Senior Director of Football Operations / Business Integrator

About Pylon Football

Pylon Football is a national youth football event and media platform operating premier 7-on-7 and flag football tournaments, showcases, athlete exposure programs, and related football experiences across the United States.

As Pylon enters its next phase of growth, we are expanding our Legacy tournament schedule, Quick Strike events, girls flag football programming, middle-school series, regional operations, leagues, content capabilities, and international initiatives.

We are seeking a highly organized and accountable operational leader to help turn this vision into consistent execution.

Position Summary

The Senior Director of Football Operations & Business Integrator will serve as Pylon Football’s primary operational leader and EOS Integrator, reporting directly to the CEO & Commissioner.

This individual will translate company strategy into executable operating plans, coordinate departments and regional leaders, establish accountability, oversee event operations, and help ensure that Pylon consistently delivers profitable, high-quality football experiences.

This is not simply a tournament-director position. It is a companywide leadership role connecting strategy, personnel, financial accountability, systems, and execution.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined operator who can create structure within a fast-moving entrepreneurial organization. This person must be comfortable managing people, budgets, timelines, vendors, systems, and competing priorities while maintaining strong relationships throughout the football community.

Primary Responsibilities

Business Integration and Execution

Translate the CEO and Board’s strategic direction into measurable operating plans.

Serve as Pylon Football’s EOS Integrator and help implement EOS operating disciplines.

Coordinate national office personnel, regional directors, program leaders, event operators, and contractors.

Establish clear accountability, deadlines, scorecards, priorities, and performance expectations.

Lead weekly Level 10 meetings and maintain company Rocks, scorecards, issue lists, and accountability tools.

Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks before they affect company or event performance.

Ensure departments and leaders remain aligned around company priorities.


Football and Event Operations

Oversee operational planning and execution across Pylon’s national event portfolio.

Coordinate Legacy tournaments, Quick Strike events, girls flag football, middle-school programming, showcases, leagues, and future football properties.

Develop and maintain event timelines, operating standards, staffing plans, checklists, and quality-control procedures.

Coordinate venues, schedules, officials, equipment, staffing, registration, team communications, ticketing, awards, security, medical coverage, and event-day execution.

Ensure each event is properly staffed, prepared, and delivered according to Pylon standards.

Conduct post-event reviews and ensure lessons learned and corrective actions are implemented.


Financial and Performance Management

Work with the CEO and financial leadership to develop annual and event-level budgets.

Track event profitability, operating expenses, registration performance, staffing costs, and cash requirements.

Hold event and regional leaders accountable for approved budgets and performance targets.

Establish reliable reporting systems that provide leadership with timely operating information.

Support vendor management, cash-flow planning, purchasing controls, and timely resolution of outstanding obligations.

Balance event quality with profitability and responsible cost management.


Leadership and Organizational Development

Manage and support national and regional operational personnel.

Assist with recruiting, onboarding, training, evaluating, and developing employees and contractors.

Build repeatable processes that allow Pylon to scale without sacrificing quality.

Clarify roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and reporting relationships throughout the organization.

Promote a culture of accountability, urgency, communication, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

Help leadership resolve personnel, operational, and cross-departmental issues.


Partnerships and Stakeholder Coordination

Support relationships with teams, coaches, venues, officials, vendors, sponsors, athletes, and strategic partners.

Coordinate with football operations, player personnel, partnerships, marketing, content, finance, and regional leadership.

Ensure sponsorship activations and partner commitments are properly executed.

Represent Pylon Football professionally at events, meetings, and industry functions.


Qualifications

At least five years of progressively responsible experience in sports operations, live events, tournament operations, hospitality, multi-location operations, or a comparable field.

Demonstrated experience managing teams, budgets, vendors, timelines, and complex operating schedules.

Experience overseeing multiple events, markets, departments, or business units.

Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and profit-and-loss accountability.

Exceptional organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to create structure and accountability in a growing entrepreneurial organization.

Ability to manage multiple priorities while remaining calm and decisive under pressure.

Proficiency with project-management, communication, scheduling, registration, and reporting platforms.

Willingness and ability to travel nationally and work frequent weekends during event season.

Authorization to work in the United States.


Preferred Qualifications

Experience in youth sports, football, tournament operations, sports hospitality, or amateur athletics.

Previous experience as an operations director, general manager, EOS Integrator, chief of staff, or senior event executive.

Experience implementing EOS or another formal business operating system.

Existing relationships within football, youth sports, venues, officiating, hospitality, or sports-event operations.

Experience helping scale a regional organization into a national platform.


The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will:

Be an operator who consistently follows through.

Create clarity where there is ambiguity.

Hold people accountable while maintaining productive relationships.

Convert ambitious ideas into realistic plans, deadlines, and measurable results.

Understand that event quality and financial performance are equally important.

Communicate directly, respectfully, and consistently.

Remain composed and solutions-focused during high-pressure situations.

Value systems, documentation, measurable performance, and continuous improvement.

Work effectively alongside a visionary founder and CEO.


Position Details

Employment type: Full-time

Workplace: Remote, United States

Travel: Significant national travel and regular weekend availability are required

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer & Commissioner

Compensation: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus performance-based incentive compensation

Approved business and travel expenses will be reimbursed


How to Apply

Please submit a résumé and a brief statement addressing:

1. The largest or most complex operation you have managed.


2. Your experience managing budgets and financial performance.


3. How you establish accountability across multiple teams or departments.


4. Your familiarity with EOS or similar operating systems.


5. Your availability for national travel and weekend events.



Pylon Football is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, performance, and the needs of the organization.