Operations Manager - Event Planning

About the role

At Wycliffe Bible Translators, the Operations Manager leads high‑impact events from concept to execution, turning strategy into seamless experiences while driving operational excellence at the executive level. The role supports leadership, optimizes operations, and fosters a culture of excellence to advance the mission of making Scripture available in every language.

Job Location: Orlando, Florida.

Responsibilities

• Manage external event projects from inception to end, including scope definition, project plans, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables, while tracking progress, addressing risks, and escalating decision points or resourcing needs to event leadership as appropriate.
• Leverage project management tools and workflows to drive visibility and accountability across external events, supporting effective planning, monitoring, and reporting of budgets, resources, and timelines.
• Lead day‑to‑day operational and onsite execution for external events, following established event operations processes and best practices to deliver high‑quality, well‑coordinated experiences aligned with the strategic direction set by event leadership.
• Oversee operational planning execution across all phases of external events, including program and experience design, timelines and logistics coordination, vendor and partner management, speaker briefing and support, event communications and collateral, onsite production, and post‑event follow‑up.
• Ensure operational excellence across external corporate events, such as President’s Forum, Night of Storytelling, Women of the Word, Small Gatherings, and external celebrations, maintaining consistency, efficiency, and alignment with Wycliffe’s mission, vision, and core values.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with internal and external stakeholders, serving as a liaison with the President’s office and supporting executive and external‑facing events.
• Identify, recommend and help implement process improvements, applying event operations best practices, to enhance efficiency, scalability and participant experience.

Requirements

You have a Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 3‑5 years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Qualifications

You demonstrate the desire and ability to support corporate biblical and religious goals and participate in regular work‑related spiritual activities without reservation (Spiritual Bona Fide Occupational Qualification).

Skills

• Passion for praying for Bible translation work and seeing lives transformed by God’s Word.
• Ground yourself in Jesus.
• Embrace collaboration.
• Encounter change with resilience and flexibility.
• Training and certification in project management, business process applications and customer experience preferred (bonus).

Pay

The pay range for this position is $57,910 - $66,597. The range for this position is based upon and considers Wycliffe’s non‑profit ministry environment. Actual pay rate may be higher based on various factors such as qualifications, skills and experience, required training, licensure and/or certifications, budget and allocation, if applicable.