Sr. Manager, Risk & Assurance

The Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will be hosted in Los Angeles, California in 2028, returning to the United States for the first time in over 30 years. 2028 will be the first time LA hosts the Paralympic Games, creating an opportunity to expand awareness, understanding and inclusion of people with disabilities.

LA28, the organizers for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, is on a mission to create an unparalleled Games experience for athletes, fans, partners, our community and our people. Our vision is to collectively create what’s next through sport, community and the power of our differences.

The 2028 Olympics and Paralympics will represent LA and leverage the strength of our community’s diversity and creativity as we collectively work to design a Games that we all want to be a part of. We do this by focusing on people and by inviting everyone into the story of the LA28 Games.

The LA28 organizing committee is an independent, non-profit organization that is privately funded and governed by a board of directors. 

Our Vision is to collectively create what’s next by harnessing sport, community and the power of our differences. Our Mission is to create an unparalleled Paralympic and Olympic Games for athletes, fans, partners, our community and our people.

Values and Behaviors:

• Optimism – Embody a positive, enthusiastic, and solution-oriented attitude in everything we do; challenge the status quo, inspire and support one another to achieve our best; have our eyes on the future and believe we can make a meaningful impact
• Integrity – We communicate openly and honestly, listen, and respectfully value multiple perspectives; we do what we say and are accountable for everything we do; we do the right thing, always. Even when it isn’t easy
• Excellence – We hold ourselves to the highest standard and expectations; we live our values and truths and persevere through challenges; we are continuous learners and adapt and pivot with speed to meet changing needs
• Inclusion – We seek to represent, include, empower and level the playing field; our work reflects the communities we serve and the world in which we live; we leverage our platforms to bring awareness to issues relevant to who we are
• Co-Creation – We are authors of a shared story. Everyone contributes their unique voice to our shared mission; we share pride in our accomplishments and ownership of our shortcomings
• Boldness – We embrace creativity, courage and outside-the-box thinking; we are unafraid to take risks, explore unconventional solutions, and learn from the process; we are innovators, disruptors, and challengers of the status quo

Sr. Manager, Risk & Assurance

The Games Planning & Delivery group aims to deliver the most seamless, innovative, and engaging Games experience ever for all athletes, fans, partners, and the community.  The Games Planning & Delivery team is currently organized in four key areas including Venue Infrastructure, Venue Management, Revenue & Commercial, and Games Operations, but will expand to over 30 functional areas by Games time.  

The Venue Infrastructure team is responsible for delivering the competition and non-competition venues fit-for-purpose for the preparation and staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This department is responsible for managing the design, development, program management, construction, maintenance, and removal of all Games infrastructure in existing and fully temporary venues. 

Reporting to the Director, Infrastructure Program Management, the Senior Manager, Risk & Assurance will be responsible for supporting the strategy, management, and execution of the infrastructure risk and assurance processes, including the oversight of internal functional area and external stakeholders, contractors, and consultants. This role will lead infrastructure risk management, including the identification, analysis, prioritization, response and mitigation plans for infrastructure risk. Due to the nature and scale of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, there are many key and unique challenges around IOC requirements, suppliers, delivery methods, and compressed construction schedules. The Senior Manager will also prepare assurance programs to monitor internal activities, including financial controls, disseminate best practices, and lead internal audits. These efforts will require close integration with LA28 Risk team and their consultants as well as partnering with our internal and external infrastructure development team to align design and construction timelines and activities for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the strategy and implementation for infrastructure risk and assurance
• Prepare and own the master infrastructure risk management program, centralizing the identification, analysis, and control of key risks. Partner with schedulers and planners to incorporate these activities and impacts into the master infrastructure schedule, with emphasis on design risk, supplier risk, and construction risk
• Prepare an assurance program to ensure control systems are in place as part of the risk management system. Set up monitoring systems, internal audits, and reporting. Integrate control systems with Finance and operating teams
• Advance key risk items to internal decision makers and champion mitigation plans
• Coordinate with the LA28 Risk team on key contracting activities, including procurement, insurance, and compliance
• Partner with Venue Development and engineering teams to share guidance, expertise, and best practices to incorporate risk management into the design process
• Oversee external risk management staff

Background & Qualifications:

• 5-10 years of large-scale program and project management in the infrastructure space and demonstrated expertise in construction risk and assurance
• Experience with temporary infrastructure and overlay for large-scale sports event delivery, or equivalent experience with major infrastructure capital programs
• Knowledge of key risk items around design, procurement, delivery and construction and appropriate qualitative and quantitative analysis to develop and prioritize mitigation activities
• Experience with fundamental project management concepts (scope, schedule, budget)
• Demonstrated commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)

• Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

  • Site visits requiring movement around varying environmental conditions in external locations

Position Requirements:

Education:

• Desired – Project Management
• Desired – Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Law
• Bachelor’s degree or higher

Expectations:

• Detail oriented with excellent command of productivity and collaboration tools (Office360, Sharepoint, Smartsheet, etc.)
• Present information concisely to wide audience of executive leadership, external contractors and advisors, and governmental agencies
• Experience working with diverse teams
• Some travel as needed to onsite venues

Submission Requirements:

• Resume

The annual base salary range for this position is $115,000 - $130,000. The pay scale provided is the range that LA28 reasonably expects to pay as starting base compensation for this role. All LA28 compensation remains subject to final determination based on individual candidate qualifications, experience, or other reasonable criteria consistent with LA28’s operational business needs and applicable law.

LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.

LA28 is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We strive to build a team that is diverse, inclusive and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities to apply. We will consider all qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local law. We assess applications based on relevant skills, education, and experience a candidate can add to our team.