WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Reporting into the Director and working closely with the Principal Researcher(s), you will work within the Applied Performance Innovation team within the NSRL on projects designed to identify and explore performance opportunities for athletes. You will also link with Sports Marketing to support the performance services offered to our elite level teams and athletes. In addition, you will work across the NSRL and Advanced Innovation groups to identify key performance challenges that may provide insight into product solutions across the footwear, apparel, equipment, and digital innovation teams. 

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a Performance Research Senior within the NSRL, you will carry out sports science research in both the lab and field settings that help to identify key performance challenges across a range of athletes and sports. You will help to create key insights into solution based strategies that could influence footwear, apparel, equipment, digital, and other innovations. On occasion you may also need to act as the link between the Research Lab and Sports Marketing to support the performance services offered to our elite level teams and athletes. 

This role will require an appropriate level of sports science and/or applied human performance knowledge, research capability, and extensive experience of working with athletes and performance staff at the highest level. You will need the ability to engage in projects, with multiple researchers involved, through all phases of the project, with a focus on, execution, data analysis and presentation. In addition, it will be vital that you have experience in being able to analyze and provide an understanding of data collected in both lab and field settings. You will also be expected to promote the work and image of the NSRL group externally to the performance science  and research community.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will need the ability to engage in projects, with multiple researchers involved, through all phases of the project, with a focus on, execution, data analysis and presentation. In addition, it will be vital that you have experience in being able to analyze and provide an understanding of data collected in both lab and field settings and be able to demonstrate capability in presenting to a variety of groups including athletes and coaches as well as internal stakeholders. You will also be expected to promote the work and image of the NSRL group externally to the performance science community.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's Degree in applied human performance, sport science, kinesiology, integrative physiology, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience or training

• A minimum of 3 years directly relevant work experience

• A high level of human performance research experience in various settings covering both lab and field environments 

• Extensive capabilities with data collections tools commonly used in the performance science environment

• Expertise in signal processing, data analysis, and statistical analysis of data collected in both lab and field settings

• Ability to interpret complex data, to communicate, and to provide reports and recommendations visually and effectively

• Experience working with elite level athletes and/or teams

• Sport- and athlete-related certifications are a plus (such as Strength & Conditioning, Physical Therapy, Sports Dietitics, Sports Psychology, or other athlete related needs)

• Maintain knowledge and experience of best uses of leading technologies and procedures being utilized at the elite level

• Manage relationships and project requirements as defined by internal roadmap for responsibilities

• Act as an internal performance expert to provide insight to footwear, apparel, equipment, and digital innovation teams

• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

• Experience being a creative scientist (e.g. novel protocols, processing techniques, communications, or applications and translations)

• Bias towards growth mindset, and action and resilience in the face of adversity or ambiguity

• Tendency towards curiosity and exploration of possibilities 

• Ability to take on team-centric attitude within a dynamic workplace environment

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.