Tech Operations Lead for Olympic & Paralympic Programs

TKO; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

On Location is seeking a Manager, Technology Operations to support the planning, governance, delivery, and operational readiness of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic technology portfolio.

Working in a matrixed environment, this role connects Technology Operations, Product, Engineering, Data, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Support, business teams, external vendors, and LA28/IOC stakeholders to maintain integrated plans, surface risks, facilitate decisions, and prepare initiatives for launch and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in technology program management, PMO, technical project management, or a related role.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional technology programs with multiple teams and dependencies.
• Strong planning, RAID management, dependency tracking, reporting, meeting facilitation and escalation skills.
• Ability to translate technical information into clear business and executive communications.
• Experience coordinating software delivery, integrations, testing, releases, or operational readiness.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with common program management, collaboration, documentation, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day technology engagement with external program stakeholders and partner organizations, including governance forums, status reporting, requirements alignment, decision management, dependency tracking, issue escalation, and follow-through.
• Lead planning and governance for assigned technology programs and operational initiatives.
• Translate objectives into integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Technology, Product, Engineering, Data, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Support, and business functions.
• Establish operating cadences, communication paths, escalation procedures, and clear ownership across workstreams.
• Prepare executive-ready status reports, readouts, agendas, decision logs and governance materials.
• Track delivery progress, surface tradeoffs, and elevate risks, blockers, and unresolved decisions.
• Support UAT, release readiness, go-live planning, production launches, hyper care, and Games-time operational readiness.
• Coordinate security and compliance dependencies, including penetration testing, remediation tracking, and partner communications.
• Lead lessons learned and improve repeatable delivery, PMO, and governance practices.

Skills

Technology program mgmt

Cross-functional programs

Planning

RAID management

Dependency tracking

Reporting

Facilitation

Escalation

Executive communication

Software delivery

Decision making

Attention to detail

Independence

PM tools

Documentation

Collaboration

Reporting tools

Job description

On Location is seeking a Manager, Technology Operations to support the planning, governance, delivery, and operational readiness of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic technology portfolio.

Working in a matrixed environment, this role connects Technology Operations, Product, Engineering, Data, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Support, business teams, external vendors, and LA28/IOC stakeholders to maintain integrated plans, surface risks, facilitate decisions, and prepare initiatives for launch and