Manager, Venue Medical Operations-Athletic Trainer

The role

You will ensure athletes, spectators, and the Games workforce receive safe medical care at LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues. You will translate strategic medical plans into venue operations, including medical stations, supplies, and emergency response.

What you will do

• Coordinate operational planning and venue readiness for medical services.
• Translate strategic medical plans into venue-specific operational plans and timelines.
• Determine venue operational requirements including equipment, consumables, and pharmaceuticals.
• Support training, briefings, and onboarding for venue medical staff and volunteers.
• Implement and monitor venue public health, sanitation, and hygiene standards.
• Facilitate daily operations for athlete medical rooms, spectator first aid, and workforce care.
• Supervise inventory control, pharmacy storage, and medical transport logistics.
• Coordinate on-venue emergency medical response with local EMS and hospital partners.
• Execute medical environmental monitoring protocols.
• Maintain relationships with local hospital networks, EMS providers, and medical contractors.

Required qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience in healthcare operations, emergency medical planning, clinical services management, or venue-based event operations.
• Proven operational experience coordinating medical services for multi-day, large-scale events.
• Demonstrated operational problem-solving, team coordination, and detail-oriented project management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Familiarity with clinical tracking or EMR systems.
• Ability to walk, stand, and traverse indoor/outdoor venue footprints for extended periods.

Nice to have

• Experience within sports or live event environments.
• Prior major multi-sport or championship event experience.
• Familiarity with Southern California healthcare networks, EMS jurisdictions, and disaster preparedness frameworks.
• Master's degree in sports medicine or a related field; or 5 years of equivalent experience in sports medicine.

Benefits

• Ownership of venue medical care as the Summer Games return to the U.S.
• Close work with EMS, hospital, and public health partners across Los Angeles.
• Hands-on leadership through test events and Games-time venue operations.

Before you apply

• LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.
• Must be able to work on-site in LA.

About the company

LA28 is a team guided by optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation, and boldness.