Sport Manager, Football

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Sport Manager, Football

LA28 is looking to identify a Football Sport Manager for the Olympic Football Tournament 2028.. In coordination with FIFA, the International Federation for football, LA28 will identify and onboard a Football Sport Manager in 2025. Please make sure to highlight your football-specific experience, including the level of events you have managed and delivered (e.g., club, collegiate, national, international), in your resume.

Please note that due to the expected high volume of applicants the hiring of this position may take longer than others within LA28.

The Football Sport Manager will play a critical role within the LA28 Sport team, reporting to a Sport Group Senior Manager while leading all aspects of operational planning for the Olympic Football tournament. This role will liaise directly with FIFA and US Soccer. The position will also be expected to collaborate with the centralized Sport Planning team as well as other LA28 functions (i.e. Venues and Infrastructure, Venue Management, Ticketing and Hospitality, Games services, Transport, Accommodations, Food and Beverage, Accreditation, etc), as well as across the organization (including but not limited to Athlete Relations, Strategy, Marketing, Commercial, Technology, HR, and Finance).
Key Responsibilities:

Competition and Training Venue(s) Design

• Liaise with FIFA for the development and design of competition and training venues across all football Co-Host cities

• Coordinate with LA28 Venues and Infrastructure and Event Management and other FAs internal to LA28 to provide football specific input into the development and design of competition and training venues
• Assist with the planning, management and selection of co-host city stadiums and training sites.

Competition Management & Planning

• Act as the subject matter expert for the sport of football within the organization and especially in the development and refinement of Event Operating Plans (EOPs)

• Collaborate with FIFA on the development of the competition schedule and training schedules for Football

• Validate sport equipment requirements for assigned football ensuring that all Olympic and Paralympic IF requirements have been scoped

• Provide sport specific feedback as required for all pre-Games, testing and Games-time planning across the organization via centralized planning activities lead by Sport Planning including relevant Sport Delivery Plans as well as venue specific planning activities with other…