Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints: Sport Ops Lead (LA)

LA28 (Web); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

LA28 (Web) in Los Angeles seeks a Sport Manager, Rowing to lead planning for Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints at the 2028 Olympic Games. You will shape venues, schedules, equipment, and workforce, coordinating with LA28’s teams and World Rowing to deliver a world-class competition.

The role requires 5+ years leading major rowing events, strong stakeholder management, and office-suite proficiency (Excel/PowerPoint). On-site in LA with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience delivering national- and international-level Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints events in a leadership role.
• Extensive knowledge of Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints and event operations across multiple levels, with coordination experience with international and US sport governing bodies.
• Fluent working with Office suite products, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Extremely detail-oriented and highly organized, with strong communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders while balancing assertiveness with diplomacy.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with World Rowing and coordinate with Venues and Infrastructure and Event Management on competition and training venue design.
• Act as LA28’s subject-matter expert for Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints, refining Event Operating Plans and validating equipment requirements with World Rowing.
• Collaborate with World Rowing on competition and training schedules, and integrate their requirements with Timing, Scoring and Results into systems and infrastructure.
• Lead the Competition Management workforce for Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints and the Belmont Shore Sport team — strategy, recruitment, onboarding, and daily leadership.
• Serve as the point of entry and stakeholder manager for World Rowing, managing pre-Games site visits and briefing senior Sport leadership.
• Manage inputs to the Rowing Sport Delivery Plan and lead the workforce through testing and Games-time delivery.

Skills

Rowing events

Leadership

Event operations

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

LA28 (Web) in Los Angeles seeks a Sport Manager, Rowing to lead planning for Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints at the 2028 Olympic Games. You will shape venues, schedules, equipment, and workforce, coordinating with LA28’s teams and World Rowing to deliver a world-class competition.

The role requires 5+ years leading major rowing events, strong stakeholder management, and office-suite proficiency (Excel/PowerPoint). On-site in LA with travel as needed.