Sport Manager, Athletics Road Events

About the Role The Sport Manager, Athletics Road Events serves as LA28's stakeholder manager to World Athletics, World Para Athletics, and USA Track and Field for the marathon and race walk programme. The role involves developing the sport workforce plan with the local athletics community, validating equipment requirements, and working with federations on competition and training schedules. The position contributes sport-specific expertise to organisational planning and connects timing, scoring, and results to competition requirements. This role suits an operator establishing a road event programme from the ground up. Key Responsibilities Act as stakeholder manager to World Athletics, World Para Athletics, and USA Track and Field for road events. Shape sport workforce strategy and planning with the local sport community, identifying staff, officials, and skilled volunteers. Validate sport equipment requirements and develop competition and training schedules with the international federations. Provide sport-specific input to pre-Games, testing, and Games-time planning, including Sport Delivery Plans and venue planning. Coordinate with Timing, Scoring and Results so federation requirements reach competition systems and infrastructure. Required Experience & Qualifications 5+ years of experience delivering national and international road events in a leadership role, focused on marathon and race walk. Extensive knowledge of road events and event operations across professional leagues, federations, universities, and grassroots. Understanding of road events at national and international level, and of coordination with United States governing bodies. Extremely detail-oriented, a self-starter, and fluent working with Office suite products including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Proven ability to build relationships internally and externally, balancing assertiveness with diplomacy, and to manage change effectively. Available to work on-site in the Downtown Los Angeles-based office. Able to work efficiently in an open-floorplan, open-cubicle environment. Willing to work varying hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, especially during peak event periods. Able to perform other duties as required; the role may evolve to include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Must have a valid passport and be willing to undertake international travel of one to two trips a year, up to two weeks each. Willing to undertake domestic and local venue travel, with frequency increasing as 2028 approaches. Must be able to work on-site in LA; LA28 does not provide relocation assistance. Preferred Skills Direct Olympic or Paralympic experience at a previous organising committee. Experience collaborating on venue design, event planning, and delivery. Strong communication, team-building, and interpersonal skills. A collaborative mindset that prioritises the team without ego. An innovative viewpoint that challenges the established status quo. Workplace On-site in Downtown Los Angeles office Open floorplan working environment Majority of work in an office setting; extended periods using computers, phones, and other office equipment Benefits & Perks The opportunity to deliver marathon and race walk at the Olympic Games. A collaborative, inclusive team guided by optimism, integrity, excellence, and boldness. Meaningful ownership of a road event programme established from the ground up. Work with lasting, visible impact on Los Angeles and the legacy of the Games. About the Company LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organising committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2028 Games mark the return of the Summer Games to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years and Los Angeles’ third time hosting an Olympic Games and first time welcoming the Paralympic Games. LA28 is guided by values of optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation and boldness, and aims to build a team with diverse perspectives and experiences. #J-18808-Ljbffr Global Sports Jobs Limited