Event and Venue General Manager, Oklahoma City
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- US OK Oklahoma City
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of experience leading venue, event, or operations delivery for major, complex, live sporting or entertainment events at scale.
- A demonstrated ability to build, develop, and lead large, cross-functional operational teams to fixed, immovable event deadlines.
- Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills, coordinating many partners and functional areas simultaneously across a live venue environment.
- Hands-on experience owning budgets, master schedules, and comprehensive risk registers across complex, multi-party operational programs.
- Sound judgment and calm, decisive leadership when information is incomplete and the delivery timeline is genuinely fixed and immovable.
- Experience building collaborative and high-performing teams
Full description
LA28 does not provide relocation assistance for any positions. If you are based outside the Oklahoma City area, we still welcome your application — we value talent from all geographic backgrounds and want to hear from you if you are able to work on-site in Oklahoma City.
Role Purpose
As Director, Event and Venue General Manager
The Event and Venue Management (EVM) team is responsible for leading the integrated operational planning and operations at the venue level at the OKC Softball Park and the OKC Whitewater Center. At Games Time, the Event and Venue Management team leads and manages the event teams at venues, event delivery, venue communication, and venue issue resolution.
The Event & Venue General Manager (EGM) will be responsible for leading the operational planning and delivery for the Olympic Games competition venues in OKC including the OKC Softball Park and the OKC Whitewater Center. This role will also drive cross-functional operational integration and lead venue teams at Games-time. The role will require significant stakeholder management and major large-scale venue planning and operational delivery experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Team OKC, leading the development, optimization, and delivery of venue-based Event Operations plans for the venue.
- Lead the Team OKC venue team to achieve objectives, venue readiness, and deliverables to stakeholders, and venue owner / operator.
- Build strong, productive, and respectful relationships with the venue partner and related stakeholders and serve as the day-to-day venue leadership contact.
- Work cross-functionally with Team OKC to ensure an efficient and effective engagement process with venue partners including managing meeting cadence, stakeholder site visits, venue planning, and operational readiness.
- Work closely with the venue infrastructure and other technical teams to track deliverables.
- Manage LA28 venue service levels, identify risks, developing risk mitigation strategies, and leveraging opportunities for creating efficiencies and savings.
- Maintain financial reporting and accountability directly to Team OKC leadership for venue-related budgets, expenditures, and fiscal governance.
- Train, motivate, and lead a diverse, high-performing Team OKC venue team capable of developing and executing venue operations plans efficiently and effectively.
- Coordinate with venue owners and local authorities to manage the Venue Use Agreement (VUA), ensuring compliance with contractual terms and operational requirements.
- Prepare and deliver written and oral reports on venue agreement and operating planning status to senior leaders and other stakeholders as required including tracking, reporting and solving issues at all phases of the project (planning and operational).