{"id":1622567,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist","title":"Team Operations - Performance Scientist","company":{"id":1041072,"name":"Nashville SC","domain":"nashvillesc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nashville-sc","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":null},"role":"Science & Research","role_family":"Science & Research","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Nashville, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":54000,"max_usd":115000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":870},"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Power BI","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"ETL/ELT","optional":true},{"name":"SQL","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-02-04T07:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-01","last_verified_at":"2026-10-23T23:21:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":261,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":260},"description":"Position Title: Performance Scientist\nDepartment: Team Operations- High Performance \nReports to: Director of High Performance\n\nPOSITION OVERVIEW\nThe Performance Scientist supports player availability and performance by leading sport science data operations, monitoring, reporting, and applied insights that inform training, recovery, and return-to-performance decisions. This role reports directly to the Director of High Performance and works in close collaboration to define the path forward for key initiatives. The Performance Scientist will be provided autonomy to determine the best execution plan, while ensuring alignment with coaching, performance, and medical priorities.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nOwn end-to-end sports science data operations (collection, QA/QC, documentation, and governance) across performance data streams.\nLead training and match monitoring systems (e.g., STS) and related technologies (GPS, heart rate, VALD, 1080 and others), ensuring reliable workflows and clean outputs.\nBuild and maintain dashboards, models, metrics, and reports that track workload, readiness, and physical performance across the season.\nDeliver clear, actionable insights to coaches, performance/medical staff, and players (including real-time training feedback when needed).\nPlan and execute performance testing and assessment protocols (field and gym-based); maintain benchmarks and individualized targets.\nCollaborate with Athletic Development and Medical on activation, strength/regeneration, and end-stage return-to-performance support as needed.\nPartner with analytics and scouting on performance questions tied to player evaluation, transactions, and projections.\nLead integration of second team and academy performance data into centralized systems, standards, and reporting.\nEnsure compliance with all MLS medical manual requirements and club policies and procedures.\nKEY DELIVERABLES\nReadiness/availability updates aligned with training plans and performance/medical direction.\nStakeholder dashboards and reports with clear KPI definitions and refresh cadence.\nTesting battery execution and reporting with benchmarks, targets, and action steps.\nMulti-squad integration outputs (first team/second team/academy) using shared standards and longitudinal tracking.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nMaster’s degree in Exercise Science or related field.\nCertified Performance and Sport Scientist (CPSS).\nCertified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).\nMinimum 2 years experience in an elite sport environment.\nDemonstrated proficiency with GPS systems, heart rate, force plates, and current performance technologies.\nExperience in a coach-facing role explaining monitoring outputs and real-time GPS results.\nProficiency in R, Python, and Power BI for data analysis and reporting.\nCurrent CPR/AED certification (or ability to obtain promptly).\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience querying cloud databases and supporting automated/real-time reporting (e.g., SQL, ETL, APIs).\nComfortable conversing in Spanish.\nExperience scaling sport science systems across multiple squads (first team + second team + academy).\nStrong data QA habits and reproducible workflows (e.g., documentation, version control).","description_format":"text","description_chars":3195,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Sports Organizations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T20:51:42Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":4,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.128,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":260,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T01:30:51Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2472,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1041072},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1041072"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnashville-sc-team-operations-performance-scientist"}]}