Senior Director, Infrastructure & Overlay – FIFA World Cup 26™

Who We Are:

On Location is a premium experience provider, offering world class hospitality, ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production, and travel management across sports, entertainment, and fashion. From unrivaled access for corporate clients to guests looking for fully immersive experiences at marquee events, On Location is the premier and official service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026, LA 2028), NFL, NCAA, UFC and PGA of America, and numerous musical artists and festivals. The company also owns and operates a number of unique and exclusive experiences, transforming the most dynamic live events into a lifetime of memories. On Location is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.

Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.

THE ROLE 

On Location has been appointed as the Official Hospitality Provider of the FIFA World Cup 26™! The Senior Director of Infrastructure and overlay spearheads the design and creation of all On Location related overlay installations required for the delivery of  FWC26, in conjunction with internal and external design teams (external contractors) and the project’s key partners (venue owners and operators, etc.) who are responsible for delivering the permanent structures, facilities and infrastructures required for the FIFA World Cup 26™. 

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work in Conjunction with Event Production Design Master Planning Team and OL FWC26 team to develop, coordinate and execute a cohesive master, site, technical & production plan 

• Directly manage key members of Infrastructure team to include Directors Infrastructure & Overlay Northeast/Southeast/Southwest/Northwest, Country Venue Infrastructure & Overlay USA/CAN/MEX 

• Overall logistics coordination, vendor management, budget management and scheduling for the following areas: 

- Tenting & Structures - Power/Distribution - Utilities 

- Rigging & Trussing - Staging - Boneyard and BOH 

- Heavy Equipment - Court Protection/Flooring - Labor/Crew Chief 

- Fencing/Barricade - Audio/Visual - Restrooms  

- Technical Labor - Venue as it relates to Infrastructure/Site Buildout 

• Maintain terms of vendor agreements, with special attention to Change Order policy 

• Permitting, Engineering & ADA compliance unique to venue, city, state, country (in consultation with other Event Production Team)