Location: Manchester, GB
Opening Date: 22 Jul 2025
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date of Applications – 30 Jul 2025
Our Story
Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.
Our Winning Team
MCFC is built on a vision for sustainability, with an academy structure designed to support long-term first team success, to engagement with the communities in which we reside. Together with our passionate fans and valued network of partners, we are developing Manchester City’s future history.
The role of the 1st Team Performance Analyst is to support the First Team Performance Analysis department in delivering elite-level analysis that generates actionable insights for coaches and players. This role plays a critical part in preparing tactical and individual performance insights that enhance team and player development, in both training and match environments.
This is Your City
As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.
Your Impact
- Produce and present tailored opposition individual player analysis to key first team stakeholders, including the coaching team and players.
- When required, collaborate with the First Team Analyst Lead to deliver detailed opposition analysis, including tactical trends and key threats/opportunities.
- Assist in managing and maintaining analysis databases and folder structures related to opposition and internal performance data.
- Contribute to the matchday analysis process at both home and away fixtures, including live coding, in-game feedback, and post-match reporting.
- Ensure the analysis output is aligned with the MCFC philosophy and performance objectives set by the management team.
- Provide flexible support across all areas of the Performance Analysis team as needed, contributing to wider departmental objectives including training analysis, individual development, post-match reviews, and ad-hoc projects.
What we are looking for
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in Performance Analysis or a related field.
- Detailed knowledge of football.
- Experience to work to tight deadlines.
- Experience of working within a Performance Analysis environment.
- Highly proficient using Hudl Sportscode.
- Highly proficient using Piero or Studio.
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree in Performance Analysis or a related field
- Experience of independently delivering performance analysis projects
- UEFA B Licence
City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.
Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.
