Job Description:

• Collect and evaluate functional-area project deadlines, milestones, and deliverables
• Measure project health and summarize progress against rights-holder and functional-area milestones
• Keep parties on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules
• Identify risks and delays requiring executive escalation
• Coordinate client-facing meetings, reporting, and project deliverables with partners and internal teams
• Prepare status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information
• Establish and maintain project communication plans
• Facilitate change requests and communicate schedule, partner, and financial impacts
• Serve as the central hub of information and support for the Combat Sports team
• Support strategic growth initiatives from creation through completion
• Define project concepts, processes, scope, plans, expectations, and team assignments
• Build, manage, and train teams on project management systems and tools
• Accelerate cross-functional alignment and improve processes
• Coach and align teams and leaders to improve efficiency
• Establish operational accountability through checklists and quality assurance tests
• Share best practices across event teams
• Maintain data best practices across systems
• Monitor project progress and set deadlines
• Anticipate client-side delays and communicate changes in client needs
• Solve project issues and anticipate potential problems
• Occasional domestic travel to On Location offices may be required

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree or master's degree in Event or Project Management
• Proven experience in event operations, event product building, project management, and project management tools
• Problem solving, creative solutions, and strong communication
• Strong planning skills and ability to anticipate possible scenarios and manage different outcomes
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones
• Ability to prioritize projects and deliverables as demands shift
• Training experience to distill complex projects into a simple and understandable method
• Ability to lead project teams of various sizes through completion
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies
• Experience as a large-scope project manager
• Ability to complete projects in a timely manner
• Understanding of project management systems, including Airtable and Smartsheet
• Excellent PowerPoint capabilities
• Event management experience
• Internal and external client relations experience
• Planning and coordination skills
• Budget management, forecasting, leadership, organization, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills

Benefits:

• Short- and long-term incentives, as applicable
• Growth and developmental opportunities
• Health care
• Retirement
• Vacation and other paid time off
• Additional offerings
• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities