Performance & Development Manager - Beach Volleyball

About the role

Setka Cup is a professional sports league organizing tournaments and managing the full competition cycle, and it is expanding its beach volleyball direction. It is looking for a Performance & Development Manager who will take ownership of player performance, competitive balance and game quality. The role is hands-on: you will regularly visit venues, watch games and work directly with players, teams and venue organizers.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate player skill levels and the competitiveness of beach volleyball pairs, and build and maintain balanced player pools and pairings.
• Run training sessions, workshops and practical coaching for players and venue teams, and prepare training camps and player pool calibration before competitions.
• Develop tactical recommendations and game models for commercial beach volleyball, including rally dynamics, serving strategy and sand defense.
• Monitor match quality, review match footage and identify technical gaps, officiating mistakes and unsportsmanlike behavior.
• Conduct on-site briefings, error review sessions and match audits, and prepare match-quality reports with recommendations.
• Work with the Operations and Trading team to improve tournament and match quality, and with the Integrity team on suspicious gameplay patterns.

Required profile

• At least 2 years of practical experience in volleyball or beach volleyball as a coach, player, referee, scout, tournament coordinator or similar.
• Strong knowledge of FIVB Beach Volleyball rules and the specifics of the game.
• Experience evaluating players, creating balanced pairs, running training sessions and giving constructive feedback.
• Confident use of Google Sheets / Excel for player databases and quality reporting.
• Intermediate English or higher, including understanding official FIVB regulations.
• Willingness to make regular on-site visits to tournament venues and to work from the office.

Required skills

• Video analysis and identification of technical mistakes and unusual match patterns.
• Google Sheets / Excel.

What we offer

• A role with direct influence on player development and tournament quality.
• Competitive and timely payment, flexible working hours and a hybrid format.
• Professional development, mentoring and support, team-building events.
• 100% paid sick leave, 20 working days of paid vacation and paid childcare leave.