Event and Venue General Manager, Oklahoma City

The role

The Event and Venue General Manager leads operational planning and delivery for Olympic Games competition venues in Oklahoma City. This role manages venue teams, stakeholder relationships, and venue operations for the OKC Softball Park and OKC Whitewater Center.

What you will do

• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and deliver venue-based Event Operations plans.
• Lead the Team OKC venue team to achieve objectives and venue readiness.
• Build relationships with venue partners and serve as the day-to-day leadership contact.
• Ensure efficient engagement with venue partners through meetings and site visits.
• Work with venue infrastructure and technical teams to track deliverables.
• Manage venue service levels and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain financial reporting and accountability for venue-related budgets.
• Train, motivate, and lead a diverse venue team.
• Coordinate with venue owners and local authorities to manage the Venue Use Agreement.
• Prepare and deliver written and oral reports on venue agreement and operating planning status.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading venue, event, or operations delivery for major, complex, live sporting or entertainment events at scale.
• Ability to lead large, cross-functional operational teams to fixed, immovable event deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.
• Hands-on experience owning budgets, master schedules, and comprehensive risk registers.
• Sound judgment and calm, decisive leadership when information is incomplete.
• Experience building collaborative and high-performing teams.

Nice to have

• Direct experience delivering venues at an Olympic, Paralympic, or other major international Games.
• Familiarity with temporary overlay, infrastructure, and field-of-play operations at competition venues.
• A background coordinating sport, broadcast, security, accreditation, and commercial venue partners.
• A collaborative, co-creative approach to solving complex operational problems under demanding timelines.

Benefits

• Opportunity to build and operate competition venues for a once-in-a-generation Games.
• Collaborative, co-creative culture grounded in inclusion, integrity, and accountability.
• High-impact, highly visible delivery work with a lasting community legacy.
• Genuine professional growth alongside a diverse, world-class Games-delivery team.

Before you apply

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

About the company

LA28 is a team delivering the Games. They value talent from all geographic backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.