Job Fransen is an Adjunct Fellow in motor control and skill acquisition at the University of Technology Sydney. He is particularly interested in how expertise in human movement emerges as a result of individual and environmental factors. His work has investigated the importance of talent identification and development programs in youth sport, the importance of perceptual and cognitive skills and abilities in the development of sporting expertise, and the assessment and development of collective behaviour.

Job is an executive board member of the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network and an associate editor for Science and Medicine in Football.

Job also has experience coaching in a wide range of disciplines, including soccer, rugby union, rugby sevens, field hockey, among many more. Between 2016-2020, Job was employed as the skill acquisition specialist for the Sydney Swans Football Club, where he used contemporary skill acquisition methods to help coaches design more effective training sessions focused on developing individual and collective skilled behaviour.