Mobility Manager

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension

Private medical insurance

Landmark international sporting event

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited seeks a Mobility Manager based at Wembley Stadium in London to coordinate host city mobility plans and provide expert guidance for tournament logistics. The fixed-term role runs from February 2027 to Summer 2028 with travel across the UK and Ireland.

The role requires strong planning, stakeholder engagement, and transport knowledge to align host city activities with national and international mobility strategies and ensure robust, deliverable plans.

Qualifications

• Strong operational planning experience with ability to review and challenge complex transport plans.
• Knowledge of EURO 2028 Host Cities and public transport context for major events.
• Technical understanding of public transport across the UK and Ireland.
• Strategic and proactive approach to event transport planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination.
• Ability to influence planning outcomes in large multi-city programs.

Responsibilities

• Act as UK&I contact for Host Cities, including Dublin, and coordinate mobility planning.
• Provide support to Host City mobility teams and ensure plans align with tournament requirements.
• Assess mobility proposals for risks, gaps, and dependencies with robust assurance.
• Integrate Host City plans with wider mobility strategy and adjacent workstreams.
• Liaise across Host City and UK&I departments to share information and align delivery.
• Represent UK&I at planning groups and build trusted stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Operational planning

Stakeholder management

Public transport knowledge

Event planning

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Job description

About the Role

The Mobility Manager will coordinate the development of Host City mobility plans and transport-related tournament requirements, providing support and technical guidance to Host City mobility teams. The role holder will build and manage UK&I relationships with Host City Mobility Leads and other internal UK&I departments, ensuring planning integration, consistent delivery and achievement of the tournament's objectives and requirements. The position is a fixed-term role from February 2027 to Summer 2028.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the key UK&I contact for a portfolio of Host Cities, including Dublin
• Providing support and guidance to facilitate best-in-class Host City planning and ensuring mobility leads and teams have the information required to develop robust plans aligned with tournament planning assumptions and requirements.
• Provide technical, operational and strategic support and expertise during the development and refinement of Host City mobility plans and concepts.
• Critically assess proposed mobility solutions, assumptions and operational plans, identifying risks, gaps and dependencies and providing assurance that plans are robust, deliverable and aligned with tournament requirements.
• Ensure Host City plans integrate effectively with the wider national and international mobility strategy and planning, maintaining a strong strategic understanding of adjacent mobility workstreams and how they interact.
• Act as the internal liaison for Host City mobility planning across the Host City portfolio, ensuring cross-functional coordination with other UK&I departments such as Host City, Safety & Security and Stadium Liaison teams, and communicating key information to specific audiences.
• Represent UK&I at Host City planning groups and working forums, building, maintaining and growing trusted relationships with Host City mobility stakeholders and acting as a valued partner and advisor to support collaborative and productive delivery
• Enable effective challenge where required and positively influence planning outcomes.
• Embed within Host City mobility and wider tournament planning structures, developing a detailed understanding of local priorities, challenges and decision-making processes, and proactively contributing expertise
• Insights and solutions to support Host City teams and influence the development of mobility plans at the earliest stages.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Strong operational planning experience, with the ability to review, challenge and assess the deliverability of complex transport and mobility plans, identifying risks, gaps and mitigation measures.
• Knowledge of EURO 2028 Host Cities, particularly Dublin, and/or their public transport context in a major event delivery context.
• Technical understanding of public transport across the UK and Ireland.
• Strategic understanding of event and transport planning.
• Understanding of mobility and operations event delivery.
• Exceptional at building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels.
• Demonstrates the following strengths: Adaptable - leads in complex environments
• Catalyst - enables and motivates others
• Critical Thinker - makes sound decisions
• Inclusion - creates inclusive team environments
• Performance Focus - drives results and standards
• Positive Impact - shows resilience and solutions focus
• Pride - sets and upholds standards
• Relationship Manager - builds trusted partnerships.

All roles are subject to appropriate DBS checks.

Workplace

• Based at Wembley Stadium, London, with travel across the UK and Ireland as required.
• 2027: 3-4 days per week onsite.
• 2028: Full-time onsite during tournament delivery.

Salary

Competitive salary

Benefits & Perks

• 25 days holiday
• Pension
• Private medical insurance
• Opportunity to be part of a landmark international sporting event

The Application Process

The process is designed to be clear and fair, and candidates are kept informed throughout. Strengths may be assessed during application, assessment and interview.

1. Application review.
2. Interview(s) – typically first stage via MS Teams and final stage in Wembley Stadium.
3. Offer.

About the Company

We're hiring for excellence through inclusion. We're building a skilled, values-led workforce that reflects the diversity of the UK and Ireland, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and don't expect a traditional career path. We're happy to make reasonable adjustments.