Baseball Operations Analyst
Title: Baseball Operations Analyst
Department: Baseball Operations
Location San Francisco, CA
Status: Full-Time; Exempt
Position Summary:
The San Francisco Giants are seeking an Analyst to join the R&D team in the Baseball Operations department. This individual will report to the Director, Baseball Research and focus primarily on long-term, open-ended research that delivers competitive advantage to the Giants. The ideal candidate will possess a keen scientific mind, strong quantitative skills, and the ability to communicate complex findings to non-technical people. This is a research-forward role with opportunities for creativity, exploration, and significant engagement and impact across Baseball Operations.
Position Responsibilities:
● Conduct long-term, open-ended research to advance the Giants’ understanding of player performance.
● Extract novel patterns and actionable insights from both old and new baseball datasets, including careful evaluation of signal/noise ratio, confounding variables, and uncertainty.
● Support the Director, Baseball Research on complex research projects and contribute original ideas.
● Prototype research outputs into light weight tools and visualizations for use across Baseball Ops.
● Perform ad-hoc statistical analysis and quantitative research to support various areas of Baseball Ops.
● Evaluate and adapt public baseball research and vendors for potential integration.
Skills and Qualifications:
● Degree (or equivalent experience) in a quantitative field, such as engineering, physical sciences, computer science, or applied math.
● Proficiency in SQL and at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g. Python, R).
● Experience building and validating statistical/ML models (regression, classification, etc.) on real datasets.
● Demonstrated ability to complete open-ended, ambiguous projects from initial question to final deliverable.
● Top-notch critical thinking skills, including ability to identify data issues; ability to articulate assumptions, limitations, and uncertainties in a process; and ability to distill complex topics into interpretable results.
● Passion and curiosity for baseball analytics.
● Strong work ethic with initiative and attention to detail.
● Positive attitude and willingness to contribute to team culture.
● Experience in computer vision, spatiotemporal data, or deep learning is a plus.
● 1-2 years of sports experience and/or background in baseball or softball is a plus.
At the Giants, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition or disability, genetic condition, marital status, domestic partnership status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status and any other protected class under federal, state or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.