A sports tech firm that collaborates with Arsenal among other major European football teams is set to generate 237 job opportunities.
StatSports, headquartered in Newry, Northern Ireland, with additional offices in London, Chicago, and Florida, specialises in wearable player tracking devices and analysis software. The company has announced plans to create these roles over the next three years as part of its aggressive expansion strategy.
In addition to Arsenal, StatSports counts Manchester City, Manchester United, Barcelona, Juventus, and Brazil’s national team among its clients. The firm services approximately 500 clients worldwide, including the Irish rugby team and various American football, hockey, and basketball teams.
The new positions, 92 of which have already been filled, span several departments, including sports science, sales, research and development, finance, marketing, and human resources. StatSports recently introduced the Apex Athlete Series, a device that sits between the shoulder blades and streams real-time metrics such as distance, speed, fatigue, and injury risk to mobile phones and other devices.
“This is a hugely exciting time for us at StatSports as we embark on the next stage of our journey,” said Alan Clarke, Chief Executive and Co-Founder. “We have already established our performance monitoring technology with some of the biggest and best-known sporting organisations in the world. This investment will allow us to expand our reach even further in both the elite and everyday field sports sector. Our staff are highly skilled and incredibly knowledgeable about the sports performance monitoring industry, and we will be replicating that with the additional hires. The research and development assistance will also allow us to keep evolving our cutting-edge technology.”
The company is also investing millions of pounds in research and development and staff training, supported by a substantial grant of nearly £4 million from Invest Northern Ireland. “StatSports is an award-winning tech business that has a fast-growing reach across the world and an outstanding reputation as a leading pioneer of cutting-edge sport technology,” remarked Karen Bradley, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
StatSports is set to significantly expand its workforce and technological capabilities, further solidifying its status as a global leader in sports performance monitoring.