Sport Manager - Para Swimming

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; office-based role with domestic, local, and international travel.

Annual base salary: $88,000–$108,000.

Company

hirify.global is an independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee responsible for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

What you will do

• Lead operational planning and delivery for Paralympic para swimming competitions and training venues.
• Coordinate venue design, competition and training schedules, equipment requirements, and sport delivery plans with World Para Swimming and hirify.global functions.
• Integrate timing, scoring, results, infrastructure, venue management, transport, accommodation, and other operational requirements.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, training, and day-to-day management of the para swimming competition workforce.
• Manage relationships with World Para Swimming, U.S. Paralympics Swimming, national governing bodies, local sports communities, and other stakeholders.
• Support testing events, international federation site visits, budgets, project plans, reporting, and Games-time readiness.

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of leadership experience delivering national and international para swimming events.
• Extensive knowledge of para swimming and event operations across professional, federation, university, and grassroots environments.
• Experience coordinating with international and U.S. sports governing bodies and collaborating across venue design, event planning, and delivery functions.
• Strong organization, communication, team-building, interpersonal, problem-solving, and change-management skills.
• Fluent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; a valid passport is required for international travel.

Nice to have

• Previous Olympic or Paralympic sport experience at an OCOG, multi-sport Games, or international federation-level event.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance environment guided by optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation, and boldness.
• Work hours may include evenings, weekends, and holidays during peak event periods.
• International travel may occur 1–2 times per year for 1–2 weeks, with additional domestic and local venue travel.
• hirify.global does not provide relocation assistance.