Assistant Manager, Route & Event Operations - #1094360

We’re Hiring: Assistant Manager, Route & Event Operations

You play a key role in crafting and delivering a premium race experience for thousands of participants. To create memorable experiences and keep the chatter going past the event, you will be responsible for designing race routes that appeals to the target audience while ensuring that safety is always accounted for. From managing logistics to engaging stakeholders and government agencies, your role is crucial in delivering smooth, successful events. Feel the adrenaline of mass participation events and gain hands-on experience in every aspect of event operations. While you’re at it, you will also be liaising very closely with team leads in other departments to ensure that gaps and overlaps are identified and addressed; to ensure the entire team runs like clockwork. Ultimately, the team works together to ensure that everyone grow holistically as event operators while maintaining your specialisation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Oversee all aspects of route operations, including designing engaging and safe race routes, managing stakeholder relationships, engaging government agencies for permits and handling traffic and logistics coordination.

• Manage route logistics, including road closures, safety measures, traffic planning, and signage placement.

• Lead event execution, managing logistics procurements and deploying event crew and volunteers.

• Support event operations, including venue setup, vendor coordination, and on-site management.

• Take charge of ground crew during event build-up, live operations, and teardown.

• Collaborate with internal team members and external stakeholders/vendors to ensure seamless event setup and delivery.

• Tackle on-site challenges to ensure the event continues smoothly.

• Contribute to event debrief, own the evaluation process, and drive improvements for future editions.

• Perform ad hoc duties as needed.

What We’re Looking For:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in event operations.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to solve problems under pressure.

• A confident communicator who can manage multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to correlate and link information from various sources to formulate a sound strategy and plan.

• Ability to stay adaptable in fast-paced environments.

• Comfortable working outdoors, early mornings, weekends, and public holidays. (Off-in-lieu will be given accordingly)

• Passionate about events and excited to grow in the industry.

• An individual who takes pride in their work (as the rest of us strongly do), cares to think beyond and is very objective driven will be a strong plus.

Your journey with PICH starts here:

• Work on large-scale, high-impact events; captivating thousands of participants while meeting the client’s objective.

• Opportunities to take on leadership opportunities, building your career and portfolio.

• Learn across different event functions, from route operations to full event logistics.

• Collaborate with a passionate, energetic team that values creativity, innovation, and action.

• Grow your career in a supportive and dynamic environment at PICH, where collaboration, trust, and continuous development and support will help you and the company level up.