Technology Operations Lead for Olympic & Paralympic Tech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement

Vacation

Paid time off

Job summary

On Location is seeking a Manager, Technology Operations to support the planning, governance and readiness of the LA28 Olympic technology portfolio. This role bridges Technology Operations, Product, Engineering, Data and Security to ensure integrated plans and timely launches for Games-time operations.

The ideal candidate demonstrates structured program leadership, ability to navigate ambiguity, and strong communication with technical and executive audiences in a fast-paced, global events

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 skills in planning, RAID management, dependency tracking, reporting, meeting facilitation, and escalation.

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

Tech PMO

Cross-functional leadership

RAID management

Executive communication

Software delivery

Job description

On Location is seeking a Manager, Technology Operations to support the planning, governance and readiness of the LA28 Olympic technology portfolio. This role bridges Technology Operations, Product, Engineering, Data and Security to ensure integrated plans and timely launches for Games-time operations.

The ideal candidate demonstrates structured program leadership, ability to navigate ambiguity, and strong communication with technical and executive audiences in a fast-paced, global events