, and ideas to the Major League Hitting group. The successful candidate will combine analytical expertise and clear communication skills to translate baseball data into insights that give The Royals an edge when our players step into the batter’s box.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Be a critical thinker to improve resources for hitting development and game planning strategies
• Build reports to deliver digestible insights to coaches and players
• Effectively communicate data with Major League coaches, staff, and players
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis to answer questions that help inform hitting decisions
• Maintain our processes and pipeline to deliver hitting reports and the related data daily

Position Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required:

• Record of published baseball research and or a portfolio of technical projects in any domain
• Strong proficiency with SQL and R to query and analyze data from large data sets
• Interpersonal and communication skills to seamlessly interact with front office, analysts, coaches, players, and other Baseball Operations personnel
• Familiarity with modern hitting evaluation and hitting development metrics

Preferred Qualifications:

• Software engineering background with the ability to design and build systems programmatically
• Experience building models with large data sets to answer research questions
• Experience as a player, coach, or staff member in a high level sports environment
• Proficiency with HTML and CSS to create and maintain interactive reports or PDFs
• 4-year degree or equivalent experience in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related quantitative field

Position Details

• This position requires full-time travel with the Major League team during Spring Training, regular season, and Postseason
• Relocation to Kansas City is required in-season. However, there is no requirement to relocate full time.
• If you relocate full time, you will receive a one-time moving stipend
• If you maintain permanent residency outside of Kansas City, you will receive a monthly living stipend in-season
• Meal money is provided during Spring Training and road-games in season
• Playoff bonus eligible

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift items weighing as much as 15 pounds
• Must be able to work in a seated position for majority of workday
• Must be able to be productive utilizing a computer keyboard and telephone
• Must be able to be productive in a work environment where the noise level can be high at times
• Must be comfortable walking to navigate the facility to access the office, concourse, etc.
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as required by deadlines and event scheduling

The physical demands described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit for long periods of time; walk; use hands, handle, or feel.

This role is a Full-Time, Exempt opportunity that is eligible for Company Benefits, 401K, and PTO. This role is expected to have a standard 40-hour work week.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, the Kansas City Royals will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, the Club also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions please inquire with Human Resources by email at humanresources@royals.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.