WMEIMG

Performance Manager, Catering - FIFA World Cup 26™

Remote-NY Full time
Who We Are:

On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. On Location provides unrivaled access for corporate clients and fans looking for official, immersive experiences at marquee events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, and more. An official partner and/or service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (the Milano Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games), FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, the company also owns and operates a number of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.

The Role and What You’ll Do:  

The Affiliates Catering Manager is responsible for overseeing the integration of Affiliate food and beverage offerings into the broader tournament commercial hospitality products. This role serves as the central liaison between Affiliates and their caterers, marketing partners, project management, and internal catering leadership to ensure consistent menu execution, brand alignment, and high-quality service delivery across all commercial environments. 

 

  • Lead the integration of Affiliates products into the commercial catering program, ensuring seamless alignment with established culinary, operational, and brand standards. 

  • Maintain oversight of tournament-wide Affiliates catering menus, supporting consistency, quality, and compliance across all participating partners. 

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all Affiliates catering teams, managing day-to-day communication and ensuring needs, expectations, and deliverables are clearly understood. 

  • Coordinate with relevant partner stakeholders to manage alignment between Affiliate partners, FIFA partnerships, and overall hospitality objectives. 

  • Collaborate closely with the project manager to track Affiliate-related timelines, deliverables, menu submissions, upgrade requests, and operational milestones. 

  • Hold regular internal working sessions with the Internal Affiliates Team to maintain alignment, address risks, and support issue resolution. 

  • Partner with the internal training managers to develop training guides, playbooks, and best practices for menu execution, product handling, and service standards related to affiliate product integration. 

 

Other Duties & Responsibilities  

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the employee's activities, duties, or responsibilities for this job.  Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

   

Qualifications:  

  • Bachelor's degree in hospitality management, Business Administration, Event Management, or a related field.  

  • 3–5 years of experience in sponsor-forward catering settings, ideally within international sporting events, stadiums, or high-volume hospitality environments. 

  • Experience coordinating multiple vendor or partner relationships, ideally in a complex or multi-venue environment. 

  • Proven ability to develop and manage budgets, monitor financial performance, and implement cost-control strategies without compromising service quality. 

  • Demonstrated experience with program delivery and cross-functional coordination, ensuring alignment across catering vendors, finance teams, and venue operations. 

  • Experience in assessing operational readiness and training programs for catering teams. 

  • Willingness and ability to travel and work flexible hours during tournament build-up and live operations phases. 

   

How we work:   

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business.  

  

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. 

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Rate Minimum:

$71,250 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum:

$95,000 annually