The Director, Greater outlying LA area - Venue Operations & Transportation - LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games is an operational leader within On Location’s Olympic delivery organization. This role is responsible for orchestrating cross-functional hospitality operations at scale, ensuring that all functional disciplines, venue teams, and external stakeholders operate within a unified, executable Games-time strategy.
Serving as a central integrator, this leader will drive operational readiness across the Greater LA outlying area Olympic sports venues, including but not limited to the health, safety, and security readiness and off-venue hospitality locations—ensuring seamless de-livery for clients, partners, and stakeholders throughout the LA28 Olympic Games.
This role requires a seasoned, decisive operator with deep experience delivering com-plex, high-pressure, global events.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Operational Leadership
- Lead the strategic planning, deployment, and execution of the Advance Venue Team for, but not limited to the competition venues in the Greater LA outlying area for the LA28 Olympic Games. These include: RoseBowl stadium, Santa Anita Park, Valley Sepulveda Basin Park, Squash Center at Universal.
- Drive the development and implementation of integrated operational plans, aligning venue operations, hospitality delivery and transportation requirements.
- Serve as a central point of coordination to ensure all last mile functions are aligned, prepared, and execution-ready for Games-time conditions.
Venue & Stakeholder Integration- Build and maintain strong operational partnerships with LA28 functional teams, enabling effective collaboration across venue operations and security.
- Work closely with Platinum Groups, Packages, Services, Stakeholder and all front of house functional leads to align venue related requirements for all hospi-tality products.
Health, Safety & Security Leadership- Provide operational leadership for the health, safety, and well-being of all On Location staff, guests, and partners across venues and off-venue hospitality locations.
- Work in close coordination with On Location’s Security and Risk Management teams, LA28 Security, and venue stakeholders to support the development and execution of comprehensive security protocols.
- Support on-site security planning, including access control, credentialing coordination, emergency response procedures, and incident escalation frameworks.
- Ensure health and safety standards, training materials, and operating procedures are integrated into workforce onboarding and Games-time operations.
- Partner with Security and Workforce teams to support on-site training and preparedness, including tabletop exercises, briefings, and venue walk-throughs.
Off-Venue & Ancillary Operations- Support planning and execution of off-venue hospitality locations that comple-ment On Location’s in-venue hospitality (IVH) strategy.
- Ensure off-venue sites are operationally integrated with venue operations, transport flows, staffing, and guest experience standards.
Qualifications
Required- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in large-scale event operations or hospitality management, preferably within: Global sporting events, Major live events and Premium hospitality environments
- Demonstrated success delivering high-touch, high-complexity hospitality pro-grams under intense operational pressure.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and operational reporting tools.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence sen-ior executives, external partners, and large operational teams.
- Right to live and work in the USA, specifically in the Los Angeles host city market
- Ability to commit to a full time role
Preferred- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study
- Prior experience supporting Olympic Games or mega-scale international events.
- Familiarity with Olympic operational structures, venue operations, and accredita-tion frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of the Los Angeles sports, entertainment, and hospitality land-scape.
- Existing relationships with LA-based vendors, venues, and workforce partners strongly preferred.
Core Values
At On Location, we live by our values and expect our team members to uphold them every day:- Service Excellence 6 Exceed expectations with every client interaction.
- Create Value 6 Inspire, connect, and elevate experiences.
- Integrity 6 Always do the right thing.
- Diversity & Collaboration 6 Empower diverse perspectives and inclusive teamwork.
- Partnership 6 Strive for win-win relationships.
- Entrepreneurial Drive 6 Think big and act boldly.
- Respect & Gratitude 6 Lead with kindness, humility, and empathy.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary, commensurate with experience.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Performance incentives aligned with key Olympic milestones and delivery objec-tives.
Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.
Hiring Rate Minimum:
$105,000 annually(minimum will not fall below the applicable State/local minimum salary thresholds)
Hiring Rate Maximum:
$140,000 annually
