Manager, Platform App Development

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with external consulting teams (including Deloitte) to manage project plans, monitor progress, and ensure key milestones are met for platform development initiatives.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including but not limited to project charters, RAID logs, and technical design documents.
• Serve as the lead service manager for custom AI projects built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring operational stability and alignment with strategic business objectives.
• Lead requirement gathering sessions by asking insightful, curious questions to translate complex business needs into actionable technical specifications.
• Oversee end-to-end development of custom applications on GCP, leveraging services like Dialogflow CX, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Storage.
• Act as a compelling storyteller and presenter, translating technical concepts and project status updates into engaging narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment, embracing a creative "yes, and" approach to problem-solving.

Development Expert

• Proactively prototype and deploy chatbots using other native GCP conversational and generative AI suites (such as Vertex AI Agent Builder or Gemini models).
• Demonstrated experience managing projects on GCP, with a strong understanding of cloud development lifecycles.
• Hands-on familiarity with core GCP services involved in developing custom chatbots, such as DialogFlow CX, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Storage.
• Perform hands-on cloud configurations and basic scripting to support custom AI integrations, moving comfortably from high-level architecture to direct execution in the GCP Console.
• Troubleshoot and refine live integrations, working directly within GCP Cloud Functions and Cloud Storage to debug configurations without solely relying on external developers.
• Champion Application-to-Application (A2A) architecture best practices to ensure scalable, robust, and efficient system integrations.

Background & Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management, with a specific focus on delivering cloud-based solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage vendor relationships and external consulting partners to drive on-time delivery.
• 2+ years of experience directly configuring and building conversational AI agents (in GCP or other software platforms).
• Strong understanding of A2A architecture, with preferred direct experience implementing custom A2A integration workflows.
• Skilled in business analysis and requirement gathering, with a history of digging deep to understand stakeholders' true needs.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a proven ability to present ideas, lead workshops, and tell stories that align cross-functional teams.

Expectations

• Action-oriented and proactive.
• Able to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment, providing project management and supporting technical abilities for various AI projects and initiatives.
• Proven ability of building good interpersonal relationships with people across the organization, while balancing assertiveness and setting expectations with diplomacy.
• A collaborative mindset: someone who prioritizes the team and fosters a culture of high performance without ego.
• Able to implement and manage change effectively.
• An excitement for the committee's mission of building the best Olympic and Paralympic Games, while thinking differently all along the way.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Ability to work on-site in an open office environment based in Los Angeles, CA.

Pay & Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $88,000 - $115,000. The pay scale provided is the range that LA28 reasonably expects to pay as starting base compensation for this role. All LA28 compensation remains subject to final determination based on individual candidate qualifications, experience, or other reasonable criteria consistent with LA28’s operational business needs and applicable law.

LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.

LA28 is committed to fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin, or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law.

LA28 will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and all applicable laws.

We strive to build a team that is inclusive and encourage qualified candidates of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities to apply. We assess applications based on relevant skills, education, and experience a candidate can add to our team.