Director, Sporting Human Resources

About the Club

Boston Legacy FC is a professional women’s soccer club based in Boston and competing in the National Women’s Soccer League since its first season in 2026. The organization is focused on building a top-tier team and business, supporting women’s sports, contributing to the local community, and shaping the next generation of professional soccer. As a growing club with ambitious goals, it is looking for entrepreneurial people who want to help build the foundation of something special.

Role Overview

Boston Legacy FC is looking for a Director of Sporting Human Resources to act as the main people-and-culture partner for the sporting side of the club. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Legal Officer and working closely with the General Manager, this position supports the coaching group, technical and performance staff, athletic training and medical teams, and football operations.

This is a leadership-oriented build-from-scratch role for someone who enjoys working where high-performance sport meets people development. The role focuses on creating and running programs that strengthen sporting leaders, including leadership development, performance coaching, manager support, structured feedback, and training. The position also supports sporting employees beyond managers when needed, especially around performance and communication. The goal is to help create a workplace that is healthy, accountable, high-trust, and driven to win both on and off the field.

The role is primarily staff-facing, but support for players may also be required as needed. Recruiting, HR administration, and payroll are handled by the club’s business-side People team, so this position can stay centered on leadership development and culture building within the sporting department.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main people-and-culture partner for the sporting organization, working under the COO/CLO and alongside the General Manager and sporting leaders.
• Strengthen leadership capability across sporting staff by coaching and enabling coaches, technical team members, and department heads.
• Create and run leadership development programs designed for a demanding, high-performance sporting setting.
• Manage the performance review rhythm for sporting employees, including goals, one-on-one structure, feedback processes, and ongoing coaching.
• Serve as a confidential, impartial, and trusted resource for sporting staff and players to support respectful relationships and a culture of accountability and trust.
• Guide sporting leaders on team chemistry, communication, and collaboration across coaches, athletic trainers, medical staff, performance staff, the General Manager, and football operations.
• Develop and administer HR learning programs and oversee the learning management system for the sporting department, including content, launch, and adoption monitoring.
• Work with the business-side People team to make sure sporting employees are supported across the wider employee experience, while that team retains responsibility for recruiting, HR administration, and payroll.
• Help define and reinforce the values, behaviors, and standards expected in a championship-level sporting environment.
• Keep current with practices used by other NWSL and professional sports organizations and continuously improve internal processes.
• Travel to home games, select away matches, and events when needed, while remaining primarily on site in Massachusetts with the team.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of progressively responsible experience in human resources, people operations, or talent development, including experience supporting a sporting or professional sports organization; soccer experience is preferred, though other professional or collegiate sports are acceptable.
• Strong understanding of how a sporting organization functions and how coaches, athletic trainers, medical staff, performance staff, general managers, and football operations work together.
• Proven ability in performance coaching, leadership development, and manager enablement, ideally within fast-moving and high-performance environments.
• Practical experience building and delivering HR training programs and managing LMS platforms.
• Strong facilitation skills for one-on-ones, feedback routines, and development conversations.
• High emotional intelligence, maturity, discretion, and sound judgment, with the ability to act as a credible and neutral partner for both leaders and staff.
• Comfort working in a startup-style environment where structures, programs, and processes need to be created from the ground up.
• Willingness and ability to travel for matches and events and to work evenings and weekends as needed by the schedule.
• Ability to pass a Boston Legacy FC background check and a separate NWSL-required background check.

Benefits

• Compensation aligned to experience, qualifications, and market standards.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents, along with mental health support.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Paid time off, sick leave, and recognized holidays.
• Opportunity to attend matchdays, events, and club activities as part of the founding team.
• Chance to join a mission-driven startup culture where ideas move quickly and every contribution has lasting impact.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodation

Boston Legacy FC is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. Employment decisions are made without regard to 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 protected characteristic.

If you need a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, the club is willing to provide support.