Assistant General Manager University of Kansas Athletics

Oak View Group

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end‑to‑end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world‑class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents.

The Assistant General Manager is responsible for assisting the General Manager with the efficient, professional, and profitable operation of the venue. The Assistant General Manager aids the General Manager in overseeing every managerial, full‑time, and part‑time position and ensuring full compliance with state and federal labor laws, sanitation and food‑related ordinances, and alcohol service regulations. The Assistant General Manager will actively supervise, coach, counsel, direct, train and mentor employees in meeting company quality standards and will independently initiate and authorize all employment actions such as hiring, termination, suspension, discipline, and promotion.

The Assistant General Manager will actively and independently manage all aspects of employee relations to ensure a positive, harmonious, compliant, and cooperative work environment.

This is a key position for the effective and profitable operation of the business. The employee must maintain excellent attendance and be available to work a variable event‑driven schedule, which includes evenings and weekends. Open availability, professional presentation, outstanding interpersonal skills, self‑direction, strong management, and independent decision‑making skills are required.

This role pays an annual salary of $75,.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) savings plan with 401(k) matching
• Paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays)

This position will remain open until September 11, 2026.

• Assists in the overall effective management of the catering operations.
• Ensures total compliance with all alcohol service policies; monitors alcohol service throughout the event to assure 100% compliance and reports any issues to management immediately.
• Assists in the management of catered events from setup to teardown, including handling all communication with hourly staff, culinary staff & guests.
• Ensures legal, efficient, professional, and profitable operation of the venue.
• Generates and reviews financial reports, including budgets, projections, forecasting, revenue analysis, disbursements, capital investments, labor and product costs, wage and salary control, and P&L financial statements.
• Handles conflict resolution; last‑resort mediation; arbitration and labor negotiations, when applicable.
• Author, review and amend policies & procedures, as requested by the General Manager.
• Author and amend contracts; authorize terms as directed by the General Manager.
• Oversees scheduling and labor allocation.
• Works in tandem with the General Manager to analyze ticket sales in relation to anticipating staffing needs and target market demographics, determine and project point‑of‑sale to guest ratio.
• Evaluates recent historical sales and purchasing data to identify purchasing patterns and the accurate cost of goods.
• Programs and maintains the point of sale system to ensure accurate financial reporting, tracking of accountability, and commodity levels by location.
• Directs and assists managers in preparing and attaining future goals.
• Provides each manager with proper direction and follows up on all assignments.
• Inspects the operation regularly to ensure that the established quality standards are maintained.
• Prepares required reports accurately and submits them on time; follows up with department heads to ensure their reporting is completed within the same guidelines.
• Develops an effective management team.
• Guides managers with clear direction and necessary assistance for them to perform their work.
• Assists the General Manager in evaluating each manager’s performance and makes recommendations for…