Sports Director

**Department**: Sports Department
**Location**: Lausanne, Switzerland
**Contract Type**: Open-ended

**Activity Level**: 100%

**Job start date**:01.07.2025

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Media Rights-Holders. It also works with public and private authorities, including the United Nations and other international organisations.

If you are an experienced professional in the field of sport and the vision to build a better world through sports inspires you, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to the Olympic Movement within the IOC.

**About the Role**

As the Sports Director you will be managing relations with the Olympic and Recognised International Federations (IFs). You will also be liaising with Olympic Federations and Organising Committees of the Olympic Games on the planning and delivery of sports element of Olympic Games, Olympic Winter Games, and Youth Olympic Games. Additionally, you will be supporting the work of the Olympic Programme Commission and overseeing the work of the Athletes Department and the Health, Medicine and Science Department in the implementation of IOC strategies.

**Main Responsibilities**

Institutional
- In collaboration with each respective department’s Director, oversee the policy, strategy and objectives of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science departments, including aligning on budget and Human Resources and work of their respective commissions
- Lead and empower the three departments in the operational implementation of IOC strategies and recommendations, while raising executive-level issues to the Director General and the IOC President for decision
- Lead the representation of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science Departments at the IOC Executive Board and IOC Session meetings
- Enable the operations of the Sports, Athletes and Health, Medicine & Science departments for the delivery of Games-time related programmes and deliverables

Management of the department
- _Task planning :_
- organises the department's activities
- negotiates the objectives to be achieved and the means of achieving them with the people concerned
- ensures that they are implemented and supervises the results obtained.
- creates and implements performance indicators to monitor the department's overall activity.
- processes and manages files appropriately.
- _Staff and budget management:_
- Validate the Human Resources and budgeting needs with each Department (Sports, Athletes, Medicine & Science)
- Ensure the budgets relating to the three departments are respected.
- Evaluate his or her direct staff and ensure that the end-of-year evaluations within his or her department are properly conducted.
- Accept responsibility for resolving disputes which cannot reasonably be solved by his or her staff members and managers.
- Undertake to respect and ensure respect of the cultural differences within his or her department and/or in his or her relations with IOC partners.
- _Communication:_
- Ensure good communication within all three departments and strong liaison with the rest of the IOC Administration
- Attend directors’ meetings and take all measures necessary to develop synergies between departments.
- Ensure that the Executive Board and Session are informed about the issues within the areas of activity of the Sports, Athletes and Medical & Scientific departments.
- _Administrative and financial tasks:_
- Ensure that the law, the different regulations, instructions and procedures are correctly applied within his or her department.
- Be responsible for his or her budget vis-à-vis the President and Director General.
- Define the decision-making powers of the staff within his or her department.
- _Respect for internal rules of conduct_
- Respect and ensure respect of the internal rules of conduct and all instructions and procedures in place (information security, Code of Ethics, staff regulations, project management methodology, etc.)

**Strategic and operational Responsibilities**

Olympic Programme Commission
- Define the Olympic programme review procedure and manage its implementation
- Manage engagement with Olympic Programme Commission members and the management of meetings and recommendations
- Support the Chair of the Commission on presentations of reports to the IOC Executive Board and the IOC Session

International Sports Federations
- Lead and manage the relations with the Olympic IFs and the IFs’ involvement in IOC strategic projects
- Intervene in situations requiring mediation between IFs and OG or YOG Organising Committees.
- Is responsible for relations with the International Fede