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Job Summary:
The San Francisco 49ers are offering a fellowship opportunity for a Football AI Fellow to utilize artificial intelligence and generative AI across multiple verticals within the Front Office. The role involves supporting decision-making, automating workflows, and enhancing operational intelligence through the development of AI tools and applications.
Responsibilities:
• Support the San Francisco Football Operations, including, but not limited to, Player Personnel, Football Technology, Coaching staff, Football R&D, and Football Administration with artificial intelligence tools and adoption
• Develop, build, improve, and deploy both new and existing AI-based applications and tools
• Generate well-documented code and participate in code review and version control processes following standardized documentation protocols
• Identify and pursue opportunities for club to incorporate artificial intelligence tools into workflows which will translate into on-field wins
• Use analytical methods to assist stakeholders in decision-making and automating of processes
• Integrate various streams of data including textual reports, tabular data, and video into easy-to-use tools, including scraping, cleaning, and maintain data ingestion
• Transform data from games and practice into actionable conclusions for scouting and coaching strategy
• Collaborate with and assist Scouting Dept with pro and college scouting processes
• Attend regular meetings with Player Personnel, Football Systems, R&D, and Coaching staff
• Stay apprised of research and analysis by partners, potential partners and 3rd party sources to then evaluate promising ideas for potential use by Club
• Work with external vendors supplying on-field performance metrics and statistics
• Create and identify useful metrics to improve analysis and projections
• Advise internal staff regarding new technological advances and other opportunities to further Club’s use of AI to make intelligent decisions
• Submit written reports, visualizations and summary data as needed
• Communicate results to management in a timely, clear, concise and efficient manner
• Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Required:
• Deep understanding of state-of-the-art AI tools, workflows, and generative AI to automate workflows and build tools to assist decision-making
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to evaluate information to determine how it should be best interpreted
• Ability to produce clear, concise work products from open ended assignments
• Ability to achieve planned objectives through completing relevant tasks and focus
• Ability to write clean, reproducible, and well-documented code
• Ability to create a relationship of trust and loyalty by delivering accessible, efficient, and reliable services and products for stakeholders
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Sees the value of assignments and seeks new & additional opportunities to contribute while maintaining focus on the task at hand; works efficiently, proactively and completes assignments in a timely fashion
• Has a strong desire to expand knowledge of the game of football, working in an NFL front office, and quantitative methods for analyzing sports data
• Introductory understanding of the game of football
• Expertise using cloud computing environments and associated programming languages (e.g. Python)
• Experience with Git, SQL and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with various statistical and machine learning techniques, as well as rationale for chosen methods
Preferred:
• Advanced degree (preferred) in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field
Company:
San Francisco 49ers is an American football team that plays in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the NFL. Founded in 1946, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.