Women’s Football Manager – FIFA

About the job

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

Department: Women’s Football

Location: Zurich

Description

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION

The Women’s Football Manager will be responsible for the administrative support to Chief of Women’s Football Officer and supporting the wider Women’s Football Division.

These are your key tasks:

  • Information flow – manage information for external and internal communication including memos, emails, presentations, and reports using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software.
  • Project management – Administrative and operational support for events or projects as assigned.
  • Meetings (special events) management – prepare agendas, record minutes, prepare presentations, book rooms, and set up refreshments for meetings as required.
  • Liaison with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring good interpersonal relationships are always maintained.
  • Diary, Expenses and Travel management – provide personal assistant, administrative and planning support including diary management, scheduling appointments, travel and accommodation arrangements.
  • Coordination of Women’s Football Division meetings, projects and tasks as required.
  • Providing the FIFA Women’s World Cup team with necessary support to guarantee efficient project delivery including coordination of Government and Host City meetings.
  • Supporting other departments in the Women’s Football Division with administrative tasks as required.
  • Division wide time management – managing information flow for decision making purposes in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Performs and maintains sound administrative procedures with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, to achieve quality standards.
  • Coordination of Divisional activities.

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Sports Director – IOC

About the job

Department: Sports Department

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Contract Type: Open-ended

Activity Level: 100%

Job start date: 01.07.2025

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Media Rights-Holders. It also works with public and private authorities, including the United Nations and other international organisations.

If you are an experienced professional in the field of sport and the vision to build a better world through sports inspires you, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to the Olympic Movement within the IOC.

About the Role

As the Sports Director you will be managing relations with the Olympic and Recognised International Federations (IFs). You will also be liaising with Olympic Federations and Organising Committees of the Olympic Games on the planning and delivery of sports element of Olympic Games, Olympic Winter Games, and Youth Olympic Games. Additionally, you will be supporting the work of the Olympic Programme Commission and overseeing the work of the Athletes Department and the Health, Medicine and Science Department in the implementation of IOC strategies.

Main Responsibilities

Institutional

  • In collaboration with each respective department’s Director, oversee the policy, strategy and objectives of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science departments, including aligning on budget and Human Resources and work of their respective commissions
  • Lead and empower the three departments in the operational implementation of IOC strategies and recommendations, while raising executive-level issues to the Director General and the IOC President for decision
  • Lead the representation of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science Departments at the IOC Executive Board and IOC Session meetings
  • Enable the operations of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science departments for the delivery of Games-time related programmes and deliverables

Management of the department

Task planning :

  • organises the department’s activities
  • negotiates the objectives to be achieved and the means of achieving them with the people concerned
  • ensures that they are implemented and supervises the results obtained.
  • creates and implements performance indicators to monitor the department’s overall activity.
  • processes and manages files appropriately.

Staff and budget management:

  • Validate the Human Resources and budgeting needs with each Department (Sports, Athletes, Medicine & Science)
  • Ensure the budgets relating to the three departments are respected.
  • Evaluate his or her direct staff and ensure that the end-of-year evaluations within his or her department are properly conducted.
  • Accept responsibility for resolving disputes which cannot reasonably be solved by his or her staff members and managers.
  • Undertake to respect and ensure respect of the cultural differences within his or her department and/or in his or her relations with IOC partners.

Communication:

  • Ensure good communication within all three departments and strong liaison with the rest of the IOC Administration
  • Attend directors’ meetings and take all measures necessary to develop synergies between departments.
  • Ensure that the Executive Board and Session are informed about the issues within the areas of activity of the Sports, Athletes and Medical & Scientific departments.

Administrative and financial tasks:

  • Ensure that the law, the different regulations, instructions and procedures are correctly applied within his or her department.
  • Be responsible for his or her budget vis-à-vis the President and Director General.
  • Define the decision-making powers of the staff within his or her department.

Respect for internal rules of conduct:

  • Respect and ensure respect of the internal rules of conduct and all instructions and procedures in place (information security, Code of Ethics, staff regulations, project management methodology, etc.)

Strategic and operational Responsibilities

Olympic Programme Commission

  • Define the Olympic programme review procedure and manage its implementation
  • Manage engagement with Olympic Programme Commission members and the management of meetings and recommendations
  • Support the Chair of the Commission on presentations of reports to the IOC Executive Board and the IOC Session

International Sports Federations

  • Lead and manage the relations with the Olympic IFs and the IFs’ involvement in IOC strategic projects
  • Intervene in situations requiring mediation between IFs and OG or YOG Organising Committees.
  • Is responsible for relations with the International Federations:
  • Liaison between the International Federations and the IOC
  • Recognition of International Federations and examination of applications from recognised International Federations
  • Monitoring the support granted to International Federations for the development programme
  • Organisation of joint meetings with ASOIF and AIOWF
  • Liaising with AGFIS and ARISF
  • Is responsible for monitoring all activities and relations with recognised sports organisations. Enable the Sports team to support the IFs with developing their sport

Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games

  • Lead and manage the liaison with IFs and OCOGs on sport-related projects, including the qualification systems, competition schedules, venue selection, IF services, delivery models and Games / competition operations. Make sure this is coordinated with the Olympic Games Executive
  • Coordinate and manage all sports-related evaluations and reports in the framework of the applicant and bid city procedures for the OG and YOG.
  • Take part in the OG and YOG Coordination Commission meetings and project reviews.
  • Manage the sports-related operations during the OG and YOG.
  • Manage the OG and YOG debriefing with the Olympic IFs and follow up the resulting actions and recommendations.
  • Support the Games-time activities of IOC President (sports visits…)

We’re seeking someone with:

  • Preferably at least 10 years’ experience in the field of high-level sports management, including ideally International Federations and / or Organising Committees of the Olympic Games.
  • Proven experience of at least 10 years in a managerial function within an organisation linked to sport, a public agency or large-scale sports association.
  • Proven knowledge of the Olympic Movement.
  • Excellent management skills.
  • Ability to exert influence and work in a complex environment.
  • Excellent sense of planning and organisation.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team.
  • Excellent command of French and English, with knowledge of other languages an asset.
  • Communication skills; team spirit; appreciation of working in a multicultural environment.
  • Keen sense of priorities for efficient management of projects and deliverables.
  • Experience of dealing with other people at all levels of an organisation, as well as gathering and communicating often complex and sensitive information orally and in writing.
  • Excellent command of the corporate tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, etc.).

Behaviour and attitude:

  • Respect the Olympic values and the internal rules of conduct and all instructions and procedures in place (i.e. Information Security, Code of Ethics, etc).
  • Diligence and discretion combined with solid professional ethics.
  • Collaboration and transfer of knowledge.
  • Positive attitude, open-mindedness.
  • Possessing agility and flexibility while maintaining focus on core issues.
  • Enthusiasm, reactivity and efficiency.
  • Independent and proactive with a can-do attitude, yet able to work closely with different teams and manage multiple stakeholders.
  • Results-oriented and personal commitment to setting and achieving lofty goals.
  • Ability to adapt, react, and efficiently deliver in an environment in constant evolution.
  • Ability to listen, engage and motivate people.
  • Ability to set a direction for the team and lead to a common result.
  • Ability to set individual objectives and assess performance accordingly. Share regular feedback to team members.
  • Ability to empower others to make decisions or take charge.
  • Is able to act quickly, set new directions, and make smart but fast decisions if required by changes in the market or customer needs.
  • Ability to share sensitive messages or unpopular points of view in a motivating manner.

Apply here.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is embedded in its DNA and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.

Senior Marketing Planning Manager – FIFA

About the job

Application Deadline: 19 November 2024

Department: Partnerships & Media

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Zurich

Reporting To: Jeremy Thum

Description

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION

The Senior Marketing Planning Manager is responsible for proactively steering and owning planning process and coordination across all 360×365 marketing activations and opportunities by developing, owning and activating FIFA’s comprehensive (360) and timely (365) event calendar, milestone overview and stakeholder rights maps across events, tournaments, brand and all relevant marketing activities. This role is integral to marketing team (digital, development, planning and management), as well as the MBBI team (marketing, brand and business intelligence).

These Are Your Key Tasks

  • Create, own, maintain, and enable the evolving and non- exhaustive list and overview of all potential and planned FIFA marketing activities and implementations
  • Create, own, and maintain a comprehensive rights map across all stakeholders (internal and external)
  • Proactively and timely provide insights, details and updates to various relevant project teams to facilitate marketing activity(s) and activations
  • Write creative, media planning and production/development briefs for respective functions that will ensure best in class and groundbreaking marketing activities
  • Be the eyes and ears of the marketing team within the MBBI functional area, connect the dots between various and concurrent marketing activities, and be the source of information, detail and oversight for team members and in particular the head of event marketing & marketing planning
  • Bring and stimulate creative thinking to FIFA’s marketing activities, to FIFA colleagues and team members
  • “Dream about” Monday.com boards
  • Advocate, drive and facilitate effective communication, sharing and information flow
  • Supports in the implementation, management and operational efficiency of the new FIFA digital archive working closely with the agency, IT, brand and other relevant stakeholders

YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA.

We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The Specific Competencies We Require For This Position Are

  • Min of 5 years of experience in a Marketing/Communications role, or a role with demonstrable relevance to this position
  • Proven track-record in managing complex projects and multiple stakeholders
  • Experience in the Sports, Events or Entertainment industry is an advantage
  • Bachelor degree or similar higher education in Marketing, Communications or other relevant field
  • Marketing expertise, preferably in the sporting industry or other demonstrable relevant environment
  • Good understanding of the media, marketing, digital and innovation landscape
  • Innate desire to work cross-functionally, facilitating connection between teams and workstreams
  • Creative thinker in and outside the world of football
  • Adaptable and efficient under pressure, deadlines, and in stressful situations
  • Able to define goals and objectives, give clear directions and support project groups
  • Outstanding communication skills across all mediums (e.g., email, instant messaging tools, shared docs, listening, presenting “up,” internally, and externally)
  • Effective working in both team environments and independently
  • Self-motivated and eager to take on new challenges
  • Thrives on detail: finding it, getting it, sharing it and recording it
  • Deep understanding of cultural nuances and a confident and effective communicator
  • Fluent in English, with excellent English writing skills
  • Proficiency in any other language is an asset
  • Proficient in Office suite, cloud-based productivity tools and project management software
  • Willingness to travel on a regular basis, including for the duration of defined tournament times
  • Readiness for stand-by duties, for example during tournament time or promotional events

Perks & Benefits

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

  • Health and fitness: Regular football sessions for all abilities, plus on-site gym.
  • Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
  • Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
  • Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
  • Pension: Flexible pension benefits with generous employer contributions.
  • Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
  • Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
  • Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
  • Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

About FIFA

We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.

Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe. The opportunities for growth are exciting.

We are a modern organisation with over 850 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami and Paris, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, Congo, Panama and Paraguay.

Apply here.

Olympic Games Finance Manager – IOC

About the job

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Media Rights-Holders. It also works with public and private authorities, including the United Nations and other international organisations.

If you are a professional in the Financial field, and the vision to build a better world through sports inspires you, this is a unique opportunity for you to become part of the Olympic Movement and join the IOC.

As the Commercial & Games Finance Manager, your mission, together with the Games and Commercial Finance team, will be to act as a liaison between the IOC Finance and the IOC Games departments on Olympic/Youth Olympic Games Organising Committees (OCOGs/YOGOCs) financial management matters. Additionally you will also serve as a proactive Business Partner, focused on Technology partners and subjects managing a portfolio of projects both games and commercially related.

Main responsibilities

Commercial financial management

  • Proactive Business partner to the commercial team, working closely with the commercial team on the TOP (Partner) programme focused primarily on Technology partners.
  • Support the wider team in the financial management of the delivery of existing commercial contracts in relation to goods and services (value-in-kind and cash) and support the negotiation of new ones, working closely with ITMS (IOC Television and Marketing Services),other IOC relevant departments and the relevant external stakeholders (incl. OCOGs).
  • Create and maintain relevant reporting, reconciliation and modelling of KPIs on a monthly basis to monitor cash, Value in Kind, Marketing in Kind and other considerations.
  • In collaboration with the legal team, act as arbitrator between the Commercial Partners and the Olympic parties in dispute resolution and liaise, when necessary, with technical consultants in the assessment of the fair market value.

Project management

  • Ensures the smooth communication, coordination and management of the OCOGs/YOGOCs financial aspects across the various departments of the IOC (including within the Finance department)
  • Lead IOC project management business partner responsibilities relating to Technology and Artificial Intelligence activities.
  • When necessary create and maintain updated tools, templates and formats as needed to facilitate the project management of the different areas under responsibility.

Planning, coordination & activity follow-up

  • Support the Associate Director and wider Commercial and Games team in the coordination and monitoring of the wider financial management activities of the Summer and Winter Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs) and/or Youth Olympic Games (YOGOCs) from the candidature phase until dissolution.
  • The role will be responsible for the following areas, among others: OGOC/YOGOC Financial Planning, VIK Management, Financial Systems, Procurement & Contract Management, Rate Card, Insurance, Finance Games-Time operations and Dissolution Phase.
  • Provide support, guidance and share expertise to the OCOGs/YOGOCs teams in their financial planning and execution phases.
  • Be a liaison between the wider IOC Finance team (Financial Planning, Accounting, Commercial Finance, Taxes, Procurement, Insurance) and other IOC teams through streamlining needed information, coordinate and provide assistance in the management of the bilateral financial tasks and/or obligations between the IOC and OCOGs/YOGOCs throughout the whole lifecycle of operations until the final financial reconciliation post-Games.
  • Drive operations linked with the internal IOC monitoring and coordination mechanisms (and tools) of the OCOGs/YOGOCs (meeting support, documentation, yearly budgeting process, etc -utilising tools and systems like SAP and Ariba.

Our requirements

  • Advanced university degree and master’s degree or equivalent qualification in business/finance.
  • 3-5 years financial management with an emphasis on planning and commercial analysis for Technology clients.
  • Good understanding of sport events financial planning and management.
  • Fluency in English (written and oral).
  • Excellent Command of key MS Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc). Advanced command of Excel.
  • Familiarity with SAP and Microsoft Power BI is an advantage.
  • Ability communicate and present complex finance subjects in a simple way to non-finance natives.
  • Ability to travel.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is embedded in its DNA, and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you will become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport, with the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.

We are a value driven organisation. Our values help bring out the best in us. We strive for excellence and encourage people to do the best they can. We promote respect in many different ways, respect for yourself, for the rules, for your opponents, for the environment and for the public. We celebrate friendship, which is the hallmark of the Olympic Games. There is more that unites than divides us.

Apply here.

Senior Content Production Manager – FIFA

About the job

Department: Communications & PR

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Zurich

Description

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION

These Are Your Key Tasks

  • The management and maintenance of a global digital newsroom across three geographical zones, able to operate and function 24/7.
  • Distribution of social, multimedia and editorial assets across owned, earned and shared channels, utilising Communications platforms and services.
  • Leading a “multimedia first” approach of content curation, ensuring economies of scale through strong content briefs and multi-platform publication planning.
  • Supporting senior management messaging, content curation, speeches and presentations.
  • Working with Corporate Communications, and other members of the Communications division, on strategies for content gathering, aligning with the Head of Content Production on budgetary matters and business priorities.
  • Strategic support of Campaigns content delivery.
  • Organisation and proactive management of the Inside FIFA areas of FIFA.com, using economies of scale in the relevant languages.
  • Supporting both the Director of Communications and Head of Content Production in the timely delivery of video assets for FIFA institutional events, such as meetings of the FIFA Council, FIFA Congress, The BEST FIFA Football Awards etc.

YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA.

We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The Specific Competencies We Require For This Position Are

  • Ability to think for the division and organisation, beyond the Content Production team.
  • Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to handle conflictual situations.
  • Ability to develop and motivate a team.
  • Representing Communications / Content Production with the President and Secretary General.
  • Excellent communicator and listener.
  • Willing to learn new skills and take on challenges.
  • Discreet.
  • Analytical.
  • Pragmatic.
  • Flexible and open.
  • Loyal, honest and trustworthy.
  • Able to balance strategic and operational work and tasks.
  • Creative and innovative
  • Fluent in English and proficient in at least one other official FIFA language.

Perks & Benefits

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

  • Health and fitness: Regular football sessions for all abilities, plus on-site gym.
  • Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
  • Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
  • Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
  • Pension: Flexible pension benefits with generous employer contributions.
  • Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
  • Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
  • Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
  • Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

Apply here.

Women’s Football Development Manager – FIFA

About the job

Application Deadline: 13 July 2024

Department: Women’s Football

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Zurich

Description

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION

Working closely with the Head of the Development, to develop and execute women’s football development programmes linked to the implementation of the women´s football strategy, with a clear focus on FIFA Member Associations.

These Are Your Key Tasks

  • Manage and oversee the implementation of the FIFA Women´s Football Development Programmes.
  • Support the administration process of FIFA Women´s Football Development Programmes via the FIFA Forward platform.
  • Liaise with Member Associations Division and its regional offices on regular basis to create synergies with FIFA Forward programme and maintain a full understanding of the work they are carrying out linked to football development whilst also keeping them informed of the relevant Women’s Football Division projects.
  • Develop and implement the global women´s football leadership programme as part of the FIFA Women’s Football Development Programme’s.
  • Linked to the hosting of FIFA women´s football tournaments, manage and oversee development programmes with the host countries, leveraging the tournaments to enhance the positive impact.
  • Support the Women’s Football Division to continually gather, develop and monitor research on women´s football environment in order to maintain an in depth understanding of the current landscape, both at national team and club level.
  • Identify and develop mechanisms and initiatives for accelerating and enhancing the development of women’s football.
  • Work closely with the professionalisation colleagues to align on different research projects and implementation of new initiatives.
  • Work closely with women’s football senior relations manager to support the implementation of the commercial programme and communications planning related to the women’s football development programmes.
  • Office administration (including the scheduling of meetings and preparation of relevant documentation and presentations).
  • Any other tasks required within the context of the department and the wider Women’s Football Division.

YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA.

We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The Specific Competencies We Require For This Position Are

  • Proven work experience in football (min. 5 year) with a clear demonstration of understanding the governance structures in football
  • Track record in administering and implementing projects / programmes successfully
  • Bachelor’s Degree, preferably Master Degree
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Proven research and analysis skills
  • Excellent English, Spanish and/or French skills, written and oral
  • Proficient in Word / PowerPoint / Excel
  • Ability to develop ideas for development and professionalisation programmes
  • Team player
  • Strong work ethic
  • Inter-cultural competence
  • Passion for women’s football
  • Ability to travel on short notice

Perks & Benefits

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

  • Health and fitness: Regular football sessions for all abilities, plus on-site gym.
  • Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
  • Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
  • Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
  • Pension: Flexible pension benefits with generous employer contributions.
  • Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
  • Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
  • Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
  • Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

About FIFA

We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.

Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe. The opportunities for growth are exciting.

We are a modern organisation with over 850 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami and Paris, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, Congo, Panama and Paraguay.

Apply here.

Head of Host Broadcast Production – FIFA

About the job

Department: Broadcast & Media Operations

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: Zurich

Description

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

We are actively seeking a successor in anticipation of the upcoming retirement of the current position holder.

THE POSITION

FIFA tournaments are watched by billions of football fans around the world, who expect a high-quality viewing experience. Televising events of such magnitude is a massive undertaking in terms of technology, infrastructure, manpower and logistics. The Head of Host Broadcast Production is in charge of the development, planning and execution of the overall strategy for industry benchmark host broadcast productions, operations and services across all FIFA tournaments and events.

These are your key tasks:

  • Lead the process of defining FIFA’s production editorial, technical and operational philosophy, standards and guidelines
  • Lead the development and implementation of robust and cost-effective host broadcast production plans
  • Procure, contract and assume daily management of external host broadcast and graphics suppliers
  • Sustain the integration of FIFA football innovative technologies to enhance the game’s storytelling
  • Oversee the planning and delivery of venue host and unilateral broadcast facilities
  • Lead the site selection process as well as the design, planning, construction, operation and dismantling of international broadcast centers
  • Conduct the design, setup and operation of signal transmission processes, enabling global distribution of live content
  • Implement robust broadcast security measures
  • Ensure development and execution of contingency plans to handle technical emergencies, with a view to seamless content delivery
  • Ensure best practices and implementation of key learnings across events
  • Benchmark other sport broadcasts and keep up to date with industry developments and trends
  • Support the media partnership department in building and maintaining strong relationships with media rights licensees
  • Work closely with the departments responsible for digital and non-live content production and delivery, identify synergies and ensure seamless integration
  • Oversee and manage the host broadcast production department
  • Produce and manage broadcast production budgets, forecasts and reports

YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA.

We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

  • Master’s degree or similar higher education in broadcast production or related fields
  • Significant experience at a senior level managing broadcast productions for major global sports properties
  • Strong awareness of broadcast production, operations, technology and content delivery workflows
  • Good knowledge of international industry players across the entire broadcast production chain
  • Capacity to collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholders, ensuring seamless cooperation
  • Capacity to break new ground, look for unchartered territories and produce fresh ideas
  • Fluent in English, any other FIFA language is an asset

Perks & Benefits

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

  • Health and fitness: Regular football sessions for all abilities, plus on-site gym.
  • Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
  • Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
  • Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
  • Pension: Flexible pension benefits with generous employer contributions.
  • Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
  • Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
  • Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
  • Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

Media Rights Sales: 2024-27 UEFA Europa League/ UEFA Europa Conference League

The media content rights sales process for the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League
and UEFA Europa Super Cup (seasons 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27) will be conducted on a market-by market basis with such media rights being offered on a platform neutral basis and in accordance with the
principles established by the European Commission.

The sales process will usually be effected initially by means of an ‘Invitation to Submit Offer’ (ISO) process
under which qualified media content distributors will be invited to submit offers before the submission
deadline (as indicated in the Schedule A below) for the media rights in their respective territories.

Schedule B lists the relevant territories for which media rights agreements have been signed (including details of the respective partners).


The sales process will be administered on behalf of UEFA by TEAM Marketing, UEFA’s marketing agency
for the exploitation of certain media and commercial rights relating to its club competitions, except in the
United States where the sales process will be administered on behalf of UEFA by Relevent Sports Group.
All enquiries in respect of the acquisition of such rights should therefore be directed to TEAM Marketing at the following e-mail address: info@team.ch.

Further communications and updates shall be provided as and when UEFA commences the media content
rights sales process in respect of any other territories.

Project Manager – FIFA

The FIFA Foundation was established in 2018 as part of FIFA’s commitment to generating a positive social impact and addressing the most pressing global challenges. Aligned with the Vision 2020-2023: Making Football Truly Global, and FIFA’s flagship campaign of Football Unites the World, the FIFA Foundation seeks to leverage the intrinsic values of the beautiful game for the benefit of the people and the planet. Its diverse programmes, campaigns, and events contribute tangibly to improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in every corner of the globe, with actions in the fields of education, gender equality, health and well-being, and climate action.

We are now looking for a Project Manager that is part of FIFA and supports us on our mission.

These are your key tasks:

  • Support the Head of the FIFA Foundation Administration on the implementation of diverse programmes and projects of the FIFA Foundation in all different phases and actions of the management worldwide, including execution on site, financial oversight, follow-up and monitoring, drafting of reports, among other tasks
  • Manage the relationship and communication with stakeholders of the programmes
  • Consolidate and provide information on the programme to assist with all FIFA and FIFA Foundation communication plans (e.g., posting on social media, reporting to the FIFA Foundation Board, etc.)
  • Logistic organisation of material, workshops, and on-site delivery of the projects
  • Knowledge management, including gather of information and consolidation to produce data to be published and distributed to decision-makers
  • Assist the Head of the FIFA Foundation Administration on the implementation of other FIFA Foundation activities, when required
  • Support the Head of the FIFA Foundation Administration on the preparation of FIFA Foundation Board meetings and the follow-up of decisions
  • Participate in events and meetings, when instructed by the Head of the FIFA Foundation Administration

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

  • University degree, technical college qualification or specific higher education
  • Experience working in an international environment
  • Proven track-record in managing complex projects/programmes
  • Football sector experience is an asset
  • Humanitarian / development / social work experience is an asset
  • Project Management skills
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills
  • High attention to details and level of quality awareness
  • Result- and performance-oriented
  • Stress resistant, able to work efficiently under pressure
  • Ability to learn quickly, high level of flexibility
  • Diplomatic skills, discreet and tactful
  • High level of communication, conflict resolution and teamwork skills
  • Ability to represent FIFA well
  • Open-minded, with political and multi-cultural sensitivity
  • Fluency in English
  • Proficiency in Spanish, good management of French is an asset
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word / PowerPoint / Excel)
  • Experience with Project Management Tools is an advantage
  • Availability to travel

Tender for 2024-27 UEFA Club Competitions Global Sponsorship Packages

UEFA would like to invite interested parties in all product categories to express their interest in the remaining UEFA Club Competitions sponsorship packages available for the 2024-27 commercial cycle.

The sales process for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League sponsorship rights packages for the 2024-27 commercial cycle was launched in May 2022. As part of the continued sales process, UEFA has now received one additional offer.

UEFA would therefore like to specifically invite interested parties in the logistics category to submit formal offers for a global rights package in relation to the UEFA Champions League and/or the UEFA Europa League / UEFA Conference League by 12:00 CET on Monday 31st July 2023 via email to uccpartners@team.ch.

Should any interested party require further information in respect of any available packages (including the inventory available and product categories still open), they are kindly asked to contact TEAM Marketing as soon as possible, via the e-mail address referred to above.

UEFA has appointed TEAM Marketing as its global sales agency to market the commercial rights for its men’s club competitions. TEAM Marketing provides sales support in the global marketing and sale of media, sponsorship and licensing rights for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League for the 2024-27 cycle.