Manager, Planning Venue Technology

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LA28 is hiring a Manager, Planning Venue Technology to lead planning and delivery of venue technology across Olympic venues. You will support programme management, reporting, and cross-functional interfaces with Venues, Infrastructure, and Energy teams.

You will manage a small team, maintain an implementation plan, and ensure documentation and change control are handled with precision. Expect varied hours during peak events and a strong emphasis on detail.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or relevant experience.
• Formal project or programme management qualification (e.g. Prince2, MSP, PMI).
• 5+ years in technology project management or 3+ years in programme management.
• Proven ability to manage tasks and timelines with precision and meet deadlines.
• Influence and persuade colleagues to ensure milestone delivery and reporting.
• Excellent attention to detail and organized workflows across multiple projects.
• Advanced Smartsheet proficiency is essential.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to work varying hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Detail-oriented planning and ability to brief leads on schedule and delivery.
• Go above and beyond attitude and ability to handle fast-paced change.

Responsibilities

• Support the programme management and reporting function for VTS with cross-functional interfaces.
• Create and distribute periodic venue technology updates and communications.
• Assist in managing and updating the Venue Technology Implementation Plan.
• Monitor departmental workflows to keep tasks on schedule across multiple workstreams.
• Support Telecoms, Service Delivery, Results and Cyber Security in translating requirements into plans.
• Oversee day-to-day VTS administrative operations with compliance and documentation.
• Provide administrative and operational support across VTS functions, including change control and logistics.
• Undertake additional tasks as required by event delivery needs.
• Manage a small team to deliver support to the wider VTS team.

Skills

Project management experience

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Ability to influence others

Tableau knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Prince2/MSP/PMI certification

Tools

Smartsheet

Tableau

Job description

About the Role

The Manager, Planning Venue Technology sits within the Venue Technology (VTS) Central Team, which is responsible for the integration and planning of technology services across all Olympic and Paralympic Games venues, as well as the delivery of audio-visual equipment and services. The role supports programme management and monitoring across the different phases of the programme lifecycle, interfacing with key functional areas such as Venues and Infrastructure, Planning and Programs, Energy and Logistics. It also involves managing a small team of direct reports and providing administrative and operational support across VTS functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the programme management and reporting function for VTS, interfacing with other key FAs including Venues and Infrastructure, Planning and Programs, Energy and Logistics.
• Manage and execute regular internal departmental communications, and create and distribute periodic venue technology updates.
• Assist in managing and updating the Venue Technology Implementation Plan.
• Proactively monitor departmental workflows to ensure that teams remain on task and projects are delivered on schedule across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Support Telecoms, Service Delivery, Results and Cyber Security teams to ensure requirements are accurately translated into actionable implementation plans.
• Oversee day-to-day VTS administrative operations ensuring compliance and timely documentation creation, completion or submission.
• Provide administrative and operational support across VTS functions, including change control, internal communications, mobilisation, and logistics.
• Undertake additional tasks as they become required due to the unpredictable nature of event delivery.
• Manage a small team of direct reports to deliver support to the wider VTS team.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or relevant experience.
• A formal project or programme management qualification (e.g. Prince2, MSP, PMI etc.).
• 5+ years of experience in technology project management, or 3 years of programme management.
• Proven ability to manage tasks and timelines with precision, delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and persuade colleagues to ensure delivery of milestones or reporting deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills; known for staying on task and maintaining structured workflows across multiple concurrent projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Smartsheet is essential.
• Possesses an obsessive attention to detail and a relentless drive for perfection, with the ability to juggle multiple complex tasks simultaneously while maintaining accuracy.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills with the ability to translate procedural information into clear, concise, and actionable language for diverse audiences (technical teams, vendors, and non-technical stakeholders).
• Willingness to work varying hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, especially during peak event periods.
• A detailed approach to planning and delivery.
• An ability to brief leads regarding schedule and delivery planning.
• An attitude to go above and beyond to deliver.
• Ability to effectively communicate multiple complex issues to colleagues.
• Comfort with fast-paced, uncertainty and change throughout the lifecycle of the role.

Preferred Skills

• SmartSheet Project Management Certification.
• Skills in using Tableau or similar tools.
• Experience within live events, venue operations, or large-scale infrastructure environments.

Workplace

• Onsite in the Downtown Los Angeles-based office.
• Office setting with an open floorplan and open cubicle environment.
• Extended periods of time using computers, phones, and other office equipment.

About the Company

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organising committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, on a singular mission to create Games that celebrate all the city and country have to offer. The 2028 Games mark the return of the Summer Games to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years and Los Angeles' third time hosting an Olympic Games and first time welcoming the Paralympic Games. LA28 is guided by values including optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation and boldness.