Manager, Paralympics Planning and Operations

The role

You will build Paralympic sport foundations by ensuring competition and training venues meet sport and discipline needs. You will collaborate with Sport Managers and design, Event Management and Venue Infrastructure teams to create accessible plans.

What you will do

• Liaise with Paralympic Sport Managers and LA28 design teams to shape the development and design of competition and training venues.
• Develop policies, procedures and operational tools that support Paralympic sport planning and delivery.
• Identify gaps and shortfalls in Paralympic sport and venue planning before they affect athletes.
• Collaborate with Sport Managers and Event Management (EVM) and Venue Infrastructure (VNI) teams on practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Support budgets and project plans with validated sport- and discipline-specific information and planning assumptions.
• Perform other duties as required, which may include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience delivering national and international level sporting events in a leadership role, from grassroots to professional levels.
• Expertise in sport venue delivery, including International Federation (IF), IOC and IPC training venue requirements and cross-functional venue design collaboration.
• Extensive experience recruiting and leading a large and diverse event workforce, and considering diverse groups of athletes in sport planning.
• Extremely detail-oriented, organized and independent problem-solver.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office suite products, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated commitment to co-creation and collaborative decision-making.
• Valid passport is required.

Nice to have

• Direct sport experience at a previous OCOG or multi-sport Games.
• Extensive knowledge of IFs and the Olympic and Paralympic Movements.
• Ability to implement and manage change effectively.
• Self-starter balancing assertiveness with diplomacy.
• Innovative mindset that challenges the status quo.

Benefits

• Help deliver the first Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, with visible athlete impact.
• Gain exposure to International Federations and global sporting events.
• Work alongside sport, venue and operations teammates, sharing every success.
• Develop transferable multi-sport venue planning skills that last beyond 2028.

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.