Sport Manager, Rowing and Para-Rowing

The role

This person will shape sport planning for Rowing and Para-Rowing for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. They will connect sport requirements with workforce, competition, and training venue preparations.

What you will do

• Collaborate on Rowing and Para-Rowing workforce strategy with US Rowing and local sport communities
• Liaise with World Rowing and LA28 Sport and Event teammates
• Provide sport-specific feedback on pre-Games, testing and Games-time preparations, Sport Delivery Plans and venue planning
• Coordinate sport and discipline input with Venues and Infrastructure and Event Management
• Support budgets and project plans with researched, validated sport-specific information

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience delivering national and international level Rowing & Para-Rowing events in a leadership role
• Extremely detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Strong communication, team building, and interpersonal skills
• Well-developed problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Fluent working with Office suite products including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to build good interpersonal relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders
• Ability to work in an open cubicle environment
• Ability to perform work requiring extended periods of time using computers, phones, and other office equipment

Nice to have

• Experience defining tasks independently and taking initiative as a self-starter
• Experience seeking feedback to improve the quality of work
• Experience evolving work as feedback and planning needs develop
• A collaborative mindset that prioritizes team needs and shared outcomes
• Experience fostering high performance without ego within a team

Benefits

• Help prepare Rowing and Para-Rowing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Collaborate with sport specialists and LA28 teammates
• Develop transferable experience connecting workforce, venue design, budgets and sport delivery
• Contribute visible work to a shared mission

Before you apply

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

About the company

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.