Manager, Technology Operations - Olympic & Paralympic Games
About The Position
On Location is seeking a Manager, Technology Operations to support the planning, governance, delivery, and operational readiness of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic technology portfolio. Working in a matrixed environment, this role connects Technology Operations, Product, Engineering, Data, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Support, business teams, external vendors, and LA28/IOC stakeholders to maintain integrated plans, surface risks, facilitate decisions, and prepare initiatives for launch and Games-time operations. The ideal candidate is a structured and collaborative program leader who can bring clarity to ambiguity, manage competing priorities, influence without direct authority, and communicate effectively with both technical and executive audiences.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in technology program management, PMO, technical project management, or a related role.
- Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional technology programs with multiple teams and dependencies.
- Strong skills in planning, RAID management, dependency tracking, reporting, meeting facilitation, and escalation.
- Ability to translate technical information into clear business and executive communications.
- Experience coordinating software delivery, integrations, testing, releases, or operational readiness.
- Strong judgment, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with common program management, collaboration, documentation, and reporting tools.
Nice To Haves
- Major sporting events, consulting, live events, hospitality, ticketing, ecommerce, or other time-critical consumer programs.
- Olympic, Paralympic, IOC, OCOG, federation, venue, or rights-holder environments.
- Enterprise integrations, data sharing, cybersecurity reviews, penetration testing, or third-party technology governance.
- Globally distributed teams and stakeholders across multiple time zones.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day technology engagement with external program stakeholders and partner organizations, including governance forums, status reporting, requirements alignment, decision management, dependency tracking, issue escalation, and follow-through.
- Lead planning and governance for assigned technology programs and operational initiatives.
- Translate objectives into integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and actions.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Technology, Product, Engineering, Data, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Support, and business functions.
- Establish operating cadences, communication paths, escalation procedures, and clear ownership across workstreams.
- Prepare executive-ready status reports, readouts, agendas, decision logs and governance materials.
- Track delivery progress, surface tradeoffs, and escalate risks, blockers, and unresolved decisions.
- Support UAT, release readiness, go-live planning, production launches, hyper care, and Games-time operational readiness.
- Coordinate security and compliance dependencies, including penetration testing, remediation tracking, and partner communications.
- Lead lessons learned and improve repeatable delivery, PMO, and governance practices.
Benefits
- health care
- retirement
- vacation
- other paid time off
- additional offerings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
