Freeride Skiing Pro Team Head Coach – Contractor
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Freeride skiing coach leading U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s elite Pro Team. Planning training, competitions, athlete development, selection, travel, and logistics.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical coaching and leadership for the Freeride Pro Team
- Plan and lead team training sessions and camps
- Conduct video review and facilitate high-performance needs
- Plan competition schedules and strategies
- Execute logistics with all team athletes
- Establish technical, physical, and mental goals with each athlete
- Create, track, and update Athlete Development Plans throughout the season
- Develop and lead the Freeride Pro Team travel, training, and competition schedule
- Travel with athletes to assist with in-transit needs when needed
- Develop and manage Freeride Team selection criteria
- Educate and communicate selection criteria to team athletes, clubs, academies, regional programs, parents, and others
- Manage travel expenses and develop project sheets estimating costs per athlete
- Communicate, track, and balance project expenses through monthly reports with the Team Manager and Sport Director
Requirements:
- Extensive travel required
- Minimum 5+ years coaching experience in a high-level domestic program or elite-level international program
- Minimum Level 300 Coaches Certification preferred
- Knowledge of technical aspects of coaching Freeride skiing athletes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to manage projects independently or in coordination with other coaches/programs
- Accounting and budget management skills
- Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and video review/editing
- Strong winter driving skills
- Ability to operate manual transmission recommended
- Ability to ski to and from training and course venues
- Ability to access all parts of a Freeride Course Venue
- Ability to drive long distances around the world with athletes
- Contractor must accept the risks of working in extreme weather conditions and provide services within reason
Benefits:
- Potential conversion from a contract position to a full-time position pending satisfactory performance after the 2026-27 season
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions













