Who We Are: UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 300 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 950 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. The Role and What You’ll Do: The UFC Performance Institute (UFCPI) is the world’s first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) multi-disciplinary research, innovation, and training center, and is globally recognized for the performance infrastructures it provides to UFC and UFC Academy athletes. With world-class facilities in Las Vegas, Shanghai, and Mexico City, the mission of the UFCPI is to promote performance-enhancement through the delivery of world-class coaching, science, and medical services to the world’s best MMA and combat athletes. The core values of the UFCPI are aligned with maximizing the health and wellbeing of UFC athletes and to support fighters and coaches in optimizing their training, preparation, and ultimately performances inside the octagon. The successful candidate will join a world-class interdisciplinary team of service providers with a proven track record of delivering world-leading support services to MMA and other professional athletes. The role will be integral in leading the operational activities needed for the delivery of core services to UFC athletes at a world-class level, as well as wider business-related initiatives on a global scale. The Vice President, Operations will have primary responsibility for the strategic leadership of the UFCPI’s global business operations. This role will oversee the operating model, business processes, facility operations, vendor strategy, and cross-functional ecosystems that are required to support a world-class high-performance environment across multiple locations. Working in close partnership with the Senior Vice President, this position serves as the principal operational leader for the UFCPI and the senior point of coordination for the Institute’s global business and support functions. This role will integrate with performance leadership and key stakeholders across UFC to ensure the UFCPI operations scale effectively, support athlete and coach experience, enable measurable business and performance outcomes, and align with the organization’s long-term global growth strategy. The role requires a leader who can operate at both strategic and executional levels, building operational excellence across existing facilities while laying the foundation for future growth and expansion. Provide leadership, oversight, and direction to the UFCPI’s global operations (including facilities in Las Vegas, Shanghai, Mexico City, and future growth markets.) Serve as the principal operational partner to the Senior Vice President, coordinating execution across UFCPI’s business, facility, and support functions and ensuring alignment of the Institute’s global operating priorities. Advance the global operations strategy for UFCPI, aligning business operations with organizational priorities, athlete service expectations, and long-term expansion plans. Ensure consistent standards and efficient execution of day-to-day business operations across all UFCPI locations. Establish and optimize scalable operating models on both global and local levels through impactful governance frameworks, policies, and standard operating procedures that support global consistency while allowing for local market execution. Partner with performance, medical, science, commercial, finance, legal, facilities, and other internal stakeholders to ensure operational alignment across all UFCPI activities. Direct global operations staff, maintenance planning, space utilization, and infrastructure readiness in collaboration with internal facilities and external service providers. Oversee third-party consultants, vendors, and strategic partners, including selection, negotiation support, performance management, and ongoing relationship development. Lead operational planning and execution, facility flow, service access, and related support systems that facilitate high-quality program delivery. Build, lead, and develop an operations team that includes front-of-house, facility, logistics, administrative, and site operations personnel. In alignment with the SVP, UFC Performance Institute, establish and monitor operational KPIs, utilization targets, service metrics, and reporting mechanisms that drive performance, accountability, and continuous improvement. Identify and implement opportunities that improve operational efficiency, service quality, risk management, and cost effectiveness across the global UFCPI network. Serve as a senior representative of UFCPI with athletes, coaches, gyms, vendors, partners, and other external stakeholders to strengthen engagement, trust, and service utilization. Support business planning for new initiatives, geographic expansion, and evolving service offerings, including readiness planning, process design, and operational integration. Partner with UFCPI leadership to manage budgets, forecasting inputs, inventory controls, and resource planning associated with UFCPI operations. Ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, conduct, and operational standards across all UFCPI environments. Champion a culture of operational excellence, innovation, collaboration, accountability, and service that reflects the standards of a world-class global performance organization. Perform other duties, projects, and strategic initiatives as assigned by executive leadership. You Have These: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, operations, sports management, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in business operations, facility management, operational leadership, or related functions, including significant experience in complex, fast-paced, high-performance environments. Demonstrated success leading multi-site, cross-functional, or global operations. Proven ability to translate strategic priorities into scalable operational plans and measurable business outcomes. Experience leading teams across operations, facilities, client services, logistics, or related business functions. Strong executive presence and ability to influence across senior leadership, internal partners, and external stakeholders. Experience managing budgets, operational planning, vendor relationships, and service delivery models. Demonstrated success building systems, processes, and teams that improve efficiency, consistency, and customer experience. Experience supporting interdisciplinary or high-performance service environments is preferred. Sports, performance, hospitality, events, healthcare, or related industry experience preferred. Familiarity with MMA, elite sport, athlete services, or performance environments is preferred, but not required. Experience supporting international operations, expansion, or cross-border stakeholder management strongly preferred. Awareness and proven ability to effectively collaborate with interdisciplinary staff with technical expertise in a variety of performance domains. TKO EEO Statement: TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment. TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws. For information about Privacy and Information Security for TKO employment candidates, please review our Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms of Use for this and other TKO websites, please review our Terms of Use. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. About WWE WWE® is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, The CW and Netflix. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to all premium live events, a variety of original programming and a massive video-on-demand library. Netflix is the exclusive home for WWE programming around the world, other than select international markets. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. About UFC UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and approximately 290 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 975 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC. About IMG IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. About PBR PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 1,000 bull riders compete in more than 200 events annually across the televised PBR Unleash The Beast tour (UTB), which features the top bull riders in the world; the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT); the PBR Touring Pro Division (TPD); and the PBR’s international circuits in Australia, Brazil, and Canada. In 2022, PBR launched the nationally televised PBR Teams league—eight teams of the world’s best bull riders competing for a new championship expanding to 10 teams in 2024—as well as the PBR Challenger Series with more than 60 annual events nationwide. The organization’s digital assets include PBR RidePass on Pluto TV, which is home to Western sports. PBR is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. For more information, visit PBR.com, or follow on Facebook at Facebook.com/PBR, X at X.com/PBR, and YouTube at YouTube.com/PBR. About On Location On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. On Location provides unrivaled access for corporate clients and fans looking for official, immersive experiences at marquee events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, and more. An official partner and/or service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (the Milano Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games), FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, the company also owns and operates a number of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. About Zuffa Boxing Zuffa Boxing is a joint venture between TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (“TKO”) (NYSE: TKO) and Sela, the entertainment conglomerate. TKO serves as managing partner, providing day-to-day operational expertise, management, and oversight of the promotion, with executive leadership anchored by UFC President and CEO Dana White and WWE President and TKO Board Member Nick Khan. The promotion aims to reimagine the sport of boxing by evolving the current model to restore the sport’s rightful place in the forefront of the global sports ecosystem. For more information, follow @Zuffa_Boxing on X; and @ZuffaBoxing on Snapchat, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok.

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