A bit about us

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies?
Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties. We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team.
If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us. We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.

The Role

You will be responsible for forecasting and capacity planning in the operations area, including resources and events. You will provide a single view of operations resource demands for both the short and long term. You’ll be searching and identifying opportunities for optimising concurrencies and resources used. You are able to create a model that includes the entire operations function and can be easily connected with business cases and rights deal evaluations. Does this sound like you?

Main Responsibilities

• Single view across ALL Operations - Forecasting & Capacity planning function
• Act as the single point of contact for Operations to engage with if there is an activity which will require a change to Operational resources
• Provide the Operations Director and Senior Leadership team with accurate, cross Operations forecasts for all resources (Human and other) on which to base business decisions
• Work with the Functional Leaders in Operations to collate their forecast resources, variables and plans to match demand
• Set up a standardized resource planning process to gather resource requirements for short-, medium- & long-term  planning in Operations
• Set up review process to gather capability requirements short-, medium- & long-term planning in Operations
• Work with all inputs into resource demand for Operations (Commercial, M&A, Product etc) to get forecast requirements
• Set up and own governance process to manage demand & supply requirements into Operations
• Providing statistical analysis and insight to support the impact assessment of change of requirements into Operations
• Provide finance with resource model for Operations to enable budget, forecast & LTP – including assumptions
• Track actual against forecast and variance – including events, inputs etc
• Identify opportunities across all operations where resources can be used in a more optimal way. Look at all capacity options across Operations including Outsource or other solutions.
• Provide input into any system requirements to enable better forecasting & planning. If required Identification and implementation of new technology for planning, including the use, development or procurement of effective workforce planning software (WFM)
• To be aware of and record business, resource and seasonal changes, making appropriate resource plans for expected changes in profile and workloads, reporting on expected and experienced results
• Develop and track Operational KPI’s driving resourcing for Utilization & Efficiency

Required Skills

• Previous experience with demand forecasting & capacity planning in operational environments
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills, working cross functionally to gather demand and supply forecast data
• Analytical and quantitative skills; experience using data and metrics to build resource models, test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success
• Develop processes to standardise forecasting & capacity planning
• Ability to simplify complex topics for broad audiences
• Ability to work well under pressure and with minimal supervision
• Willingness to learn and ability to work proactively
• Flexible in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment

What’s in it for you?
As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.

How we work
We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role. Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.

Genius Sports Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that a diverse and inclusive workforce bring to our business, our customers and our staff. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of age, different abilities or disability, gender identity or re-assignment, marriage, pregnancy, maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (and any other applicable status). Please let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.

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