Manager, Fan and Soccer Community Experiences

U.S. Soccer Overview

The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.

We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.

U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.

Position Description

The Safeguarding Manager, Youth Engagement is U.S. Soccer's subject-matter expert on safeguarding for youth participants of the game. For the purposes of this role, "youth participants" means all under-18 participants, including minor players, minor referees, and other young people who take part in soccer activities, programs, and events. The role leads safeguarding prevention and education across the youth game and provides youth participant expertise across the wider safeguarding team.

At its core, this role is about culture and the young people at the heart of the game. Meeting regulatory requirements is essential, but not the finish line. Success is measured by whether young people feel safe, heard, and genuinely valued in soccer, and whether the adults around them build environments where that is the norm. Youth voice and youth agency are not add-ons to this work; they are its purpose.

This is a standards-and-enablement role. Rather than personally delivering every program, the Manager sets the frameworks, builds the tools and learning, and equips U.S. Soccer staff, Member Organizations, and partners to create and sustain safe, healthy environments themselves. Given a period of significant growth and major events, priorities will be delivered in phases, sequenced with the Vice President of Safeguarding: foundational standards and education first, then deeper assurance and member capability over time.

To succeed, the Manager brings deep expertise in safeguarding and child protection, a strong command of the regulatory landscape governing minor athletes within the Olympic and Paralympic Movement, and a proven ability to translate standards into practical policy, education, and culture across grassroots, community, and elite settings. Above all, the Manager is committed to working directly with youth athletes, championing their voice, agency, and wellbeing at every stage of their participation.

The role contributes across U.S. Soccer's safeguarding methodology of prevention, reporting, and response. The Manager designs and embeds the policies, learning, and pathways that prevent harm before it occurs. Working closely with the Reporting and Resolution team, the Manager also helps build clear, trusted reporting systems, ensuring concerns can be raised easily, disclosures are acted on appropriately, and learning flows back into prevention. The Manager supports this function as an expert but does not perform case management; intake, investigation, and adjudication sit with the Reporting and Resolution team and the U.S. Center for SafeSport, in line with federal law and U.S. Soccer policy.

The role reports to the Vice President of Safeguarding - Prevention & Education, and works closely with the National Team Safeguarding Manager, providing minor-participant expertise wherever minors or participants at heightened risk are involved (including the youth and disability National Teams). It also partners with the Director of Safeguarding Operations, the Reporting and Resolution team, and other programming members, such as Recreation and Soccer Forward.

Primary Responsibilities

Subject-Matter Expertise & Sector Leadership

• Serve as Subject-Matter Expert: Act as a key internal expert on youth athletes and youth participant safeguarding spanning regulation, recognized best practice, and the evidence base for U.S. Soccer. Maintain current expertise in applicable requirements (the U.S. Center for SafeSport Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies (MAAPP), the SafeSport Code, USOPC requirements including evolving background-check and training standards, and applicable state mandatory-reporting law) alongside leading safeguarding frameworks and research, including evidence-based, trauma-informed, and child-centered prevention practice. With the wider Safeguarding team, support the translation of regulatory change and emerging evidence into clear, actionable internal guidance, and contribute to external guidance for Members and partners.
• Serve as an Advisor: Provide expert advice and support to the wider Safeguarding Team and U.S. Soccer operations wherever youth or participants at heightened risk are involved, including the youth national teams, the disability National Teams, age-group camps, talent-identification events, and the transition of minor participants into the senior environment.
• Contribute Thought Leadership: Stay at the leading edge of youth safeguarding in soccer, building relationships with U.S. Soccer Members, peer NGBs, and child-protection experts, and researching and briefing the organization on emerging best practices and risks to minor participants. Maintain particular focus on the digital environment, including online grooming, harmful contact through social and gaming platforms, sextortion, image-based abuse, and AI-enabled threats, translating insight into refreshed prevention controls and helping to champion a positive, child-centered safeguarding culture.

Policies, Standards & Safe Environments

• Develop Policies and Standards: Support the development and maintenance of safeguarding policies, codes of conduct, and operating standards that apply to youth participants, including recreation, community, commercial, and event settings, with practical implementation tools that make them usable for youth, staff, volunteers, contractors, and partners.
• Advance Inclusive and Accessible Safeguarding: Ensure safeguarding standards, learning, and reporting routes are inclusive and accessible through addressing the elevated and specific risks faced by disabled participants and other groups at heightened risk across the youth and grassroots game, including disability soccer programs, and equipping programs to make safe participation genuinely accessible to all.
• Enable Safe Engagement in Youth Activities: Set and advise on safeguarding standards for any activity that involves or depicts youth participants, including photo and video shoots, public appearances, ambassador and talent engagements, and the use of minors' image and likeness in marketing, merchandise, and collectibles. Define consent, chaperoning, and supervision requirements in partnership with Marketing, Commercial, and Legal, keeping young people's dignity and agency at the center of how they are represented.
• Enable Safe Facilities, Events, and Activations: Provide the safeguarding standards, planning, and risk-assessment support that keep minors safe at U.S. Soccer venues, events, and activations whenever they are present or their interests are engaged, including the national training center, visiting youth groups, camps, clinics, tours, and event-day supervision, trusted-adult, and reporting arrangements. Support U.S. Soccer Members in building the same safe practices for their own youth participants.

Education, Training & Capacity Building

• Build Learning and Education Assets: Lead the development of safeguarding learning content with and for youth participants and the adults who engage with them, using blended digital, virtual, and in-person delivery designed to be age-appropriate, accessible, and effective across a diverse, multilingual community.
• Build Member Capacity: Strengthen the safeguarding capacity and capability of Member Organizations through toolkits, train-the-trainer models, and ongoing support, scaling consistent standards across a membership of millions. This includes supporting the Safe Soccer Clearance program from a youth participant perspective, so that the training, screening, and clearance of those working with minors remain appropriate and effective.

Program Safeguarding: Recreation & Community

• Support Recreation and Schools Programming: Act as a safeguarding partner to Soccer in Schools and recreation initiatives, ensuring program models, screening, supervision standards, and reporting pathways are appropriate for school and community delivery.
• Embed Safeguarding in Community Engagement: Build safeguarding into Soccer Forward and community and social-impact programming through a child-centered, inclusive, “safeguarding-by-design” approach.

Collaboration, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

• Make Reporting and Response Accessible to Minors and Communities: Work with the Reporting and Resolution team to ensure reporting and response systems are appropriate, accessible, and trusted for youth participants and the communities they come from. Routes for raising concerns should be age-appropriate, low-barrier, culturally and linguistically accessible, and well understood by young people, families, and grassroots organizations, with disclosures recognized and escalated appropriately.
• Collaborate Across the Organization: Partner across the Reporting and Resolution team, Legal, Coaching Education, Commercial, Facilities, and Membership to align policy, education, and delivery, and feed learning back into prevention.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Child Protection, Social Work, Education, Public Health, Sport Management, Criminal Justice, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Safeguarding Expertise & Experience: Minimum of 5 years in safeguarding, child protection, or minor welfare, including hands-on experience designing and implementing prevention measures and delivering policy and education programs at scale, experience with safeguarding in a sporting environment and a strong working knowledge of the U.S. child-protection landscape (U.S. Center for SafeSport and MAAPP requirements; state mandatory-reporting obligations), with a demonstrated track record of building child-centered, youth-voice-led safeguarding culture, not only implementing policy and meeting compliance requirements
• Learning Design: Demonstrated experience designing and delivering effective learning and training frameworks (digital, blended, and in-person) for varied audiences including young people, and leveraging digital learning ecosystems (LMS, content delivery, learning analytics), with awareness of online-safety and digital-risk trends affecting young people
• Leadership & Project Management: Proven ability to lead projects, influence across functions without direct authority, and contribute to strategic decision-making; capable of working in fast-paced and demanding environments
• Judgment & Discretion: Excellent judgment, the ability to recognize risk and the limits of the role and escalate appropriately, and the highest standards of integrity and confidentiality when handling sensitive matters
• Other Requirements: Ability to pass a background check and complete SafeSport / safeguarding training; willingness to travel and to work occasional evenings and weekends around camps and events
• Language: English required
• General knowledge of soccer
• Capable of working in fast-paced and demanding environments
• Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience within an NGB, the Olympic & Paralympic Movement, sport, or education, and with inclusive, accessible safeguarding for disabled participants and adults at risk
• Spanish proficiency

U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.

U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.

U.S. Soccer Overview

The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.

We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.

U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.

Position Description

The Senior Software Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership for the shared platform capabilities that powers U.S. Soccer's Soccer Services and Learning Center experiences. This engineer will lead the design and delivery of reusable components, services, content models, and workflow patterns that can be composed across public, authenticated, learner, and administrator experiences serving coaches, referees, educators, Organization Members, players, parents, and other participants across the

country.

Based at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center, this role will be a visible Product & Technology partner for Soccer Services and Learning Center stakeholders. The Senior Software Engineer will participate in planning and working sessions, translate operational and product needs into clear technical direction, communicate tradeoffs and delivery risk, and build trusted relationships across engineering, product, design, content and curriculum, data, and soccer operations.

The work spans education, course management, licensing and certification, member and organization services, registration and application workflows, safeguarding and compliance, content delivery, and administrative operations. This engineer will establish and extend proven patterns across clear boundaries between experience, content, identity, and operational systems; guide incremental modernization while protecting current service; and make U.S. Soccer’s design, accessibility, security, reliability, and performance standards the default.

This is a senior individual-contributor role for a systems-oriented full-stack engineer who combines architecture judgment with a willingness to work directly in the code. Depending on the product area, the engineer may work with technologies such as Go, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript and TypeScript, Sanity, PostgreSQL, Auth0/OIDC, AWS, containers and Kubernetes, messaging platforms, and CDN/edge delivery.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and end-to-end delivery of production capabilities across Soccer.
• Services and the Learning Center—from discovery and architecture through implementation, testing, release, monitoring, and iteration.
• Serve as an in-person Product & Technology partner at the National Training Center; participate in stakeholder meetings, clarify complex requirements, surface dependencies and risks, and translate product and operational goals into practical delivery plans.
• Establish and evolve reusable platform building blocks—including user-interface components, service contracts, content models, templates, and workflow patterns—that solve shared problems and can be adopted consistently across products.
• Deliver learner-, member-, and administrator-facing experiences such as dashboards, course modules, video review, assessment and certification flows, renewals, progress tracking, in person clinic logistics, registration, eligibility, document review, approvals, and administrative tools.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture and code reviews, design facilitation, documentation, mentorship, and constructive feedback; help engineers make sound decisions and raise the quality and consistency of the team’s work.
• Design and operate backend services, APIs, data models, event-driven workflows, and integrations across identity, content, learning, member, analytics, and third-party systems, with clear contracts and strong auditability.
• Lead incremental modernization of existing workflows and integrations while maintaining compatibility, data integrity, and reliable service for current users.
• Set and uphold standards for automated testing, continuous delivery, observability, performance, scalability, resilience, accessibility, privacy, role-based access, and security; lead diagnosis and durable resolution of production incidents.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership on roadmaps, technical strategy, sequencing, estimation, staffing dependencies, and measurable outcomes while communicating decisions clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of professional software-engineering experience building and operating production applications, including at least 3 years' operating at a senior or technical-lead level.
• Demonstrated success leading the design and delivery of complex full-stack systems across frontend, backend, APIs, data, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript skills, plus deep experience with at least one server-side language and relational data modeling.
• Experience designing maintainable service boundaries, web APIs, distributed or event-driven workflows, and integrations with identity or other enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, automated testing, version control, code review, continuous integration and delivery, observability, and safe production operations.
• Experience building secure, privacy-aware, responsive, and accessible digital experiences and protecting data integrity during migrations and integrations.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose issues across application code, infrastructure, logs, metrics, and user-reported behavior; able to lead incident response and carry fixes safely into production.
• Track record of improving engineering practices and mentoring other engineers through clear technical direction, collaborative reviews, and constructive feedback.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to build trust with nontechnical partners, facilitate decisions, and explain tradeoffs in an in-person, cross-functional environment.
• Ability to work effectively from the National Training Center in a fast-moving environment, manage competing priorities, and connect implementation details to broader product and organizational goals.
• General knowledge of soccer and its ecosystem, or a demonstrated interest in learning it quickly.
• Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with technologies relevant to the current environment, such as Go, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript/TypeScript, Sanity or another headless CMS, PostgreSQL, Auth0/OIDC, or similar tools.
• Experience designing systems with CQRS and event sourcing, and building APIs that use JSON Patch or comparable standards for partial resource updates.
• Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience deploying and operating cloud applications using AWS, containers, Kubernetes, CDN/edge services, and modern observability practices.
• Experience building learning-management, education, certification, membership, eligibility, compliance, document-review, or other multi-role workflow products.
• Experience with design systems, WCAG 2.1 AA, media-rich experiences, and products designed for low-bandwidth or older-device contexts.
• Experience integrating identity, content, CRM, analytics, or third-party platforms while maintaining data quality, security, and auditability.
• Background in or passion for soccer, sports, education, or membership-based organizations
• Spanish-language proficiency is a plus.

U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.

U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.

U.S. Soccer Overview

The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.

We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.

U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.

Position Description

U.S. Soccer is seeking an experienced photographer to join our Men’s National Team content team as the team photographer. The MNT Photographer will be responsible for capturing and telling the story of our MNT players and staff through compelling imagery, highlighting The Best of U.S™.

This role leads still photography coverage for the MNT across all environments, including camps, matches, training sessions, and behind-the-scenes moments. The position owns the end-to-end photography process: shooting, editing, color grading, selecting, and delivering imagery optimized for real-time distribution and licensing across platforms.

There is a strong emphasis on speed to market, especially during camps and matchdays, ensuring content is delivered in real time to support social, editorial, and commercial objectives.

This individual will collaborate closely with Social Media, Brand and Creative, Media, Editorial, Content Strategy, and Partnership Marketing to ensure photography supports storytelling, audience growth, and revenue-driving initiatives including photo licensing, Insiders, ticket sales, and partner integrations.

While this role is dedicated to the MNT, it operates as part of a centralized content function and will support broader Federation photography needs during key moments and priority initiatives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Capture high-quality photography of USMNT camps, matches, training sessions, and off-field moments
• Deliver real-time and near real-time photo selects for distribution across social and owned platforms
• Edit, color correct, and optimize imagery for various formats, platforms, and audiences
• Curate and deliver photo selects for U.S. Soccer’s photo licensing and sales partner
• Collaborate with Social Media and Editorial teams to align on storytelling priorities and platform needs
• Execute content plans around camps and matches, ensuring full coverage of key moments and narratives
• Maintain and organize photo assets within U.S. Soccer’s digital asset management system
• Conceptualize and contribute to new content series and storytelling approaches in collaboration with Content Strategy
• Support commercial initiatives through photography, including photo licensing, partner content, Insiders growth, and ticket sales
• Stay current with industry trends, technology, and best practices in sports and editorial photography
• Travel extensively with the team, including domestic and international travel
• Cover other Federation events, camps and games as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional photography experience, preferably in sports or live event environments
• Proven ability to capture high-quality imagery in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• Strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling through photography
• Expertise in DSLR/mirrorless camera systems and professional lenses
• Proficiency in Photo Mechanic (or equivalent), Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Photoshop
• Familiarity with digital asset management systems
• Strong understanding of photo composition, lighting, and color grading
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines
• General knowledge of soccer
• Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)
• Ability to work non-traditional hours including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally
• Valid passport required

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with elite athletes or professional sports teams
• Understanding of content optimization across social and digital platforms
• Knowledge of soccer and its global landscape
• Experience capturing stylized, lifestyle photography

U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.

U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.