Sport Manager, Lacrosse

Location: Based in an office environment in Los Angeles, California, United States. The role includes international, domestic, and local travel for federation and national governing body events, venue tours, and sporting events.

Annual base salary: $105,000–$108,000. LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.

Company

LA28 is an independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee delivering the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

What you will do

• Lead operational planning and Games-time delivery for the Olympic Lacrosse Tournament.
• Coordinate with World Lacrosse and internal venue, infrastructure, event management, and sport-planning functions on competition and training venue design.
• Develop competition and training schedules, event operating plans, equipment requirements, testing plans, and sport delivery plans.
• Build, recruit, onboard, train, and lead the Lacrosse competition-management workforce, including staff, officials, and volunteers.
• Manage relationships with World Lacrosse, national governing bodies, local sport communities, and other external stakeholders.
• Provide progress reports, budget inputs, project plans, and validated planning assumptions for Lacrosse operations.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience delivering national and international sporting events in a leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Lacrosse and event operations across professional, federation, university, and grassroots levels.
• Understanding of international federation rules and coordination with international and United States sport governing bodies.
• Experience with venue design, event planning, cross-functional delivery, and leading large, diverse event workforces.
• Fluent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, strong organizational and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Nice to have

• Previous Olympic or Paralympic sport experience at an organizing committee, multi-sport Games, or international federation event.
• Experience delivering international-level Lacrosse events.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a mission-driven team delivering the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Collaborate across sport, venues, technology, finance, marketing, athlete relations, and other organizational functions.
• Working hours may include evenings, weekends, and holidays during peak event periods.
• International travel is expected approximately 1–2 times per year for 1–2 week intervals, with additional domestic and local travel as needed.
• The role may evolve to include operational responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.