Director Of Coaching & Sports Science

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is the only German team in the UCI WorldTour - the world's top cycling league. Starting out as outsiders, the team has since established itself among the global leaders. Almost 300 races have been won, including overall victories in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, stage wins in all Grand Tours and victories in the prestigious classics. In addition to the elite team, the structure also includes one of the best junior teams in the world and an U23 team. This setup underlines Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe's vision of developing iconic riders from its own ranks. You have the unique opportunity to work in professional cycling and contribute to making our team the most attractive brand.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

• Coaching

  Holistic implementation of our coaching philosophy: Athlete centered - Coach driven - Performance oriented

  Management, support and supervision of the coaching team and overall responsibility for the entire coaching staff

  Preparation of comprehensive reports with detailed information on the development and potential of our riders

  Ensuring smooth cooperation between coaches and other stakeholders in the planning of individual race calendars

  Close cooperation and exchange with sports directors in order to obtain an objective view of training and competition performance and to be able to operate effective performance expectation management

• Training Camps

  Accompanying and monitoring the implementation of our training strategy on site

  Evaluating and deciding on locations for training camps

• Sports Science

  Initiation of performance-oriented R&D to generate outstanding data-driven insights for top performance in sport

  Development of innovative ideas for development potential within the entire sports sector

  Budget responsibility for the entire Coaching & Sports Science division

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• Extensive experience in the areas of sports management, coaching and data analysis as well as in the management and implementation of science-driven initiatives
• International experience in professional sports, ideally in cycling or endurance sports
• Leadership experience as well as confident management of diverse teams and professional development of team members
• Very good command of written and spoken English that meets the needs of day-to-day communication as well as high-level scientific discourses
• Willingness to improve your ideally already existing knowledge of German

• Travel 20-30%