Job Description

Race Team Operations Manager

About SailGP

SailGP is the world’s most exciting racing on-water. The annual, global championship – established in 2018 and approaching its sixth 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 60 mph.

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.

About The US SailGP Team

Energized by prestigious new owners and investors across U.S. professional sports, entertainment and technology, the U.S. SailGP Team is led by co-owners Ryan and Margaret McKillen and two-time world champion Mike Buckley. Seven-time world champion Taylor Canfield is the driver, and the U.S. team has an All-American roster of talented athletes. The Americans are one of 10 national teams in the SailGP global championship that races in iconic locations around the world.. Visit for more information.

Job Summary

The U.S. SailGP Team is looking for a Race Team Operations Manager to play the vital role of conducting and optimizing day-to-day sailing team operations. This role is very broad in scope and requires a true utility player willing and able to take ownership of many of the detail-oriented aspects of operating the sailing team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• Commitment to an extensive international travel schedule
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent people skills
• Can work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent event and project management skills
• Attention to detail 
• Passport - ability to travel internationally

Responsibilities

• Manage and organize all the operational activities to deliver the team’s training and racing sessions
• Manage the preparations of all SailGP events and of non-event activities
• Schedule all activities
• Book and manage all the team’s logistics (Travel, Accommodation, ground transportation, catering)
• Ensure all SGP’s work processes & policies are followed
• Coordinate all activities between the team and the League 
• Coordinate all the activities between the team and other departments (Marketing, Content, PR, Commercial, etc)
• Collaborate with other sailing teams when required
• Manage personnel
• Manage the team’s Impact League program
• Attend all events
• Assist the CEO and Chief of Staff - schedule and admin
• Act as the point of contact

Location

• New York, NY

Salary

• Range - $60,000-$90,000 USD

The US SailGP Team is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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