Senior Associate, Technology Project Management

LA28 (Web); Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

LA28 seeks a Senior Associate, Technology Project Management to lead planning, governance, and delivery across internal and external partners for the Games program in Los Angeles.

You will build project plans, trackers, and risk logs, apply governance across change management and risk, and translate dispersed inputs into clear, actionable plans. On-site in Downtown LA with a focus on collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience creating project plans, trackers and governance artifacts.
• Ability to apply governance across change management and risk.
• Skill in translating input from multiple stakeholders into cohesive plans.
• Background working with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Proven track record of managing projects with on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage project plans, task trackers, and risk and issue logs that keep delivery teams aligned and on schedule.
• Learn and apply established project governance processes across change management, risk, and overall project management.
• Analyze proposed changes and mitigate downstream impacts before they reach delivery teams.
• Compile and document institutional knowledge for future Organizing Committees.
• Partner with internal teammates and external delivery partners to ground plans in accurate information.

Skills

Smartsheet

Microsoft Excel

PMP certification

CAPM certification

Job description

LA28 does not provide relocation assistance for any positions. If you are based outside the Los Angeles area, we still welcome your application — we value talent from all geographic backgrounds and want to hear from you if you are able to work on-site in LA.

Role Purpose

Delivering the Olympic and Paralympic Games depends on hundreds of interdependent parts staying connected. As Senior Associate, Technology Project Management, you will help create the project plans, trackers, and governance processes that keep Technology delivery on course as the Games take shape. Working across internal teammates and external delivery partners, you will transform fragmented information into clear, actionable plans — and capture the institutional knowledge that future Organizing Committees will build upon. It is a role offering broad, cross-functional exposure across many teams and genuine ownership of how complex work is organized.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage project plans, task trackers, and risk and issue logs that keep delivery teams consistently aligned and on schedule.
• Learn and apply established project governance processes across change management, risk, and overall project management.
• Analyze proposed changes and proactively mitigate their downstream impacts before they reach delivery teams.
• Compile and document institutional knowledge so it can be reused effectively by future Organizing Committees of the Games.
• Partner with internal teammates and external delivery partners to keep every plan grounded in accurate, current information.
• Proven experience managing projects — creating plans, tracking open issues, mitigating risks, and driving tasks to on-time completion.
• Demonstrated ability to gather and connect fragmented input from multiple stakeholders and incomplete information sources into cohesive, actionable plans.
• Proven experience working within highly integrated, multi-organization teams of internal employees and external delivery partners such as consultants, sponsors, and vendors.
• Documented experience learning, implementing, and improving complex operational processes, with a clear grasp of downstream effects and big-picture impacts.
• Proven experience collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing large volumes of information from digital repositories and human sources to draft documentation.
• Familiarity with Smartsheet and Microsoft Excel.
• Project management certifications such as PMP or CAPM.
• Experience in a co-creation workforce model or matrixed organization.
• Background supporting workforce mobilization during event readiness and testing phases.
• Experience compiling close-out reports and transfer-of-knowledge documentation for future stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Career-defining exposure across Technology and the wider Games program in Los Angeles.
• Considerable breadth, collaborating with employees, consultants, sponsors, and vendors on work that spans many interconnected teams.
• Transferable project-management experience gained on a genuinely historic, once-in-a-career event.
• Teammates who value co-creation, continuous learning, and shared, collective success.

What This Role Means for the Games

Clear plans and well-managed risks are precisely what allow complex Technology work to land reliably on time. Your project discipline helps teammates make decisions with better information, and the institutional knowledge you capture becomes part of the lasting legacy passed forward to future Games.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Available to work onsite in our Downtown Los Angeles-based office.
• The majority of work will be conducted in an office setting, requiring extended periods of time using computers, phones, and other office equipment.
• The LA28 office is an open floorplan working environment; employees must be able to work efficiently in an open cubicle environment.
• Hours of work may vary, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, especially during peak event periods.
• Perform other duties as required; the role will evolve over time and may include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is$73,000 - $98,000. The pay scale provided is the range that LA28 reasonably expects to pay as starting base compensation for this role. All LA28 compensation remains subject to final determination based on individual candidate qualifications, experience, or other reasonable criteria consistent with LA28's operational business needs and applicable law.

Accommodation

LA28 is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please let your recruiter know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

LA28 is committed to fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. LA28 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and all applicable laws. We strive to build a team that is inclusive and encourage qualified candidates of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities to apply. We assess applications based on relevant skills, education, and experience a candidate can add to our team.