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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 Regional Refereeing Lead – Northeast leads U.S. Soccer’s refereeing development activity across the Northeast region and serves as the primary link between U.S. Soccer’s national refereeing strategy and regional delivery.

The role works closely with State Referee Committees, local referee organizations, competition partners, referee coaches, and other regional stakeholders to strengthen referee development, support consistent delivery of national programs, and provide a visible and connected U.S. Soccer presence across the region.

The Northeast Region includes engagement with the State Referee Committees serving Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York East, New York West, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.

The position supports the regional delivery of national refereeing programs across education, coaching, evaluation, referee safety, talent identification, and development. This includes leading the regional delivery of R90+ and ensuring the program is effectively connected to the wider referee development pathway.

The Regional Refereeing Lead builds strong relationships across the region, supports State Referee Committees and local organizations in implementing national priorities, and brings regional insight directly into how refereeing programs are designed, refined, and delivered.

The position coordinates referees, coaches, and development activity across matches, coaching touchpoints, assessments, and regional events, ensuring a consistent and practical approach to referee development.

The Regional Refereeing Lead also contributes to talent identification and progression by providing performance insight, observations, and recommendations to support national decision-making.

Working closely with national refereeing staff and fellow Regional Refereeing Leads, the position ensures regional delivery aligns with national standards while helping shape how national programs evolve. The role brings a clear view of regional activity, emerging talent, development needs, challenges, and opportunities into national planning and decision-making.

As U.S. Soccer’s refereeing voice in the Northeast, the Regional Refereeing Lead must be an exceptional communicator. This person explains national direction clearly in writing and in person, presents confidently to audiences ranging from volunteer referees to state leadership, and can deliver difficult or unpopular decisions while keeping the trust and credibility of the people affected.

Primary Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with State Referee Committees, local referee organizations, competition partners, and regional programs to support alignment with U.S. Soccer refereeing strategy.
• Serve as a key U.S. Soccer refereeing development contact for State Referee Committees across the Northeast, maintaining regular engagement, understanding regional needs, and supporting implementation of national initiatives.
• Support the regional delivery of national programs across referee education, coaching, evaluation, referee safety, talent identification, and development.
• Gather structured feedback from regional stakeholders and work with national staff to shape the design, refinement, and rollout of refereeing programs, bringing a regional perspective into national planning rather than reporting on delivery.
• Collaborate with peer Regional Refereeing Leads to share effective practice, align delivery and coaching standards, coordinate cross-regional opportunities such as shared events and referee exchanges, and ensure a consistent national experience for referees and coaches.
• Coordinate regional referee development activities across matches, coaching touchpoints, assessments, and events to support continuous development.
• Lead the regional delivery of R90+, ensuring alignment with national standards, structure, and expectations.
• Support the ongoing development of R90+ participants through coaching, development planning, match opportunities, regional events, and performance tracking.
• Lead and coordinate the regional coaching network, working with stakeholders to allocate coaches, oversee delivery, and maintain consistent coaching standards.
• Coordinate and guide the assignment of referees to appropriate development matches, events, and opportunities, aligning activity to referee readiness and program objectives.
• Build relationships with regional competitions and events to create appropriate development, observation, coaching, and talent identification opportunities for referees.
• Ensure regional referee development activity is accurately captured within U.S. Soccer’s referee intelligence platforms, supporting consistent tracking, accurate data, and effective use of insights.
• Identify and monitor referees with potential for progression, providing performance data, observations, and recommendations to support national selection and advancement decisions.
• Maintain a clear view of referee and coach development across the Northeast and provide regular insight to national staff on regional activity, emerging talent, development needs, risks, and opportunities.
• Act as the primary voice of U.S. Soccer refereeing in the Northeast, communicating national programs, priorities, and decisions through written updates, presentations, and direct conversations, including explaining difficult or unpopular decisions in a way that maintains trust and credibility.
• Work with operational teams to support the effective planning and delivery of regional events and development activity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience delivering referee development or coaching within a structured pathway at state, national, or professional level.
• Strong understanding of the IFAB Laws of the Game and referee performance standards.
• Experience observing and supporting match officials in live match environments.
• Experience implementing and coordinating development programs across multiple organizations or regions.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and build alignment across a regional structure.
• Strong operational skills, including planning, prioritization, and delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to interpret performance information to support development and identification decisions.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to work across technical, operational, and leadership groups.
• 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 operate in evolving environments and build structure where needed.
• Willingness to travel regionally and work in live competition environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working within a national referee development system.
• Experience using video analysis and performance tracking tools.
• Experience supporting or contributing to talent identification and advancement processes.
• Experience working with volunteer coach networks.
• Background as a high-level referee or referee coach.

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 a highly organized, collaborative, and creatively minded Senior Project Manager to join our Creative Studio.

This role is a critical operational partner, helping establish the systems, processes, and workflows that enable the team to do its best creative work. The role will manage projects from intake through delivery, connecting creative teams with Brand Marketing, Content, Social, Partnerships, Events, Communications, and other stakeholders to ensure priorities, timelines, resources, and expectations remain clear.

The ideal candidate is an experienced creative project manager and producer who understands how creative work gets made. They can translate a brief into a clear plan, build realistic timelines and workstreams, identify dependencies and risks, coordinate internal and external resources, manage approvals, and keep complex projects moving in a fast-paced environment.

While the role leans heavily into creative operations and project management, a strong understanding of creative production is essential. This person should be comfortable jumping into production details when needed: from managing vendors and production partners to supporting photo/video shoots, creating production schedules, coordinating logistics, and ensuring final deliverables meet the creative and brand standard. This is a hands-on role for someone who brings structure and keeps creative work flowing.

Primary Responsibilities

Creative operations and managing projects

• Own the day-to-day project management of Creative Studio work from intake through final delivery.
• Manage the Creative Studio intake process, gathering requirements, clarifying objectives, confirming deliverables, and ensuring briefs are actionable and production-ready.
• Translate creative briefs into clear project plans, timelines, workstreams, milestones, owners, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain workback schedules and project trackers across multiple concurrent projects.
• Establish clear priorities, dependencies, decision points, and approval processes.
• Monitor project health, proactively identify risks or blockers, and develop practical solutions to keep work moving.
• Lead project status meetings, communicate next steps, document decisions, and maintain accountability across teams.
• Help balance competing priorities and resources across the Creative Studio.
• Protect creative teams from unnecessary operational drag while ensuring stakeholders have visibility into progress.
• Identify opportunities to improve Creative Studio processes, workflows, tools, and ways of working.
• Help build scalable creative operations practices that support the growth of the U.S. Soccer Creative Studio.

Functional Partnership

• Serve as a central point of coordination between Creative and Brand Marketing, Content, Social, Partnerships, Events, Communications, and other Federation teams.
• Partner with creative leads to understand scope, creative needs, resourcing, and production requirements.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners, bringing clarity to complex projects and competing needs.
• Manage feedback and approvals, ensuring the right stakeholders are engaged at the right moments.
• Clearly communicate project status, decisions needed, risks, and changes in scope or timing.
• Help translate creative strategy and direction into executable plans without compromising creative ambition.

Creative Production

• Support production of integrated brand campaigns, content, events, and other high-priority Federation moments.
• Lead production planning when projects require photo, video, experiential, or other external production support.
• Develop production schedules, call sheets, shot lists, crew briefs, itineraries, production books, and other materials as needed.
• Coordinate production logistics including locations, vendors, talent/player needs, usage considerations, post-production schedules, and delivery specifications.
• Manage digital, social, video, design, and campaign deliverables, including cutdowns, versioning, localization, and partner adaptations.
• Coordinate with creative teams and production partners to ensure work is delivered to the expected creative and brand standards.
• Step into hands-on production management when project needs require it.

Tools and Workflow Leadership

• Own and maintain accurate project information, timelines, trackers, documentation, and workflow records.
• Maintain strong working fluency in Airtable and Microsoft Office.
• Help establish and maintain Creative Studio PMO processes and standards.
• Look for opportunities to streamline repetitive processes, improve visibility, and create efficiencies across the team.
• Ensure project documentation and status information are clear, current, and accessible to the appropriate stakeholders.

Vendor, Budget, and Logistics Management

• Source, onboard, and manage external vendors, freelancers, and production partners as needed.
• Coordinate photographers, videographers, production crews, stylists, fabricators, and other creative resources.
• Support project scoping, estimates, SOWs, POs, budgets, and invoice tracking in partnership with internal teams.
• Help determine the appropriate internal and external resources needed to deliver projects successfully.
• Track project budgets and flag potential scope or cost issues early.

Quality and Consistency

• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at the quality bar expected for a national brand.
• Maintain a strong understanding of U.S. Soccer's brand identity and creative standards.
• Protect creative integrity while balancing timelines, budgets, resources, and operational realities.
• Ensure final deliverables are accurate, complete, properly reviewed, and ready for launch or distribution.

Worktypes the Senior Project Manager will be involved in (Examples)

• Campaign creative and rollout assets.
• Event creative and experiential support materials.
• Digital, social, and video deliverables including cutdowns, versioning, and localization as needed.
• Partner-aligned creative adaptations.
• Brand marketing collateral and design system extensions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in creative project management, creative operations, production, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, integrated creative work across brand, digital, social, video, content, and design.
• Strong project management fundamentals including scoping, scheduling, resourcing, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced creative environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Airtable or comparable project/workflow management platforms.
• Experience managing external vendors, freelancers, agencies, or production partners.
• Strong understanding of creative development and production processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead meetings, document decisions, manage feedback, and drive approvals.
• Ability to anticipate problems, identify dependencies, and proactively develop solutions.
• Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) and Google Workspace.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting sports marketing.
• Basic knowledge of soccer and U.S. Soccer
• Familiarity with brand identity systems and maintaining consistency across diverse executions.
• Working knowledge of usage rights and licensing considerations where relevant.

Key Attributes

• Highly collaborative: Builds trust quickly across Creative and cross-functional partners and brings stakeholders into clarity rather than conflict.
• Positive, steady presence: Maintains calm momentum under pressure and raises the team’s confidence during tight timelines.
• Team-first operator: Prioritizes shared outcomes, makes teammates’ work easier, and steps in where needed without ego.
• Culture-builder: Contributes to an environment of respect, accountability, and good communication including during high-volume periods.
• High ownership, low drama: Flags issues early, proposes solutions, and keeps work moving without blame or noise.
• Detail disciplined, creatively minded: Holds a high quality bar while understanding what it takes to ship work in the real world.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Projects stay on track because priorities, timelines, owners, and decisions are consistently clear.
• Creative team capacity feels well-managed and stakeholders remain informed and aligned.
• Risks are surfaced early with credible options, not surprises near launch.
• Campaign and event executions deliver smoothly with strong craft and minimal last-minute rework.

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 Events Sales & Service Coordinator supports the intake, planning, and execution of events hosted at the National Training Center. This role is responsible for managing assigned events from initial inquiry through event day, serving as the primary NTC point of contact for clients, members, internal departments, and external groups.

The Coordinator works within the booking system to organize event details, partners with the Food & Beverage Partner to develop BEOs, and ensures all operational requirements are captured and communicated clearly. The role supports a wide range of programs including external rentals, Coaching Education, Referee Development, Membership events, and other Federation initiatives. As a key member of the NTC operations team, the Coordinator contributes to delivering a seamless, professional, and high-quality experience for all guests and stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

Event Intake & Client Support

• Manage assigned event inquiries from intake through execution, ensuring accurate scoping and clear communication of expectations.
• Serve as the primary NTC point of contact for clients, members, and internal stakeholders throughout the planning process.
• Work within Momentus to enter, track, and update event details, requirements, and associated documentation.
• Support the Manager, Event Sales & Service in assessing fit, availability, and prioritization of events within the NTC programming calendar.

Event Planning & Coordination

• Coordinate event logistics and requirements, including room sets, A/V needs, signage, accessibility accommodations, and event resources.
• Work with Levy to develop BEOs, ensuring all food & beverage details are accurate and aligned with client expectations.
• Collaborate with Facilities, Security, IT, Hospitality, and other NTC teams to ensure operational readiness.
• Develop production schedules and run-of-show documents for assigned events.
• Support pre-conference meetings, daily huddles, and post-event reviews to ensure consistency and continuous improvement.

Event Execution

• Serve as the on-site NTC representative during events, ensuring timely setup, execution, and breakdown.
• Troubleshoot issues on event day and escalate operational needs when required.
• Maintain strong communication with all stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery of the event experience.

Systems, Documentation & Standards

• Maintain accurate and detailed event records in Momentus, serving as the central repository for planning coordination.
• Ensure compliance with NTC policies, rate structures, and service standards.
• Contribute to the development of playbooks for recurring event types (e.g., coaching courses, member meetings, tournaments).
• Support consistent application of intake, approval, and scheduling workflows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with Hospitality to ensure guest arrival experiences, wayfinding, and front-of-house services are aligned with each event.
• Partner with Finance on billing, invoicing, and reconciliation for assigned events.
• Provide timely updates to internal partners regarding event needs and impacts.

Other Duties

• Assist with tours or VIP activations when aligned with event activity.
• Provide administrative support related to event operations as assigned.
• Support special projects and operational initiatives of the NTC as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in event coordination, event services, venue operations, or a similar role.
• Strong organizational, communication, and customer service skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with event or CRM systems (e.g., Momentus, Ungerboeck, Salesforce) or willingness to learn quickly.
• 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).
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by event schedules.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting events in sports, hospitality, higher education, or a multi-venue facility.
• Familiarity with BEO processes and food & beverage operations.
• Multilingual skills (Spanish preferred).
• Understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design.
• Passion for soccer and service-minded operations.

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.