Venue Technology Manager (Fortaleza)

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Fortaleza; Sur place; BRL 260 000 - 380 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

FIFA is seeking a Venue Technology Manager in Fortaleza, Brazil to support the technology team for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. You will coordinate planning, readiness, and operations of event technology across venues, leading a diverse team of staff, contractors and volunteers while engaging with stakeholders and authorities.

The role requires extensive IT program experience, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills to deliver technology services on time and within governance

Qualifications

• Degree in IT/CS or a related field.
• Extensive IT experience in a similar role.
• Experience delivering complex IT programs and projects.
• Proven leadership of teams across virtual environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilités

• Ensure technology, telecoms and broadcast services meet FIFA requirements.
• Lead a diverse Venue Technology team including staff, contractors and volunteers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver tech services across venues.
• Manage venue technology working groups across planning, readiness, and operations.
• Oversee technology demand and allocation processes.
• Plan end-user tech equipment delivery for all departments.
• Consolidate tech requirements from client groups and guide build-out.
• Track infrastructure progress, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Oversee asset tracking and on-site IT technicians during operations.

Connaissances

IT program management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-group collaboration

Communication skills

Negotiation

Virtual teams leadership

Formation

University degree in IT/CS

Description du poste

About the Role

The Venue Technology Manager is responsible for supporting the Technology team with venue-specific technology deliverables for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ (FWWC 2027) within Brazil. The role entails coordinating with all relevant parties the planning, implementation, readiness and operations of all Event Technology services pertinent to the tournament and/or associated events within Brazil. The position sits within the Local FIFA Subsidiary in Brazil, established to work together with FIFA Zurich on delivering the event.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all aspects of Technology, Telecommunications and Broadcast Technology Services are implemented in accordance with the pre-agreed FIFA Technology requirements at the assigned venue(s).
• Manage a strong and diverse Venue Technology team composed of paid staff, contractors and volunteers, and support and ensure the team's adherence to IT Service management protocols.
• Collaborate with stakeholder groups, clients, providers and government entities to ensure the delivery of technology services across all venues in accordance with the defined governance structure.
• Manage and contribute to venue technology working groups across all aspects of the tournament programme, including planning, implementation, readiness and operations.
• Manage the technology demand and needs requirements for technology services through the Technology Equipment Allocation Process.
• Plan the delivery of end-user technology equipment and services, including hardware, services and consumables, to all FWWC 2027 departments and FIFA constituent groups.
• Facilitate the collection and distribution of technology requirements from all client groups, including Media, Broadcast, Commercial and Football Technology.
• Ensure that all information pertaining to infrastructure, services and spaces needed for technology services is communicated to, and understood by, venue/site authorities and delivery teams, and provide guidance on structural build-out, commissioning and decommissioning.
• Track the progress of structural build-out and IT implementation, identify and report on critical dependencies, and develop regular progress, risk and issue management reports in accordance with governance and PMO systems.
• Manage the asset tracking and management of deployed technology equipment, and manage on-site IT Technicians and support teams during tournament-time operations, including end-of-day reporting and incident escalation to the Technology Command Centre.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• University degree or similar higher education in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• Overall IT experience and experience in a similar role.
• Experience in the sports / major event industry.
• Proven track record of successful delivery of complex IT programs and projects.
• Manager with a proven track record in similar projects.
• Good knowledge of venue technology services across major sporting events.
• Up-to-date knowledge and project management expertise in all event-related technologies, including technology business solutions, community access TV (CATV), radio communications, wired communication, printing, broadcast contribution network, spectrum, and audio and visual.
• Ability to always maintain a professional demeanour and consistently interact professionally and work productively with all levels of employee.
• Excellent cross-group collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to lead virtual teams across groups, manage conflict and drive consensus to deliver on programme milestones.
• Good leadership skills and ability to manage and motivate other team members.
• Highly adept at consulting, negotiating, communicating, consensus building and facilitation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, training, and presentation skills.
• Ability to adapt speech to audiences from a broad spectrum of disciplines and with various levels of technical knowledge.
• Leadership and accountability across all areas of relevance.
• Strong political acumen and adaptability to a wide range of working environments.

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in any other FIFA language (FR / ES / GER).

Workplace

• Fortaleza (CE) - Brazil

The Application Process

CVs are reviewed by an international team.

1. Submit your CV in English.

About the Company

FIFA has established a Local FIFA Subsidiary in Brazil to work together with FIFA Zurich to deliver the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™, the biggest women’s sporting event in the world, hosted for the first time in South America in Brazil.