Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Critical Sports and Entertainment (CSE) is building a national sports platform integrating live events, athlete representation, media production, and league infrastructure across multiple properties. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will partner with the Founder & CEO to lead operational strategy and execution as the company scales nationally through arena-scale events and multi-city touring.

• Design operational frameworks to support multi-property sports ventures and national expansion.
• Build scalable systems for live event touring, multi-market execution, and internal operations.
• Oversee operational execution for fight nights, tournaments, and championships.
• Manage venue coordination, production timelines, and end-to-end event logistics.
• Support operational development of the United Combat League (UCL) franchise system and multi-team league operations.
• Implement workflows, reporting systems, operational standards, and infrastructure for consistent execution.
• Build, manage, and scale teams across operations, event production, and administration; develop leadership structures.
• Support national event expansion planning and long-term operational planning across ventures.
• Establish operational KPIs and reporting frameworks to drive accountability across departments.

• Senior operations leadership experience in live event production, sports operations, touring logistics, league operations, event promotion, or entertainment operations.
• Proven ability to scale operational infrastructure across multi-location platforms.
• Strong organizational leadership, operational discipline, and ability to build processes in fast-moving startup environments.
• Experience managing complex sports or live-event ecosystems.

• Location: Remote; U.S.-based preferred.
• Compensation: Equity participation plus executive compensation package.
• Pay timing: Base salary to begin following completion of the company’s current capital raise.
• Incentives: Participation in event and property-level revenue streams.
• Expected initial total compensation range: $125,000–$160,000 annually (approx. $10,416–$13,333 per month).
• Growth potential: $250,000+ total compensation as the platform scales nationally.