Manager, Venue Planning & Operations

Based within Broadcast Services, this role helps carry the Olympic and Paralympic Games to a global audience. It focuses on planning how competition venues support world-class broadcast, partnering with Olympic Broadcasting Services production teams and shaping the infrastructure behind every moment audiences see. The position is creation-focused, establishing plans, standards and working relationships that barely exist yet and translating complex technical requirements into decisions that venue teams can deliver.

• Serve as the primary contact for Olympic Broadcasting Services production teams, leading broadcast planning and information exchange.
• Lead World Broadcaster Meetings and briefings, managing deliverable submissions and the flow of technical information.
• Support infrastructure and technical planning for competition venues, translating broadcast requirements into workable venue plans.
• Lead site visits to competition venues, assessing broadcast infrastructure needs and informing planning decisions.
• Partner across Venue Infrastructure, Technology, Hospitality and Ticketing, and Games Operations to streamline approvals and optimisations.
• Plan how competition venues support world-class broadcast, partnering with Olympic Broadcasting Services production teams and shaping the infrastructure behind coverage.
• Establish plans, standards and working relationships that do not yet exist, translating complex technical requirements into decisions venue teams can deliver.
• Perform other duties as required as the role evolves, potentially including operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant broadcast industry experience.
• Experience working alongside international broadcast organisations responsible for delivering global coverage of major sporting events.
• Proven success building excellent working relationships across a diverse and demanding range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple functional areas to move complex technical venue plans forward towards confident delivery.
• Comfortable securing buy-in from senior external rights holders, including the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee.

• 7+ years working within broadcast production and live operations.
• Familiarity with temporary or overlay broadcast infrastructure at major multi-venue events.
• Experience delivering broadcast plans across a multi-venue portfolio simultaneously.
• Direct exposure to host broadcaster planning processes and approval cycles.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent practical experience.

• Is based onsite in the Downtown Los Angeles office.
• No relocation assistance is provided; candidates based outside Los Angeles are welcome if able to work onsite in LA.
• Work is primarily office-based and requires extended periods using computers, phones and other office equipment.
• The office has an open floorplan, and employees must be able to work efficiently in an open cubicle environment.
• Hours may vary and may include evenings, weekends and holidays, especially during peak event periods.

• A historic opportunity to shape how the Games reach a truly global audience.
• Rare cross-functional breadth across venues, technology and international broadcast partners.
• Accelerated learning and transferable skills that outlast the Games themselves.
• A collaborative, inclusive team where trust and shared success come first.

Applications are assessed on relevant skills, education and experience a candidate can add to the team.