Senior Manager, Event Operations & Planning – Combat Sports

Global Sports Jobs Limited; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 68.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Locally competitive rewards packages

Growth and development opportunities

Robust benefits including health care,

Descripción de la vacante

On Location is seeking a senior project manager to coordinate multifaceted combat-related hospitality and VIP experiences. You will act as a central hub, align internal and partner teams, and drive project health, timelines and deliverables across time zones.

The role emphasizes client-facing coordination, reporting, and growth initiatives from concept through completion. Required are experience in event operations and project management, strong communication, and proficiency with

Formación

• Bachelor's or master's in Event or Project Management.
• Proven experience in event operations, project management and tools.
• Strong problem solving and communication are essential.
• Forward thinking with strong planning skills across time zones.
• Ability to distil complex projects and lead teams to completion.
• Familiarity with Airtable, Smartsheet and PowerPoint required.

Responsabilidades

• Collect and evaluate deadlines, milestones and deliverables.
• Measure project health and summarize progress against milestones.
• Identify risks and escalate to leadership to protect schedules.
• Serve as a client-facing team member coordinating meetings and reports.
• Prepare status reports by gathering and analysing information.
• Maintain communication plans and manage change requests.
• Support strategic growth initiatives within the Combat team.
• Build and train project management systems and tools.
• Drive alignment across teams and improve processes.
• Establish operational accountability and share best practices.

Conocimientos

Project management

Event operations

Client relations

Communication

Time management

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor's or master's degree in Event/Project Management

Herramientas

Airtable

Smartsheet

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

About the Role

The role sits within the Combat Sports team and works closely with more than 10 functional areas that sell, deliver and innovate hospitality and VIP experience programmes alongside UFC, WWE, Zuffa Boxing and TKO. It acts as a central planning and coordination hub, monitoring project health and progress against partner and internal milestones while keeping all parties aligned on requirements, deadlines and schedules. The position is client-facing, coordinating meetings, reporting and deliverables with partners and internal teams, and also supports strategic growth initiatives from concept through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect and evaluate functional area project deadlines, milestones and deliverables.


• Measure project health and summarise project progress against milestones set at rights holder partner level or by On Location functional areas, ensuring all parties stay on track with project requirements, deadlines and schedules.


• Identify key areas of risk or delay that require additional focus or escalation to executive leadership so that dependent milestones are not impacted, including anticipating client-side delays and apprising the team of changes in the client's needs.


• Serve as a client-facing team member, coordinating meetings, reporting and project deliverables with partners and internally, and acting as a central hub of information and support for the whole team.


• Prepare status reports by gathering, analysing and summarising relevant information.


• Establish and maintain effective project communication plans and ensure their execution, and facilitate change requests so that all parties are informed of impacts on schedule, partners and finances.


• Support special strategic growth initiatives within the Combat team from creation to completion, working with internal stakeholders and external clients to define the concept, set and manage client expectations, develop a detailed project plan, define scope and assign team members to specific tasks.


• Build, manage and train project management systems and new tools required to work effectively.


• Accelerate alignment across teams, integrate different functions, define and drive better processes, and coach and align teams and leaders to achieve their desired efficiency.


• Establish operational accountability such as checklists and quality assurance tests for the Combat team, share best practices across event teams, and ensure teams maintain best practice with data across systems so the correct information reaches the correct teams.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in Event or Project Management.


• Proven experience in event operations, event product building, project management and project management tools.


• Problem solving, creative solutions and strong communication are all essential.


• Forward thinker with strong planning skills; ability to look ahead at possible scenarios to manage different outcomes and prepare project team members accordingly.


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones, with the ability to prioritise projects and deliverables as demands shift.


• Ability to distil complex projects in a simple and understandable method, which requires training experience.


• Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.


• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.


• Experience as a large-scope project manager.


• Able to complete projects in a timely manner.


• Understanding of project management systems such as Airtable and Smartsheet.


• Excellent PowerPoint capabilities.


• Ability to keep open and honest communication, form working relationships and motivate others as needed.


• Adaptability and problem solving to keep control of a project, including anticipating potential issues before they arise.

Preferred Skills

• Event management experience.


• Internal and external client relations experience.


• Broad range of supporting skills, including accountability, adaptability, budget management, clear communication, creativity, decisiveness, delegation, forecasting, leadership, management, organisation, problem solving, strategic thinking and stress management.

Workplace

• Occasional domestic travel to On Location offices could be required.

Salary

$67,500 To $90,000 annually (the minimum will not fall below the applicable State/local minimum salary thresholds). Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location, and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Locally competitive rewards packages, including base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives.


• Growth and developmental opportunities.


• Robust benefits such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

About the Company

On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company that owns UFC, WWE and PBR, reaching 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organising more than 500 live events year-round.