Sport Manager, Rowing and Para-Rowing

LA28 • Los Angeles, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sport Manager, Rowing and Para-Rowing helps shape sport planning for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Working with World Rowing, US Rowing, and LA28 teammates, the role connects sport requirements with workforce, competition, and training venue preparations. It turns researched information and planning assumptions into coordinated decisions across disciplines and functions, while supporting preparation, testing, Games-time delivery, and the partners involved in competition planning.

The position is based onsite at LA28’s Downtown Los Angeles office. Most work takes place in an office setting, including extended use of computers, phones, and other office equipment in an open-floorplan environment. Hours may vary and may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, especially during peak event periods. The role includes domestic, international, and local travel to events, meetings, venue tours, and sport organizations. It may evolve over time and include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience delivering national and international-level Rowing and Para-Rowing events in a leadership role.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, attention to detail, team-building ability, and interpersonal skills that support coordinated sport planning.
• Well-developed problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently, resolve issues, and use practical judgment as sport plans evolve.
• Fluency with Office suite products, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, to organize information and communicate planning decisions.
• Proven ability to build good interpersonal relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders, balancing assertiveness with diplomacy.
• Ability to work onsite in the Downtown Los Angeles office and efficiently in an open cubicle environment.
• Ability to travel domestically, internationally, and locally as required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience defining tasks independently and taking initiative as a self-starter.
• Experience seeking feedback to improve work quality.
• Experience evolving work as feedback and planning needs develop.
• A collaborative mindset that prioritizes team needs and shared outcomes.
• Experience fostering high performance without ego within a team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with US Rowing and local sport communities on Rowing and Para-Rowing workforce strategy, identifying paid staff, National Technical Officials, and Sport Skilled Volunteers.
• Liaise with World Rowing and LA28 Sport and Event teammates to communicate across disciplines.
• Provide sport-specific feedback through Sport Planning on pre-Games, testing, and Games-time preparations, Sport Delivery Plans, and venue planning with other functions.
• Coordinate sport and discipline input with Venues and Infrastructure and Event Management to inform competition and training venue design.
• Support budgets and project plans with researched, validated sport-specific information and planning assumptions for Rowing and Para-Rowing.
• Travel to International Federation and National Governing Body events and congresses, Los Angeles venue tours, global sporting events, prospective competition and training venues, Co-host City venues, and meetings or events with local sport organizations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed