Project Coordinator, Performance Innovation Team Athletes' Performance

Description


Athletes' Performance has firmly established itself as the world leader in providing integrated performance training, physical therapy, and nutrition services to elite athletes and teams. From its four elite facilities in Arizona, Southern California, Florida and Texas, the company has trained many of the Top Champions in Sport. Recently, Athletes? Performance trained 14 2011 NFL first round picks, 14 MLB All-Stars, and 3 of the final 16 teams in the 2010 World Cup. Our success also includes applying our proven model to training high school athletes, college athletes, executives, and military personnel with our integrated cross-disciplinary solutions. Athletes? Performance was named one of Fast Company?s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Sport in 2011.

In addition to training the top champions in sport, Athletes? Performance created the Core Performance brand to help people live healthier, higher-performing lives. Core Performance has partnered with leading companies to create engaging, personalized, and sustainable wellness programs that help employees get healthier and companies develop a competitive edge in the marketplace. Today, Core Performance is the leader in proactive wellness, delivering measurable results through integrated, data-driven programs that are rooted in advanced science and research for employees and corporations. All programs are powered by our industry-leading, patented IP and IT infrastructure.

Athletes? Performance Inc. is backed by Polaris Venture Partners and recently announced a growth investment/partnership with Walgreens Corporation. Walgreens? Take Care Health Systems subsidiary is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.



Project Coordinators in the Performance Innovation team are tasked with managing projects involving integration of Athletes? Performance Training System Methodology and Technology into finished product form. Candidates should be proficient with Performance Training/Exercise Science techniques and have a solid grasp of technology related to the health and wellness and Performance Training fields. Experience developing editorial content for the mass consumer as well as technical papers for industry professionals is required. Project management skills related but not limited to requirements gathering, prioritization, scope definition, and development planning are essential.


The candidate will be required to design engaging training experiences based on their expertise (as evidenced by education and credentialing) in the field of Performance Training by designing and creating systematized prioritization logic leading to individualized exercise interventions based on evaluation results.

Day to day tasks required to fulfill this duty include:

Critical literature reviews with the goal of evaluating current research and how it relates to training methodology and user experience

Creating user flows and pathways of how users will interact with the product being developed

Creation of prioritization criteria and prioritization of features based on business strategy, development difficulty, and methodological value

Wireframing web-based user experiences surrounding preventative, corrective, and performance training programs

Requirements gathering of all features and user functionality related to user flows and communication of requirements and functionality to software developers

Ongoing supervision of product development with the goal of ensuring the correct implementation of the technical requirements by the software developers



The candidate will be tasked with taking a forward thinking view of the field of human performance and identifying emerging technologies both in and out of the field which hold promise for reducing injuries and improving performance. They will be required to not only critically evaluate efficacy of the technology, but also develop a strategy of how to integrate the usage of the technology into both in-person and digital training programs.

Day to day tasks required to fulfill this duty include:

Critical needs analysis of existing and proposed training methodologies

Analysis of existing and emerging technology related to the field of human performance. Specifically evaluating technical abilities of the technology as well as user experience and how those integrate with identified needs of the training system

Field testing technology with Physical Therapy clients, athletes, and general populations



The candidate will be required to supervised both 3-D biomechanical motion capture and video shoots as well as post-production processing of the captured data and footage, including creation and execution of shot lists based on the technical requirements of a product will require supervision and coordination of biomechanists, video crew, and talent.

Day to day tasks required to fulfill this duty include:

Creation of content management policies and procedures

Analysis and collection of product requirements for the shoots

Analysis and selection of biomechanical capture technology based on the technical and business requirements of each project

Supervision and coaching of talent to ensure clean movement patterns are captured with no compensatory motion

The candidate will be required to manage all specific daily demands in support of priority execution against the prioritized needs of the business. They will be required to understand operational dependencies and how they relate to the specific daily tasks required for timely and efficient execution of product development. In addition to this internal execution of interdependencies, the candidate will also manage external consultants? executions within the overall project plan.

Day to day tasks required to fulfill this duty include:

Strong project management skills

Logic-chaining of dependencies and prioritizations to develop overall project plans



Seeking a dynamic individual to be part of our Performance Innovation Team as a Project Coordinator, who possess the following:

The position is located in Phoenix, AZ.


Able to pay close attention to the details of a project/problem.
Communicates well (verbal/written)
Tech savvy (not genius, but very comfortable)
Problem solver ? solution oriented
Organized (both in their thoughts, approaches to problems, self management)
Logical ? enjoys process, has a method/reason for what they do
Reflective & independent learner (eg, learns from mistakes, asks good questions?once)
Not afraid to work hard/doesn?t shy away from hard work
Self Starter- should be able to seek out self-directed task plans and identify paths of necessary development
Accountable to deadlines and critical path workstreams
Able to focus on task at hand and block out distractions
Able to participate as part of a team with little need to fulfill ego
Able to push through long, monotonous projects without losing motivation
Good writer- both creatively and technically
Able to push projects through to completion.


Bachelor degree in Sport Science or Kinesiology
CSCS preferred
travel may be required

Location:	Phoenix, AZ United States