About Sports Labs
Sports Labs Ltd is a global leader in sports technology, specialising in sports surface testing, certification, and consultancy. Working with governing bodies, clubs, stadiums, manufacturers, and venues around the world, we help ensure playing surfaces meet the highest standards for performance, quality, and safety. With a reputation for independent technical excellence, innovation, and integrity, we offer employees the opportunity to work on exciting international projects, develop specialist expertise, and make a real impact across the world of sport.
Working: 39 hours per week. This is an important role and flexibility to work to deadlines is essential.
Reporting to Sports Labs Group Operations Director
Why join Sports Labs? Do you want to work in a world leading operation for sport surface and technology testing. Be part of a great team of like minded driven people, making a difference at community level in sport while also heavily involved in elite sport. We work hard but we have fun and are very welcoming.
Description of the role:
You will lead a established and skilled field testing and reporting department which currently consists of 17 people whom carry sports governing body accreditations and experience ranging from 9 months to 10 years.
Our technicians are located in offices around the world with a high volume of operations in the UK and Ireland.
Operating under our quality control and governing body accreditations you will manage a team undertaking and reporting field and technology tests, such as FIFA, World Rugby, FIH, ITF and World Athletics.
A key part of the role is managing our technicians and projects we undertake, through to official reporting and certification, and as a service provider ensuring we meet realistic client expectations and upload times with accuracy.
In addition, you will be responsible for a managing your team responding to enquiries, providing quotations, invoicing and sales targets.
This role includes significant people management with personal development reviews and plans, appraisals and equipment management.
Type of Person: A leader with strong personal and management skills with the ambition and drive to sustain, then grow a great team of sport testing and reporting individuals. This is a unique opportunity to work in sport in both community and elite venues around the world.
· Strong people management,
· performance management,
· Commercial awareness,
· Operational planning and logistics,
· Strong communication skills for key stakeholder engagement,
· Succession planning,
· Comfortable with national and international travel
· Good a business networking
Type of experience: People management, project management and technical appraisal ability. Sales and target driven performance with KPI’s. While some are essential for others enthusiasm and adaptability to perform is expected to be demonstrated.
Support and onboarding: Support will provided from senior management, peers in the department, quality control personnel and appropriate sports governing body literature. Spending time with our other department managers will be arranged and a key part of onboarding.
Essential Skills
· Passport
· Right to live in UK
· UK Driver licence – 6 points or under
· Excellent MS Office skills
· Organisational skills
· Ability to work on own initiative
· Ambitious for development
· Strong commitment to your team
· Planning and Logistics experience
· Management of staff and teams
· Ability to travel frequently within UK and Rest of world
· Generally short trips can be at short notice
· Ability to work to deadlines
· Flexibility to meet deadlines
· Ability to delegate
· Confident engaging with peers at all levels
· A commitment to time delivery and project completion
Desired Skills
· Industry experience
· Technical knowledge of sports surfaces
· Quality control procedures
o Working within a ISO 17025 environment
· Understanding and passion for Sport
· Degree qualified in relevant field or 5+ plus Industry experience:
· Core skills options
o Engineering
o Sports Science
o Sports Technology
· Project management
· Business management
· Committed to continual improvement
· Learning new skills
· Experience of attending meetings and discussions and networking
· Presentation skills
· Remote teams and in person teams
· Somebody that thrives under pressure
Equipment & Additional: Sports Labs attire, working phone, laptop and hub. Access to a pool car for work travel or personal mileage reimbursement.
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
