Sports Technology Operations Specialist

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Genius Sports Full time

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled individual to join our team as a Sports Technology Operations Specialist. This role is responsible for ensuring the operational success of our technology in live football events.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with the operations team to apply software expertise to aid in each matchday.
  • Master and have complete command over the entire system and processes.
  • Analyse live tracks, validate markings, and provide QA as necessary for all system events.
  • Aptly available to work on Second Spectrum game operations duties such as tracking and data delivery.

Required Skills:

  • Extreme attentiveness.
  • Background working with football refereeing terms or ideally, as a referee.
  • Knowledge and experience with definitional football terms.
  • Proactively communicative.
  • A strong tolerance for repetitive tasks.
  • Prior experience making time-critical judgment calls regarding live data processing, and engineering support.
  • Enforcement of self-accountability and the performance of a large team.

Additional Position Details:

  • Must be able and available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Must possess flexibility, including early morning and late evenings.

What's in it for you?
As a Sports Technology Operations Specialist, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about delivering exceptional results. Our benefits include a competitive salary, annual leave allowance, health insurance, skills training, and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including social events, team building activities, sports tournaments, charity days, and wellbeing activities.

How we work
We have adapted a forward-thinking 'Ways of Working' framework, which sets out 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 on 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, innovate, and celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.

Second Spectrum, part of 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 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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