Senior Director of Competitive Analytics & Decision Science

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Posting Number

S15466P

Working Title

Senior Director of Competitive Analytics & Decision Science

Department

Athletics-Business Office

About the University of Georgia

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Posting Details

Posting Details

Posting Number

S15466P

Working Title

Senior Director of Competitive Analytics & Decision Science

Department

Athletics-Business Office

About the University of Georgia

Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America and is the state’s flagship university (https://www.uga.edu/). The proof is in our more than 240 years of academic and professional achievements and our continual commitment to higher education. UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 41,000 students including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including our newly established School of Medicine.

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Posting Type

External

Retirement Plan

TRS or ORP

Employment Type

Employee

Benefits Eligibility

Benefits Eligible

Full/Part time

Full Time

Work Schedule

Additional Schedule Information

Ability to work some nights and weekends. Ability to travel. 

Advertised Salary

Commensurate with experience

Posting Date

07/17/2026

Open until filled

Yes

Closing Date

Proposed Starting Date

09/01/2026

Special Instructions to Applicants

Location of Vacancy

Athens Area

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Position Information

| Classification Title | Data Analytics Director | | FLSA | Exempt | | FTE | 1.0 | | Minimum Qualifications |

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent plus 12 years of professional experience to include 5 years of supervisory experience

| | Preferred Qualifications |
Degree in statistics, data science, computer science, applied mathematics, economics, or a related quantitative field; Five or more years of experience in analytics or data science, including building and deploying models that informed real decisions. | | Position Summary |
The Senior Director of Competitive Analytics and Decision Science will serve as the embedded analytics partner to assist coaching and performance staff. Own the vision, architecture, and roadmap for unified athletic information systems that integrates departmental data into a single decision engine. Define how data flows across recruiting, compliance, NIL and revenue sharing, ticketing, development, academics, sports medicine, and finance to support decision-making. The core purpose of this role is to build and maintain statistical and machine-learning models that directly inform on-court and on-field strategy, roster decisions, recruiting, and the allocation of competitive resources.

This is a hands-on decision-science role focused on competition. The Senior Director works shoulder-to-shoulder with coaches and performance staff to scope the questions that matter, builds the models and tools to answer them, and translates the results into clear, actionable recommendations. | | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies |
- Demonstrated expertise building, validating, and maintaining statistical and machine-learning models. - Strong programming and data skills — e.g., Python or R, and SQL — and the ability to assemble and maintain the data needed for your own modeling work. - Proven ability to translate technical analysis into clear, persuasive recommendations for coaches and non-technical stakeholders. - Strong collaboration skills and the credibility to embed with a coaching and performance staff.

| | Physical Demands |
Stand; walk; use hands and reach with hands and arms. The employee will lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, and peripheral vision. | | Is driving a responsibility of this position? | No | | Is this a Position of Trust? | Yes | | Does this position have operation, access, or control of financial resources? | Yes | | Does this position require a P-Card? | No | | Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? | No | | Does this position have direct interaction or care of children under the age of 18 or direct patient care? | No | | Does this position have Security Access (e.g., public safety, IT security, personnel records, patient records, or access to chemicals and medications) | No | | Credit and P-Card policy |
Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website. | | Background Investigation Policy |
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including, a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. You may also be subject to a pre-employment drug test for positions with high-risk responsibilities, if applicable. Please visit the UGA Background Check website. |

Duties/Responsibilities

| Duties/Responsibilities |
Decision Science & Coaching Partnership

• Partner directly with coaching and performance staff to scope the analytical questions that matter most and personally lead the development and delivery of the resulting models and tools.
• Build, validate, and maintain statistical and machine-learning models that inform on-court and on-field strategy, roster decisions, recruiting, and resource allocation.
• Provide opponent scouting, self-scouting, and tendency analysis to support game and match preparation.
• Develop in-game and in-match decision support, including situational, lineup, rotation, and play-selection insights.
• Build player-evaluation and roster-construction models to support recruiting prioritization, talent projection, and roster decisions.
• Support practice planning and the allocation of competitive resources with data-informed analysis.
• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations that coaches and administrators can act on with confidence.

| | Percentage of time | 50 |

| Duties/Responsibilities |
Data & Tooling (In Support of Modeling)

• Assemble, clean, and maintain the datasets, pipelines, and tools required for the analytical work — scoped to what the models need, not enterprise-wide integration.
• Work within existing platforms and vendor relationships, partnering with athletics and university IT rather than directing a systems build-out.
• Evaluate and recommend analytics tools and data sources that strengthen competitive modeling; surface needs to IT and leadership rather than owning procurement of enterprise systems.

| | Percentage of time | 10 |

| Duties/Responsibilities |
Decision Support for Coaches and Leadership

• Develop dashboards, reports, and decision-support tools tailored to coaching staffs and athletic leadership.
• Support roster and competitive-resource allocation and performance evaluation with rigorous analysis.
• Proactively surface trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to competition through original analysis.

| | Percentage of time | 10 |

| Duties/Responsibilities |
Decision Support for Coaches and Leadership

• Develop dashboards, reports, and decision-support tools tailored to coaching staffs and athletic leadership.
• Support roster and competitive-resource allocation and performance evaluation with rigorous analysis.
• Proactively surface trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to competition through original analysis.

| | Percentage of time | 10 |

| Duties/Responsibilities |
Collaboration and Capability Building

• Serve as the department’s subject-matter expert on competitive analytics and decision science.
• Help shape the department’s approach to data-informed competitive decision-making.
• As the function grows, recruit, mentor, and manage additional analysts.
• Work closely with coaching, performance, and recruiting staff as the primary stakeholders for this role.
• Coordinate with IT, sports science, and other units as needed to access data and tools, respecting each function’s ownership and expertise.
• Stay current on analytics methods used across professional and collegiate sport and bring the best of them into the program.

| | Percentage of time | 10 |

| Duties/Responsibilities |
- Systems Integration Partner with IT to define how competitive analytics data can connect with other departmental data sources to support broader decision-making. - Advise on data standards, definitions, and quality practices that would make future integration smoother. - Assist with evaluation of platforms and tools that support a more connected athletic information environment. 

| | Percentage of time | 10 |

Contact Information

Recruitment Contact

| Contact Details |
For questions concerning this position or recruitment progression, please refer to the Recruitment Contact listed below.  | | Recruitment Contact Name | Amy Thomas | | Recruitment Contact Email | amy.thomas@uga.edu | | Recruitment Contact Phone | |

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Applicant Documents

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