Director, Sporting Human Resources

About the role

Boston Legacy FC is Boston's professional women's soccer team, competing in the National Women's Soccer League since our inaugural 2026 season. We are dedicated to building a championship-caliber organization on and off the pitch.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated people and culture partner to the sporting organization, reporting to the COO/CLO and partnering closely with the GM and sporting department leaders.
• Build leadership capability across the sporting staff including coaching, developing, and enabling coaches, technical staff, and department heads to lead their teams effectively.
• Design, deliver, and facilitate leadership development programming tailored to a high-performance sporting environment.
• Own the performance management cadence for sporting staff, including goal-setting, structured 1:1 frameworks, regular feedback cycles, and ongoing performance coaching.
• Act as a trusted, neutral, and confidential resource for sporting staff and players, supporting healthy working relationships and a respectful, high-trust, accountable culture.
• Advise sporting leadership on team dynamics, communication, and effective collaboration across coaches, athletic trainers, medical and performance staff, the GM, and football operations.
• Partner with the business-side People team to ensure sporting staff are well supported across the broader employee experience, while recruiting, HR administration, and payroll remain with that team.
• Help define and reinforce the cultural standards, behaviors, and norms of a championship-caliber sporting organization.
• Stay up to date on best practices from other NWSL and professional sports teams and constantly evolve our internal processes.
• Travel to home matches and select away matches and events as needed, while maintaining a primary on-site presence in Massachusetts with the team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive human resources, people, or talent development experience, including time supporting a sporting or professional sports organization (soccer preferred; other professional or collegiate sports considered).
• Demonstrated understanding of how a sporting organization operates and how its people work together including the relationships and interdependencies among coaches, athletic trainers, medical and performance staff, general managers, and football operations.
• Proven strength in performance coaching, leadership development, and manager enablement, ideally in fast-paced, high-performance settings.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering HR training programs and administering LMS platforms.
• Skilled facilitator of 1:1s, feedback cycles, and development conversations.
• Exceptional emotional intelligence, maturity, discretion, and judgment, with the ability to be a credible, neutral partner trusted by leaders and staff alike.
• A builder’s mindset — comfortable creating structures, programs, and processes from the ground up in a start-up environment, and driving consistent results.
• Willingness and ability to travel to matches and events, and to work evenings and weekends as the schedule requires.

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation — salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and market.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage — medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and eligible dependents, plus mental health support.
• Financial Future — 401(k) plan with employer match to help you invest in what’s next.
• Time to Recharge — paid time off, sick leave, and recognized holidays.
• Behind-the-Scenes Access — experience matchdays, events, and club moments as an essential member of the team building Boston’s professional women’s soccer club from day one.
• Founding Team Culture — join a tight-knit, mission-driven group where every voice matters, ideas move fast, and the work you do leaves a lasting mark on the club, the league, and the city.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Boston Legacy FC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, religion, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Boston Legacy FC is dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects the vibrant and diverse community we serve—on and off the pitch.