Genius Sports

Resource Distribution & Planning Team Lead

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Medellín, Antioquia, COL

Hybrid

Entry level

AdTech • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Marketing Tech • Software • Sports • Big Data Analytics

Welcome to the intelligent sports era.

The Role

Leads workforce resource distribution and planning operations, including scheduling, capacity forecasting, workload balancing, staffing allocation, and operational efficiency. Manages the planning team, collaborates with Operations, HR, and workforce management stakeholders, provides data-driven reporting to leadership, and implements process improvements to optimize coverage and resource utilization.

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By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com
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The Role

As a Resource Distribution & Planning Team Lead within Workforce department you will oversee scheduling operations, workforce allocation, capacity planning, and operational efficiency across our teams. This role is critical in ensuring that the right resources are in place at the right time to support business priorities. In this role, you will partner closely with stakeholders to optimize scheduling, balance workloads, and contribute to strategic workforce planning.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Lead and manage the Resource Distribution & Planning team, ensuring efficient day-today operations.
Oversee the allocation of resources across projects, shifts, and business units to ensure coverage and efficiency.
Monitor staffing capacity and proactively address forecast variances, potential shortages or productivity increase opportunity.
Collaborate with Operations, HR, WFM, and other stakeholders to align resource planning with business priorities.
Provide data-driven insights and reports to leadership on resource utilization, scheduling performance, and forecasting.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance scheduling efficiency, workforce distribution, and planning.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Proven experience in workforce, resource planning, operations, or scheduling management.
Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.
Strong analytical skills and ability to work with data, forecasts, and reporting tools.
Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to deal with challenges and be efficient under pressure, adapt quickly, and make informed decisions.

We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location.

As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports.

One team, being brave, driving change 

We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius.

Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.

Skills Required

Proven experience in workforce, resource planning, operations, or scheduling management
Experience managing teams in a fast-paced environment
Strong leadership skills
Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities
Strong attention to detail
Strong analytical skills and ability to work with data, forecasts, and reporting tools
Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to handle challenges, work efficiently under pressure, adapt quickly, and make informed decisions

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The Company

HQ: New York, NY

1,800 Employees

Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

Genius Sports is the layer between what happens on the field and how the world engages with it. Our solutions across the global sports ecosystem are underpinned by our next generation big data and artificial intelligence platform, GeniusIQ. By ingesting and computing multiple real-time data feeds, GeniusIQ powers a wide range of functions and applications across sports performance and officiation, fan engagement, advertising, and sports betting. Founded in 2001, Genius Sports is now one of the world’s largest sports technology companies, working with the likes of the NFL, NBA, EPL, FIBA, ESPN, Sky Sports, Flutter, DraftKings and 100s more. We're headquartered in New York and London, with offices in Los Angeles, Medellin, Tallinn, Sofia, Singapore, Lausanne, Manchester and Melbourne. Legend, a world-leading sports and gaming media network, reaching hundreds of millions of visitors a year is now part of Genius Sports too. Together, we’re combining Legend’s audience, brands and product expertise with Genius Sports’ real-time data, technology and capabilities to create the next generation of fan-facing media and advertising.

Why Work With Us

We are one team, being brave, driving change. Our company values help create a cohesive culture, where we think, feel and act like One Genius. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference, driving our vision to be everywhere in sports, redefining experiences through technology.