Senior Manager, Local Area Transport & Traffic Coordination

LA28 (Web)•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$115,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The organization is on a mission to create an unparalleled experience for athletes, fans, partners, and the community. This role leads LA28’s venue-transport interface with external partners to develop, align, and deliver Local Area Traffic Management Plans (LATMPs) across venue cities and venue zones/sports parks. Reporting to the Director, Venue Transportation, this role serves as the primary subject-matter bridge between venue cities/agencies (e.g., Metro, Caltrans, Metrolink, law enforcement, fire/EMS, and other local stakeholders) and LA28 Venue Transport Managers. The goal is to ensure consistent progress, clear governance, and readiness for procurement, implementation, and Games-time operations. The role requires a blend of technical transportation and traffic management expertise, strong program/project management skills, and an understanding of the Los Angeles regional operating environment.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience in transportation/traffic operations, special event planning, program management, or multi-agency project delivery.
Deep understanding of traffic management planning and special event operations, including roadway network constraints, closures/detours, curb/parking controls, traffic control devices, and interagency field operations.
Proven ability to coordinate multiple external partners and jurisdictions, facilitate working groups, and drive decisions in complex, highly visible environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to produce clear timelines, reports, and briefing materials and present to diverse stakeholder groups.
Strong program and/project management skills, including building integrated schedules, managing dependencies, and ensuring consistent progress across multiple venues and partners.
Experience supporting implementation phases (e.g., procurement coordination, field delivery, readiness/testing) and operating effectively under changing conditions and time constraints.
Bachelor’s degree in transportation engineering, civil engineering, urban planning, public administration, or related field; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within the Los Angeles regional transportation environment (preferred), including coordination with city jurisdictions, county/state agencies, and transit operators.

Responsibilities

Lead LA28’s venue transport and local area workstream and cadence, including quarterly coordination meetings with relevant stakeholders (Venue cities, Metro, Caltrans, Metrolink, law enforcement, fire/EMS, etc.).
Organize and facilitate regular venue-zone and sports-park meetings to align assumptions, operational concepts, and delivery milestones.
Establish clear decision pathways, meeting outputs, action logs, and follow-up to drive closure across agencies and venues.
Serve as the subject-matter expert and primary interface between external partners and LA28 Venue Transport Managers, translating partner requirements, constraints, and operating practices into actionable venue transport inputs.
Coordinate with city and agency counterparts on event traffic operations concepts (e.g., street closures, detours, signal timing, curb and parking restrictions, tow plans, emergency access) and confirm roles and responsibilities.
Support relationship management, issue escalation, and cross-agency alignment to protect schedule, safety, and operational integrity.
Develop and maintain LATMP guidance, templates, and minimum content requirements to drive consistency across venue cities.
Review, quality-check, and consolidate LATMPs to ensure completeness, alignment to LA28 venue transport concepts, and compatibility with adjacent venues and zones and regional mobility initiatives.
Identify gaps, risks, and interdependencies (e.g., overlapping closure footprints, shared detours, competing curb demand) and drive mitigation planning with partners.
Create and manage integrated timelines, milestones, and deliverable trackers to ensure each venue city progresses at an appropriate and consistent pace.
Produce clear written updates, dashboards, and briefing materials for venue transport leadership; highlight decisions required, risks, and recovery actions.
Coordinate document control, version management, and meeting outputs to maintain a single source of truth for local area planning artifacts.
Support venue cities through procurement and implementation phases by helping define scopes of work, technical requirements, and sequencing for traffic management resources (e.g., TCM, signage, devices, communications).
Coordinate with LA28 functional teams to align contracting approaches, implementation timelines, and access/installation windows near venues.
Monitor readiness of implementation activities and surface constraints that could impact Games-time delivery.
Coordinate local area tabletop exercises, field walk-throughs, and integrated testing with cities and agencies to validate traffic plans and interagency procedures.
Ensure lessons learned are captured and translated into plan updates, operational playbooks, and implementation actions.