Job Title: Sporting Director, National Teams Location: Canada (flexible within Canada) Position Type: Full-Time Reports to: CEO The Sporting Director, National Teams is responsible for the management of Canada Soccersnational teams and high-performance initiatives.The position is responsible for:1. Managerial oversight of the national teams and high-performance functions.National team systemExtended national teams (e.g., para, futsal)Performance data and analysisSports scienceMental performanceScouting, identification, and recruitmentHigh-performance player development pathways2. Institutionalizing Canada Soccers national sporting identity.Collaborate with the senior national team coaches, coaching education staff, and other high-performance stakeholders to ensure Canadas national high-performance sporting identity for mens and womens football is codified, communicated broadly, and appropriately incorporated into mechanisms for coach education.3. Other duties as assigned.Position DescriptionThe Sporting Director, National Teams is a versatile executive who is fluent in the technical, administrative, and organizational management aspects of high-performance international football. Reporting to the CEO and acting as a collaborative colleague to the senior national team head coaches, the Sporting Director is the senior executive responsible for the management of Canada Soccers national teams and high-performance initiatives. They provide administrative and technical leadership for Canada Soccers high-performance functions, including the national team system, extended national teams (e.g., para soccer, futsal), national team scouting and recruitment, performance data and analysis, sports science, and mental performance. They support coaches and staff in these areas, design staffing structures, oversee performance, and develop management and succession plans. They ensure the high-performance functions at Canada Soccer are operated with excellence and on a gender-equitable basis. The Sporting Director works as a colleague to the senior national team head coaches and supervisor to all other head coaches and national team technical personnel, cultivating a strong working relationship with each of them to become a trusted resource. On an as-needed basis, the Sporting Director attends senior and youth national team training camps and communicates regularly with coaches outside of these events. They also provide administrative oversight to ensure Canada Soccers national teams follow all tournament rules and players association mandates.In addition, working alongside the senior national team head coaches and other technical leaders, the Sporting Director will institutionalize the federations national sporting identity and broadly communicate it to stakeholders across Canada. The national sporting identity is based on the game models, sporting philosophies, styles of play, positional archetypes, and KPIs utilized by the current senior national team head coaches, with the goal of building consistent and stable long-term identities for Canada's mens and womens national teams and high-performance soccer ecosystem. The Sporting Director will thus collaborate with stakeholders across Canada including provincial and territorial associations, clubs, and coaches to help inspire alignment with the national sporting identity.On occasion, the Sporting Director will participate alongside the CEO or other Canada Soccer personnel in fundraising meetings and events with donors and corporate partners. They will be able to communicate persuasively about the vision and growth plan for Canadian soccer and the national team system to inspire confidence with potential supporters.QUALIFICATIONSCandidates should have the following qualifications: Extensive playing, coaching, or management experience in professional or international soccer. Successful track record of sporting or technical leadership in elite soccer. Expert understanding of the high-performance pathway in Canadian soccer. Exceptional leadership and communication skills. Experience working effectively with high-performing coaches. Demonstrated history of integrity in conduct and ethical decision-making. Familiarity with the overall landscape of Canadian soccer is strongly preferred. Advanced coaching licenses and other advanced technical certifications are preferred.Additional considerations: The ability to speak English and French is preferred. University degree in sport science, business, or another related area of expertise is preferred.GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTSPlease submit your cover letter and rsum to careers@canadasoccer.com before May 23, 2025. Please note that only those candidates selected for a potential interview will be contacted.--------------------Poste: Directeurrice sportifive des quipes nationalesLieu: Canada (flexible partout au Canada)Type de poste: Full-TimeRattachement hirarchique: PDGRsum du posteLela Directeurrice sportifive des quipes nationales supervise la gestion des quipes nationales de Canada Soccer et lensemble des initiatives haute performance. Les responsabilits principales du poste sont les suivantes :1. Supervision managriale du systme dquipes nationales et des fonctions hauteperformance :Systme des quipes nationalesquipes nationales largies (p. ex. para-soccer, futsal)Donnes et analyse de performanceSciences du sportPerformance mentaleReprage, identification et recrutementParcours de dveloppement des joueureuses haute performance2. Institutionnaliser lidentit sportive nationale de Canada Soccer.Collaborer avec les entraneures chef des quipes seniors, le personnel de formation en entranement et les autres intervenantes haute performance pour codifier et diffuser largement une identit sportive cohrente pour les quipes nationales masculine et fminine, et lintgrer aux mcanismes de formation des entraneures.3. Tches connexes selon les besoins.Description du posteLela Directeurrice sportifive des quipes nationales est une cadre polyvalente, laise tant dans les volets techniques quadministratifs et organisationnels du soccer international haute performance. Relevant du PDG et travaillant en collaboration troite avec les entraneures chef des quipes seniors, cette personne est lela responsable excutifve de la gestion des quipes nationales et des programmes haute performance de Canada Soccer. IlElle apporte un soutien administratif et technique aux fonctions haute performance : systme des quipes nationales, quipes largies, reprage et recrutement, donnes et analyses, sciences du sport et performance mentale. IlElle conoit les structures dencadrement, supervise la performance et labore des plans degestion et de relve, en assurant une approche quitable entre les genres.IlElle collabore en tant que pair aux entraneures chef seniors et supervise les autres entraneures chef et le personnel technique, dveloppant un lien de confiance pour devenir une ressource cl. Sur demande, ilelle participe aux camps dentranement des quipes senior et juvnile et communique rgulirement avec les entraneures en dehors de ces vnements. Ilelle assure aussi la conformit rglementaire aux rglements de tournois et aux mandats des associations de joueureuses.Avec les entraneures chef seniors et les autres leaders techniques, ilelle institutionnalise et communique lidentit sportive nationale de la fdration, fonde sur les modles de jeu, philosophies, styles de jeu, archtypes de poste et indicateurs cls de performance (KPI) des entraneures chef actuels, afin de btir une identit cohrente et durable pour les quipes nationales masculine et fminine et lcosystme haute performance. Ilelle collabore avec les associations provinciales/territoriales, les clubs et les entraneures travers le pays pour favoriser lalignement sur cette identit. loccasion, ilelle accompagne le PDG ou dautres reprsentantes de Canada Soccer lors de rencontres de financement avec les donateurs et partenaires corporatifs, prsentant avec loquence la vision et le plan de dveloppement du soccer canadien et du systme des quipes nationales pour susciter ladhsion.QUALIFICATIONS REQUISESLes candidats doivent possder les qualifications suivantes : Exprience significative (joueureuse, entraneure ou gestionnaire) dans le soccer professionnel ou international. Antcdents probants en gestion ou leadership technique au sein dun environnement haute performance. Excellente matrise des parcours de dveloppement de talents et des enjeux du soccer canadien. Excellentes comptences en leadership et en communication. Exprience de collaboration efficace avec des entraneures de haut niveau. Intgrit irrprochable et sens aigu de la prise de dcision thique. Connaissance approfondie du paysage du soccer au Canada fortement souhaite. Licences dentraneure avances et autres certifications techniques suprieures (un atout).Atouts supplmentaires : Bilinguisme franaisanglais prfr. Diplme universitaire en sciences du sport, gestion ou domaine connexe souhait.DIRECTIVES POUR LES CANDIDATESVeuillez envoyer votre lettre de motivation et votre curriculum vit :careers@canadasoccer.com avant le 23 mai 2025. Notez que seules les personnes retenues pour une entrevue seront contactes.
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Sporting Director, National Teams