Senior Manager, Event Operations – Combat Sports

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Gather and assess deadlines, milestones, and deliverables for functional-area projects.

• Evaluate project health and provide summaries of progress in relation to partner- and function-level milestones.

• Ensure all parties adhere to project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.

• Identify risks or delays that necessitate attention or escalation to executive leadership.

• Organize client-facing meetings, reporting, and project deliverables in collaboration with partners and internal teams.

• Compile status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing pertinent information.

• Develop and uphold project communication plans, ensuring their effective implementation.

• Manage change requests and communicate their effects on schedules, partnerships, and finances.

• Act as the main source of information and support for the team.

• Assist in strategic growth initiatives from inception to completion, working closely with internal stakeholders and external clients.

• Outline project concepts, processes, expectations, scope, plans, and task assignments.

• Build, oversee, and train teams on project management systems and tools.

• Enhance cross-functional alignment and promote process improvements.

• Mentor and align teams and leaders to boost efficiency.

• Implement operational accountability through checklists and quality assurance tests.

• Maintain best practices for data across systems.

• Track project progress, establish deadlines, foresee client-side delays, and communicate evolving needs.

• Address issues and foresee potential project challenges.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's or master's degree in Event or Project Management.

• Demonstrated experience in event operations, event product development, project management, and relevant tools.

• Strong problem-solving skills, innovative thinking, and effective communication abilities.

• Excellent planning capabilities with the foresight to manage various scenarios and outcomes.

• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones.

• Skill in prioritizing projects and deliverables as demands evolve.

• Training expertise to convey complex projects in a clear and understandable manner.

• Proven ability to lead project teams of varying sizes to successful completion.

• In-depth understanding of formal project management methodologies.

• Experience managing large-scope projects.

• Proven track record of completing projects within designated timelines.

• Familiarity with project management systems such as Airtable and Smartsheet.

• Proficient in PowerPoint.

• Background in event management.

• Experience in client relations, both internal and external.

• Skills in planning and coordination.

• Attributes such as accountability, adaptability, budget management, clear communication, creativity, decisiveness, delegation, forecasting, leadership, management, organization, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and stress management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary, along with applicable short- and long-term incentives.

• Opportunities for growth and professional development.

• Comprehensive health care coverage.

• Retirement plan options.

• Vacation and additional paid time off.

• Other supplementary offerings.

• Occasional domestic travel to On Location offices may be required.