Reporting organizationally to the Director of Transport, the Senior Manager, Administration Transport will help serve transport efforts for the FIFA World Cup 2026 that for the first time ever, is hosting 48 teams and 1,200+ players across 3 countries and 16 venues. This role will be responsible for the performing of complex planning and programming activities in support of management-related programs and/or across all transportation sub-projects. Further, this role will oversee the following event transport sub-projects planning and implementation: project management and planning, volunteer management, training programs, and procurement.
 
The main responsibilities of the Senior Manager, Administration Transport for the FIFA World Cup 2026 include: 

• Lead the development of transportation plans, budgets, resource plans and other related documents with involved FIFA projects
• Monitors and estimates future costs in close cooperation with involved FIFA projects
• Lead the procurement process, including development of required procurement documents within Event Transport in close cooperation with involved FIFA projects
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to obtain appropriate agreements and approvals
• Lead the staffing process, coordinate staffing deployment and engagement
• Organize and lead the staff training process
• Coordinate with FIFA26 WKF and Volunteers divisions all activities related to Volunteers program and involvement
• Lead the development of required policies and procedures
• Reviews and evaluates plans, budgets and other related documents to ensure compliance with applicable FIFA26 requirements and conformance to acceptable professional standards;
• Reviews and prepares correspondence, reports, studies, gives briefings and makes presentations regarding event transport project and across FIFA26 planning activities;
• Stays abreast of transportation industry changes and FIFA26 requirements, policies, procedures of United States, Canada and Mexico legislation;
• Observes and evaluates the performance of operating staff, service supervisors and volunteers in the field for compliance with policies and attainment of performance indicators in a variety of ways (i.e., direct observation, riding buses, standing on street, etc.). Identifies and responds to performance deviations and determines course of action to correct problems, including progressive disciplinary actions and recommendations for additional training;
• Investigates violations of rules, regulations, and operating procedures by operating and supervisory personnel to determine appropriate corrective action to decrease volume of complaints;
• Integrates with all functions within Event Transport;
• Establish a framework for monitoring information flow and managing expectations among various event transport sub-projects.