Senior or Lead Analyst (Forecasting)

About Us

The Colorado Rockies Baseball Club is embracing the climb, committed to building a championship-caliber organization on the field, in the clubhouse, and throughout our business operations. Playing at altitude presents unique competitive challenges and opportunities, and we embrace innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based practices to support elite performance.

Rooted in the traditions of America’s pastime, we operate with integrity, service, quality, and trust while striving to create an exceptional experience for our players, staff, and fans.

Our Baseball Analytics group partners with coaches, scouts, player development staff, medical and performance staff, and front office decision-makers to ask better questions, build better tools, and turn evidence into action.

Position Summary

The Colorado Rockies are seeking a senior-level analyst to join Baseball Analytics with a focus on developing and deploying predictive models and forecasts. The right candidate will combine technical rigor, baseball curiosity, and clear communication to help the organization make better decisions.

This posting may be filled at either the Senior Analyst or Lead Analyst level depending on the selected candidate’s experience, demonstrated ownership, and expected scope of responsibility.

The person in this role will help turn baseball questions into rigorous analysis, deployed predictive models, durable forecasting tools, and clear recommendations for Baseball Operations staff.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Ready to Lead – Senior or Lead Analyst

• Building, testing, documenting, and deploying predictive models and forecasts with a high degree of autonomy in determining model type, specification, and output.
• Communicating findings, uncertainty, and practical implications to Baseball Analytics colleagues and front office decisionmakers.
• Working with the team to identify forecasting questions worth testing and to turn successful analyses into work that can be repeated or handed off.

Ready to Contribute

• Contributing to a department-wide set of technical standards and project philosophy.
• Evaluating new research, data sources, technologies, and analytical methods for potential use in Baseball Operations.
• Collaborating with Baseball Systems, scouting, and player development groups to meet operational needs related to Baseball Analytics.

Ready to Learn

• Translating strong individual projects into repeatable systems, organizational best practices, and operational infrastructure.
• Learning the Rockies’ existing data, models, systems, and baseball workflows, with hands-on guidance during onboarding.
• Learning how to leverage predictive models in additional Baseball Operations workflows.
• Balancing immediate decision support with longer-term research and infrastructure investments.

Additional Scope for a Lead Analyst

• Helping coordinate forecasting research across the team, including organizing research discussions, reviewing others’ code, and advancing technical practices.
• Mentoring junior staff in Baseball Analytics, especially on projects related to predictive modeling and forecasting.
• Taking independent ownership of broader forecasting work after becoming familiar with the Rockies’ data, systems, and priorities.

What We Value

• Reproducible work and honest communication, because we want team players who are committed to doing right by collaborators over being right.
• Respect for empirical baseball expertise from practitioners such as coaches, scouts, players, and staff across the organization.
• Curiosity about the unique challenges and opportunities of competing at altitude.
• Continuous improvement in technical and professional skills.

Job Qualifications

Candidates should generally have at least 4 years of relevant experience, with 6 or more years expected for consideration at Lead Analyst. Advanced degrees such as a research-based master’s degree or PhD may count for up to 2 years when the topic is closely related to the role.

• Experience owning complex analytical projects from scoping through delivery.
• Evidence that analytical work has informed a decision or improved a workflow, with clear baseball-relevant or operational impact.
• Strong technical judgment in model development, validation, reproducibility, and communication.
• Ability to communicate priorities, uncertainty, and tradeoffs with credibility across highly technical to nontechnical audiences.
• Experience developing, validating, and deploying predictive models or forecasts in applied decision-making environments.
• Strong practical ability with R or Python, SQL, reproducible workflows, and model evaluation.

For consideration at the Lead Analyst level, we would also look for evidence of:

• Leading applied analytical work across projects or stakeholders.
• Shaping project direction, reviewing others’ work, and mentoring analysts.
• Coordinating people and work to move research forward.

Work Schedule & Location

• This position is based onsite at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado
• Work is performed in a combination of office settings, indoor training facilities, laboratory/performance environments, and outdoor baseball environments.
• Occasional travel to Spring Training in Scottsdale, minor league affiliate locations, training complexes, and other organizational sites may be required.

Physical Job Requirements

• Ability to remain in a stationary position (sitting or standing) for extended periods while analyzing data and using computer systems.
• Frequent use of a computer, keyboard, and other office equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, by phone, and via electronic communication.
• Ability to move throughout office spaces, clubhouses, dugouts, batting cages, bullpens, and performance labs.
• Ability to observe and interpret visual information, including data visualizations, video analysis, and live on-field activity.
• May occasionally lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds (e.g., portable technology equipment, training devices).
• Ability to work in varying environmental conditions, including indoor facilities and outdoor weather conditions typical of baseball operations.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual Salary Range: Senior Analyst: $110,000–$140,000; Lead Analyst: $130,000–$150,000. This position may be filled at either level based on the selected candidate’s experience and the scope of responsibility they will assume. This is a regular-status, full-time, exempt position.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, job-related skills, and any other factors the Colorado Rockies consider relevant to the hiring decision for this position.

In addition to the base salary, the Club believes in providing a very competitive and generous compensation and benefits package for its employees. Benefits include but are not limited to Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, generous vacation and holiday program, employee parking, employer-provided game tickets to home games, onsite fitness classes and experiences, employee discounts on merchandise, and so much more! All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents, which may be modified or amended at any given time.

Application Process

• Candidates should submit Resume
• A one-page cover note addressing the prompts below (no need for a formal cover letter; brevity and candor are highly valued)
• Optional portfolio, GitHub, writing sample, or project example (optional but highly suggested for candidates who do not have professional experience in MLB)

Please use your application materials to help us understand the following:

• What forecasting or modeling work could you take ownership of now, and what would you want to learn after joining?
• Briefly describe one analytical project: the question, your contribution, how you communicated the result, and whether it affected a decision or workflow.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by October 30, 2026 The posting may be removed or extended at any time.

The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by December 1, 2026

A note for Colorado Rockies employees: Please apply via the internal job board in UKG by following these prompts: MENU > MYSELF > MY COMPANY > VIEW OPPORTUNITIES > select the position > CONSENT > APPLY NOW

If you cannot access UKG, please list your most recent Manager as an Employee Reference on your application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rockies baseball is for everyone! We pride ourselves on hiring, developing, and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, we will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities in compliance with the ADA. All employment and promotion decisions will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business needs.

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