Planning and Coordination Project Manager

Take the chance to work for the Organization in charge of **delivering one of the biggest and most prestigious events in sport field** Feel the Olympic and Paralympic energy joining us at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, leaving a mark in the sport history

**BREAK THE ICE**

**Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026** is the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2026, carrying on the organization, promotion and communication of the sporting and cultural events related to the next Winter Games.

We are driven by the following values**: respect, determination, legacy, engagement and sustainability.**

Milano Cortina 2026 will be the first large-scale Olympics in history: 13 Olympic venues, 21 provincial capitals, 2,300 municipalities directly involved, over an area of 22,000 square km.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee has been established in 2019 with the purpose of organizing Olympic and Paralympic Games in compliance with the Host City Contract signed jointly by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the two cities of Milano and Cortina and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).

Furthermore, the Italian Paralympic Committee, the Regions of Lombardy and Veneto, as well as the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano/Bozen are all partners in this major national-level project, with the support of the Italian Government.

**Position**:
We are looking for a talented Project Manager to join our small but busy Project Coordination team who is responsible for the overall coordination of the Olympic and Paralympic project throughout the entire Games lifecycle.

To support the Planning and Coordination Team:

- Monitor the progress of activities contained in the MICO 2026 Games Master Schedule, managing the monitoring tools identified by the IOC and Milano Cortina 2026 (Smartsheet).
- Proactively monitor issues arising from the functions to support resolution.
- Manage the Risk-Action-Issue Tracker tool supporting the assigned functions in monitoring and managing all the issues.
- Coordinate any cross-functional meetings to resolve issues or blockages in project progress.
- Support in arranging meetings with the IOC/IPC and with the assigned functions.
- Support in collecting and revising all the documents that will be part of the Integrated Planning Process.
- If necessary, provide support in developing detailed sub-schedules to ensure the timely achievement of the specific milestones.
- Constantly liaise with the other Project Managers of the Project Coordination Area, in order to ensure an appropriate flow of information and to align all the Functions involved in delivering a specific project/activity.

**Requirements**:

- Educated to degree level.
- Fluent in English.
- Preferable experience in previous editions of the Olympic/Paralympic Games and/or other past major events.
- Preferable knowledge of specific constraints.
- Good knowledge of the specific Olympic and Paralympic set of documents (Olympic Charter, Operational requirements, Functional areas’ Guides, etc.) or strong learning attitude to quickly familiarise with them.
- Able to use own initiative and carry out activities with mínimal supervision from senior managers.
- High quality project and resource management skills.
- Ability to work in a collaborative and multidisciplinary working environment.
- Good communication skills and ability to provide clear, succint and well-argued presentations - formally and informally.
- Ability to identify problems/issues, seek pertinent information, evaluate data and develop appropriate solutions quickly and thoroughly.
- Solid critical thinking and problem-solving skills to devise creative solutions to complex and sensitive issues whenever emergency strikes.
- Capacity to ensure both an ‘helicopter view’ and attention to details.
- Experience in people management in major sporting events is a plus.
- Computer skills: Powerpoint, Excel, Smartsheet (nice to have).

**Other information**:
Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 is committed in building an inclusive and diversified working environment, striving to guarantee equal opportunities for all workers (L.903/77) and promote the integration into its workforce of persons with disabilities (L.68/99).