Title: Director, Performance Nutrition
Reports to: Director, Performance
Status: Full-Time Salaried, Non-Exempt
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Overview:
The Philadelphia Phillies are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking leader to serve as our Director of Performance Nutrition. This position will lead the organization’s nutrition strategy and operations across the Major Leagues, Minor Leagues, training complexes, and rehabilitation environments, with the goal of maximizing player health, development, and performance.
Reporting to the Director of Performance, this individual will have significant autonomy to shape the long-term vision and direction of the Phillies Nutrition Department. The Director will oversee an established team of multiple full-time direct reports, provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic direction while building upon the department’s existing foundation.
We are looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise in performance nutrition with the leadership skills, creativity, and organizational perspective necessary to drive a department forward. The successful candidate will be comfortable developing people, building scalable systems, collaborating across disciplines, and translating emerging research into practical solutions that positively impact players throughout the organization.
While the position has an established foundation of responsibilities, we recognize that the Nutrition Department will continue to evolve. The individual selected for this role will play a central role in shaping that evolution, working in partnership with the Director of Performance to refine departmental priorities, responsibilities, and the long-term vision for performance nutrition across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Help build departmental values and core principles that will usher the Phillies Nutrition Department into the future of performance enhancement in professional baseball.
- Create and manage processes that assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance (intake and expenditure) of players in the context of athletic performance.
- Oversee a team of dietitians directed toward the ultimate goal of using nutrition concepts toward improving the health and performance of the players in the organization.
- Work alongside other performance departments as well as baseball staff to implement processes that are most effective in achieving the highest levels of performance for the organization and its players.
- Oversee processes that ensure this organization and its staff remain in front of the emerging curve of nutrition research regarding injury risk reduction and baseball performance enhancement.
- Evaluate the latest trends with nutritional supplements, including natural herbals, for legality, safety, quality, and efficiency. Monitor the use of supplements by each athlete, and promote the NSF Certified for Sport program.
- Continue to evaluate the roles of the dietitians to ensure the highest level of impact on the athletes while creating a healthy, progressive professional culture for each.
- Manage the Nutrition budget throughout the fiscal year including the Major League season, each affiliate Minor League season, various camps throughout the year, Rehab, and any other Phillies Nutrition-related programs.
- Ensure the professional development and continued education of each dietitian in the organization.
- Continue to uphold and progress the Philadelphia Phillies culture and employee standards.
Food Service and Menu Development:
- Ensure high-quality meals are provided at each level of the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
- Oversee catering, meal plans, and nutritional guidance for the Major League team, all Minor League affiliates, various camps, and Rehab.
- Continue to evaluate new trends in nutrition, hydration products, and ingredients related to enhancing performance.
- Monitor each affiliate for athlete satisfaction, performance trends and staff integration.
- Monitor and oversee healthy relationships between the organization and its staff with outside vendors, caterers and any other food suppliers.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in clinical nutrition, food and nutrition, food science, sports nutrition or related expertise required.
- Master’s degree in nutrition, food science, or exercise physiology preferred.
- Current Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), with applicable state licensure or eligibility to obtain required licensure.
- Certification and Licensing as required by the state of Pennsylvania and Florida.
- Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics preferred.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and counseling skills.
- 5+ years of experience as a Sports Nutritionist within a professional or collegiate program.
- At least 3 years managing dietitians in a team sports setting with proven experience creating an environment focused on staff development
- Knowledge of eating disorders, including early signs and symptoms.
- Knowledge and application of medical nutrition therapy, ergogenic aids, nutritional supplements, herbal supplements.
- Excellent time management, organizational, and record keeping skills.
- Knowledge of food service quality and safety practices.
- ServSafe certified preferred.
- Knowledge of resting metabolic rate and energy expenditure as it relates to baseball.
- Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently as well as within a group.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
This position will require regular travel to Minor League affiliates throughout the season but does not require full-time travel with the Major League club. The Director, Performance Nutrition will have flexibility to determine the frequency of Major League travel and will work collaboratively with the Director, Performance to establish a travel schedule that best supports the needs of the Nutrition Department and the organization.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
