WE'RE HIRING: PERFORMANCE COACH & SPORT DIRECTOR

Performance Coach & Sport Director 

Full-time | International travel | Home-based with team activities and Service Course 

Your role
Joining our team as Performance Coach & Sport Director, you will support the athletic development and race performance of riders across CANYON//SRAM’s Women’s WorldTeam and Women’s Continental Team, CANYON//SRAM Generation.

Working closely with our existing Sports and Performance teams, you will connect individual coaching, physiological data, competition insights, performance analysis and rider feedback to create clear, practical actions that help our athletes perform at their best. You will build strong relationships with riders and peers, contribute to training and testing programmes, and bring your performance expertise into the race environment as a Performance Coach and Sport Director.

Your role will also contribute to how we develop our approach to performance, constantly looking for new ways to improve training, racing and equipment setup.

Your responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing individual training programmes aligned with rider goals and the team’s race calendar, with a daily plan and an annual roadmap. 
• Working closely with a group of riders to provide ongoing coaching, feedback and support throughout the season, including reviewing race performance.
• Analysing training, physiological and race data to identify opportunities for performance improvement.
• Planning and supporting training camps, testing sessions and performance meetings.
• Translating testing and performance data into practical training and racing recommendations.
• Preparing race strategies and rider roles in collaboration with the Director of Sport and Lead Sport Director.
• Directing or supporting the team from the car at selected races, including leading pre-race meetings and post-race reviews.
• Supporting equipment, bike setup, TT projects,  aerodynamic and apparel testing in collaboration with the Performance teams.
• Working closely with other team performance directors, nutritionists, mechanics and technical partners to support overall rider performance.
• Contributing to performance research, analysis and the continued development of our coaching methods and processes.

Your profile
What matters most to us is that you combine strong coaching expertise with practical cycling knowledge, excellent communication, the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-moving environment and a hunger to drive the team’s performance forward.

Ideally, you bring:

• Significant experience in high-performance cycling, ideally within a professional team environment.
• Qualifications or a strong background in coaching, exercise physiology, sports science or a related field.
• Experience developing and managing structured training programmes for individual athletes.
• Experience planning and delivering training camps and practical experience with performance activities such as aerodynamic or equipment testing within a team environment.
• Strong understanding of coaching methods, training loads, physiological and performance testing, and performance data.
• Practical knowledge of race tactics and professional cycling, with experience as a Sport Director or equivalent experience preferred.
• A UCI Sport Director qualification, or the ability to obtain one.
• The ability to communicate clearly with riders and staff and build strong, trusting working relationships.
• A proactive, curious and collaborative approach, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, practical actions.
• A valid driving licence.
• Professional fluency in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• A willingness to travel regularly and work flexible hours around races, training camps, testing and team activities.

Why us?
We are an international team of riders and staff united by a passion for cycling, performance and pushing women’s sport forward. At CANYON//SRAM, your work directly contributes to how our riders prepare, compete and develop throughout the season.

With us, you’ll find:

• An international and ambitious working environment at the heart of professional cycling.
• A role combining athlete development, performance coaching and race-day sport directing.
• Close collaboration with riders, Sport Directors, Performance Directors and technical partners.
• The opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented athletes across our WorldTeam and Generation Team.
• A dynamic international calendar, with opportunities to be part of the team at major races, training camps and performance activities.
• The opportunity to contribute to the continued development of our performance approach.
• The chance to actively contribute to the future of women’s cycling.

Ready to join the team? We look forward to hearing from you.

Apply here