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AI & Data in SportsTech
AI and Data Recruitment for SportsTech.
Specialist hiring for the vendors building tracking systems, scouting platforms, broadcast AI and fan products. People who can ship a model, ship a product, and earn the trust of the clubs they sell to.
The state of play
SportsTech Is Hiring at Scale. And Misfiring at Scale.
The vendors building the data layer underneath modern sport - tracking, scouting, recruitment, broadcast AI, fan engagement - are scaling faster than they can hire.
The pattern repeats: a CV-perfect ML engineer who's never worked alongside a coach or analyst. A product-savvy hire who can't read a pressing structure or a scoring play.
The right SportsTech hires need both. We know where they are, and they trust us.
The work
SportsTech-Specific Hiring, End-to-End.
Every SportsTech search is run by Kev personally. Twenty years hiring data and AI talent, four of them now exclusively in sport.
SportsTech roles we hire
- AI / ML Engineer (sports applications)
- Sports Data Scientist (vendor side)
- Computer Vision Engineer (tracking, broadcast, biomechanics)
- Data Engineer (event, tracking, GPS, telemetry pipelines)
- Agentic AI Specialist
- Head of AI / Head of ML
- VP Engineering / CTO (SportsTech)
Who we work with in SportsTech
- Tracking and player-data vendors
- Scouting and recruitment-platform companies
- Broadcast AI and computer vision vendors
- Fan-engagement and personalisation platforms
- Sports betting and integrity analytics companies
- Investors and groups doing technical diligence on SportsTech acquisitions
The process
Brief, Scout, Shortlist and Sign.
Most recruiters work the funnel. We work like a scouting department - a small number of genuinely qualified candidates, presented with full context, after we've already had the difficult conversations.
- 01
The brief
A proper conversation about the role, the technical stack, who already sits in the SportsTech data team and the wider strategic context. Job specs come out of this - not the other way round.
- 02
The scout
Targeted outreach across our SportsTech network and adjacent industries. We're already in the conversations the people you want are having. We don't post and pray.
- 03
The shortlist
A small number of qualified candidates, each with a written summary covering technical fit, SportsTech literacy, motivation and honest reservations. Full picture, not the pitch.
- 04
The signing
We support the offer process, manage counter-offer conversations and stay in the loop through onboarding and beyond.
Next step
Hiring Inside SportsTech?
For candidates
You work in SportsTech.
If you're an AI engineer, ML engineer or data scientist working on sports products - or thinking about a move into it - get in touch.
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