Lead Football Performance Analyst

Organisation: Varsity Nine
Salary: £28,000–£34,000
Location: Milton Keynes
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 31 August 2026
Job Description: About Varsity Nine

Varsity Nine is building one of Europe’s leading private football and athlete development environments, creating pathways across academy football, US College scholarships, professional opportunities, international programmes, and elite showcase events. The role will mainly be based in Milton Keynes, with a secondary working location at Bisham Abbey Sports Centre.

We work with talented players from the UK and around the world, combining high-level coaching, performance analysis, education, recruitment support, and player management to help each athlete progress. Joining Varsity Nine means becoming part of a fast-growing, ambitious football organisation with a clear purpose: to create life-changing opportunities for young athletes.

This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, contribute to meaningful player outcomes, and help shape a modern football business with significant plans for growth.

Role Summary

The Lead Performance Analyst is a technical and analytical role embedded across the entire Varsity Nine football ecosystem. While supporting the wider football strategy and player pathway operations, your primary focus is performance analysis, player insight, video operations, and recruitment intelligence.

Your mission is to provide elite-level analytical support that enhances player development, supports successful US College placements, and elevates the professional standards of all Varsity Nine football programmes and showcase events.

You will work across the Football & Education Programme, US Scholarship pathway operations, showcase events, international tours, and wider football divisions — ensuring players, coaches, scouts, and recruitment staff are equipped with accurate, detailed, and actionable performance insights.

Responsibilities

Performance Analysis & Player Development
- Showcase Event Analysis: Lead the analysis of Varsity Nine showcase events, combines, tours, and fixtures, ensuring all participating players are professionally assessed and benchmarked.
- US Placement Support: Produce detailed scouting reports, player data profiles, highlight packages, and scouting profile videos designed specifically to support US College recruitment and scholarship placement opportunities.
- Performance Profiling: Build individual player performance profiles across technical, tactical, physical, and psychological metrics to support recruitment conversations with college coaches and/or professional clubs.
- Professional Client Analysis: Support the ongoing analysis and performance review of Varsity Nine professional and aspiring professional clients, providing objective insights to assist development and career progression.
- Data & Reporting: Track player KPIs and performance benchmarks, ensuring all analysis outputs are accurate, visually professional, and suitable for internal and external recruitment purposes.
- Collaboration: Work closely with coaching, recruitment, and placement teams to ensure analytical insights directly support player progression and pathway outcomes.

Football & Education Programme & International Programme Analysis
- Department Support: Support and oversee the day-to-day delivery of the Football & Education Programme analysis provision alongside the Programme Coach & Analyst role.
- Process & Standards: Establish and maintain professional analysis workflows, reporting structures, coding standards, and operational processes across the programme.
- Quality Control: Ensure the consistency, accuracy, and quality of all analysis outputs, including training analysis, match coding, player reports, and video review processes.
- Technical Support: Provide guidance and practical support to coaching and analysis staff where required across training, fixtures, and performance review environments.
- Tactical & Performance Reporting: Oversee the creation of opposition analysis, post-match reviews, tactical summaries, and player feedback documentation for coaching staff and leadership teams.
- Performance Environment: Help embed elite-level analytical standards and a high-performance culture throughout the Football & Education Programme.
- Collaboration: Work closely with coaches, technical staff, recruitment teams, and operational leadership to ensure analysis provision supports both player development and overall programme performance.

Showcase Events, Recruitment & Scouting
- Event Analysis Lead: Take ownership of all video operations, analysis workflows, and scouting report generation at Varsity Nine showcase events and tours.
- Scout Reports: Produce professional-standard scouting and player assessment reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Highlight Creation: Coordinate and create individual player highlight videos and scouting profile videos for recruitment, scholarship placement, and promotional purposes.
- Live Event Support: Operate in fast-paced showcase environments, ensuring footage capture, coding, and reporting standards are maintained under pressure.
- Recruitment Support: Assist with identifying players that align with the Varsity Nine player profile and wider pathway opportunities.

Operational & Strategic Support
- Technology & Systems: Manage and maintain analysis equipment, video storage systems, coding workflows, and data organisation.
- Innovation: Help identify and implement new analysis technologies, software, and performance tracking solutions.
- Travel & Delivery: Support delivery across national and international events, tournaments, showcases, and tours.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with marketing and content teams where required to support social media, player content, and promotional outputs.
- Professional Environment: Contribute to building a high-performance culture that reflects elite academy and professional football standards.

Requirements

Essential
- Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship is available for this role).
- Performance Analysis Experience: Practical experience within football analysis, scouting, or performance environments.
- Education: Degree in Football Analytics, Performance Analysis, Sports Data Science, or a related field.
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with analysis and video platforms such as Metrica, Wyscout, Hudl Sportscode, Veo, or similar systems.
- Video & Editing Skills: Ability to code matches, create highlight reels, scouting profile videos, and produce clear analytical reports.
- Communication: Strong ability to communicate analytical insights clearly to players, coaches, scouts, and parents.
- Organisation: Ability to manage multiple projects, fixtures, deadlines, and event requirements simultaneously.
- Mobility: Willingness to travel regularly for fixtures, showcase events, tours, and operational delivery.
- Office Presence: Ability to work from the Milton Keynes head office on a weekly basis alongside remote and on-location delivery.
- Logistics: Full clean driving licence.
- Clearance: Clean DBS.

Desirable
- Coaching Qualifications: UEFA coaching qualifications or equivalent.
- Football Background: Playing, coaching, scouting, or academy experience within professional or semi-professional football environments.
- Data Analysis Skills: Experience working with statistical analysis, reporting dashboards, and performance data visualisation.
- Content Creation: Basic understanding of sports media, social media content, and athlete branding.
- US College Knowledge: Understanding of the US College recruitment and scholarship landscape.
- Live Analysis Experience: Experience supporting live match environments and fast-turnaround reporting.
- Leadership Potential: Ability to grow into a future Head of Analysis or wider Technical Operations role as the company expands.

Package details
- Salary: £28,000–£34,000 (subject to experience).
- Performance Bonus: TBC based on delivery standards, and operational milestones.
- Structure: Reporting directly to the Head of Operations but matrix line to Technical Director or Academy Director.
- Benefits: 21 Days Leave + Holidays; Pension; Business travel reimbursement; National and International travel opportunities; Access to industry-leading football environments and showcase events.
How to apply: Please email Vivion (vivion@varsitynine.com) with your CV and a cover letter.