Manager, Athlete Scouting & Development

Title

Manager, Athlete Scouting & Development

Classification

Salary Non-Exempt

Reports to

Director, Development Program

Summary/Objective

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role is designed to develop and maintain USA Football’s Athlete Scouting and Development Program. USA Football’s activities in these areas support the Development Program, the National Team Program, and USA Football’s athlete database which will provide resources to members.

This will include creation and maintenance of formal athlete scouting processes and procedures for both in-person and video/digital based scouting initiatives. This role will ensure that the scouting database is searchable and connected to the broader athlete account and membership profiles. This role will work with internal and external partners to enhance the process – including use of machine learning, artificial intelligence, video setup, 3rd party integrations, film partners, software such as PowerBI/Salesforce and more. Lastly, this role will work with IT, Events, High Performance and Sales Recruiting to ensure appropriate data is discovered and distributed as needed internally.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Oversight of the Athlete Scouting Processes and Procedures at USA Football, including development/maintenance of in-person and digital scouting forms, intake and overall process plus working with IT and partners on database management
• Oversight of scouting contractors – including training, working with events on logistics for scouts, expansion of scouts in markets by tier, collection and quality of data, on-site expectations and digital scouting expectations
• Oversight of regional scouting leads who provide direct input into Regional and Select Team athlete invites
• Works with team, including the Development Program Director, to create tiers of athlete invites for Recruiting and Sales to target and craft development resources
• Collaborate with Consulting Sales and Development Program Director to create invite timeline and processes
• Creation of capture plans for run of show templates at various events – including capture live and post event
• Act as a scout themselves, reviewing athlete film post event and creating scouting reports
• Check work of scouts and audit reports, ensuring accuracy
• Work with video capture partners to identify technology and hardware needs
• Responsible overseeing scouts on-site and/or creation of a quality assurance process to ensure scouts are capturing insights quickly and efficiently
• Travel to events to develop and support personnel related to the scouting process
• Provide training documents and resources for Development Program coaches and scouts to ensure prime positioning relevant to content / scouting film capture
• Create Scouting curriculum and resources to help develop various tiers of scouts nationwide – including clear standards of expectations and relevant criteria related to USA Football’s Football Development Model and National Team needs
• Create athlete ranking process relevant to various factors (position, region, etc)
• Collaborate with Service, Events, Sports Growth and Recruiting teams to make sure our athletes, coaches and officials have a valuable experience through the Development Program
• Along with Development Program Director, create player feedback content for distribution to athletes who progress throughout the program
• Build relationships with other departments to build timelines and develop new ideas for projects
• Responsible for goals and expansion of athlete insights and information related to performance – particularly number of scouting reports and quality of said reports
• Along with Sales Recruitment & High Performance, grow a database of prospective athletes for inviting to Development Program and Qualifying Events
• Work with High Performance on the management of virtual film submission through forms or 3rd parties
  
  
  

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, USA Football provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, etc. The pay range for this position is as follows: $61,021 - $97,475.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. Must meet requirements.

USA Football is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other group protected by law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in sports management or related field
• 6 years of experience in national governing bodies, sports, collegiate/pro program sport scouting/recruitment or related
• 2 years of experience creating documented scouting processes and procedures that are followed by others in a program
• 4 seasons of scouting athletes and/or film review
• Ideally experience scouting athletes in-person
  
  
  

Preferred Education And Experience

• Preferred experience in football (of any game type)
• Preferred experience working within a coaching staff or network of scouts
  
  
  

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has contractor, part-time and intern supervisory responsibility for the Scouting Program at USA Football.

Work Environment

This job primarily operates in a remote office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

Physical Demands

Requires the ability to sit for more than four hours per day, reading, listening, stooping, bending and manual dexterity.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a Full-Time remote position.

Travel

Up to 40% Travel

EEO Statement

USA Football provides equal opportunities for employment and advancement for all individuals, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, color, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other legally protected category.