About
SailGP is the world's most exciting racing on-water. The annual, global championship – established in 2018 and now in its fourth season – features national teams battling in short, intense races at iconic stadium-style venues across the globe.
The high-tech, high-speed action features the sailing's best athletes racing in identical hydrofoiling F50 catamarans, flying at speeds approaching 100 km/h who compete for the sport's top prize money, with US$4.3 million at stake over the season.
SailGP also races for a better future, championing a world powered by nature. In 2020, SailGP set a new standard as the first climate positive sports and entertainment property and began delivering actions and innovations that advance the global adoption of clean energy. Underpinning the organization's purpose-driven agenda is a diversification of the league, with the goal of immediately progressing gender and racial equity and inclusivity.
SailGP is a global organization with defined values that shape the culture of its diverse team: deliver quality, break boundaries, make an impact, stand together and strike a balance.
Role Summary
We're seeking a talented and motivated full time Venue Technology Manager to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will think creatively, collaborate effectively and act autonomously and will drive an insight-driven, outcome focused approach to managing the delivery of all in-venue technology deliverables. The successful candidate will be both a collaborative partner and a strategic thinker with the ability to blend technical, operational considerations into decision making, and will have experience of delivering large scale change, across people, process and technology domains.
Essential Responsibilities
* Managing direct reports as required, may vary from none to a few depending on programme needs
* Work closely with licensees on brand compliant technology roadmaps and programmes.
* Work with your line manager on the overall planning, design, delivery, implementation, testing, operation, decommissioning and reinstatement of all technology services and solutions required at their assigned competition or non-competition venue(s).
* Contribute to the detailed venue design and overlay planning process for their venue(s), ensuring that the technical and operational spaces, power, HVAC, containment and structures required by Technology are incorporated into venue designs
* Actively participate in venue operational planning and technology allocation design sessions with other functional areas to record their technology requirements and create space layouts, ensuring that they can be delivered within the constraints of the project.
* Develop effective working relationships with incumbent venue teams, the venue overlay team, venue managers, SailGP competing team coordinators and other key venue stakeholders.
* Collaborate with Technology partners & suppliers, other functional areas and incumbent venue teams to maintain a detailed installation schedule for their assigned venue(s), identifying priorities and ensuring that they are understood by all stakeholders.
* When required, be the key point of contact during the build, race days and decommissioning phases, managing the venue in the most efficient manner and to the highest safety standards, encompassing all legislative requirements and readiness and testing.
* Works closely with product managers and product owners on technology roadmaps, releases, milestones, and requirements.
Summary Of Key Responsibilities
* Work on the overall planning, design, delivery, implementation, testing, operation, decommissioning and reinstatement of all technology services and solutions required at all Sail Grand Prix venues.
* Lead on the overall Venue Technology planning and willing to travel to at least 6 SailGP events per season for approximately 10 days.
* Contribute to the detailed venue design and overlay planning process for venues in a consistent fashion, ensuring that the technical and operational spaces, ISP, HVAC, containment and structures required by Technology functional areas are incorporated in venue designs.
* Actively participate in venue operational planning and resource scoping sessions with other functional areas to gather and record their technology requirements, ensuring that they can be delivered within the constraints of the project.
* Provide input into the technology design processes for each venue within the Technology designs that will require input include: cabling and containment, end-user equipment and telecommunications infrastructure.
* Work with your line manager to develop an increasingly detailed technology focussed project management plan of each venue within their remit, accurately recording scope, schedule and other pertinent information.
* Proactively record and monitor risks and issues across each venue, initiating and tracking corrective action where required and escalating as appropriate.
* Provide input into the guidelines, specifications, policies and procedures of the functional area, focussing on delivering reliable and cost-effective solutions and services.
* Contribute to the planning of key subject areas such as: ISP delivery, containment, broadcast, ceremonies/press conferences, telecommunications, audio video, structures and rigging, logistics, and occupational health and safety.
* Assist with procurement activities for venue technology work packages.
* Execute additional tasks and other works as required for the success of the wider Technology department.
About You
* Must have proven extensive operational experience in event management, venue management and/or project management roles.
* Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
* Proven project delivery experience within a variety of technology projects.
* Line/matrix management of project teams consisting of permanent, contract or volunteer staff.
* Sound understanding of IT and/or telecommunications.
* Experience of delivering production IT services to SLAs/OLAs within a high availability environment.
* Experience of managing third-party suppliers in a multi-vendor environment.
* Ability to operate both independently and in a collaborative, team environment.
* Superior organisation, prioritisation and coordination skills.
* Ability to work effectively and thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment.
* Culturally sensitive and able to effectively work globally.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Work from our London Office 3 days a week
SailGP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion