Quantitative Sports Researcher
Job Description
Overview
SIG is looking for someone with an understanding and interest in sports analytics to join our Quantitative Research team. Quantitative Researchers at SIG use research to better understand markets and to identify, develop and improve strategies for the firm.
This is a research, development and modeling role in which you will use your background in mathematics and statistics to seek out reliable, timely sports data to clean, analyze, and transform into algorithms and strategies. This position will likely require intermittent international travel.
What we're looking for
- Graduate degree in STEM concentration; PHD preferred
- Interest in sports data/analytics with a strong understanding of US Sports--NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL
- Data mining and modeling experience
- Practical programming experience in Python, C++, Matlab, and/or R
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