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 successful candidate for this role 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 supporting daily operations, as well as wider business-related initiatives on a global scale. The UFC Performance Institute encourages innovative ways of thinking and challenges team members to be accountable for their professional standards of care while providing robust links to measurable performance outcomes in all that they do.

The Sports Medicine Manager will assist the Senior Director of Sports Medicine to provide elite level health care services to athletes at the UFC Performance Institute, whilst collaborating with the wider UFCPI team on critical global initiatives. This is a position that will work to develop best-in-class injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return to play protocols for MMA athletes. This role will work closely with both the domestic and global UFCPI teams to manage the efficient and effective delivery of all sports medicine services.

• Oversees provision of elite level sports therapy services including evaluations, program planning and treatments that include manual, myofascial, modality and other therapeutic exercise interventions.
• Manages integration of sports medicine services into an interdisciplinary model of care that includes strength and conditioning, performance nutrition, sports psychology and sport science.
• Participates in establishing physical therapy care guidelines and interdisciplinary return to play protocols.
• Manages return to play protocols in collaboration with other disciplines to facilitate healing and safe returns to competition
• Assists in the development of support systems to aid in athlete assessment, data collection, and data management.
• Cultivates relationships with athletes, coaches, and gyms to distribute evidence-based relevant information.
• Participates in on-going training with athletes, coaches, and UFC PI staff members to ensure continued professional development and adherence to professional codes of conduct.
• Travels and establishes a sports medicine clinic in event host hotel and delivers medical care to UFC athletes in the week preceding a fight event.
• Works together with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and commission physicians to oversee the treatment of injuries following fight events.
• Oversees the medical holding room during events to guarantee the health and safety of athletes.
• Aids the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in managing all injuries sustained during The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) events.
• Oversees our athlete brain health initiative from a distance by contacting all athletes who have experienced KO/TKO incidents to offer brain health return-to-play protocols.
• Delivers educational content to our partners to create a worldwide education platform.
• Works in collaboration with our partnership team to fulfill any required deliverables or testimonials essential for maintaining our partnerships.
• Aids the Senior Director of Sports Science in carrying out essential research tasks, ensuring the completion of deliverables required by our partnership team.
• Works in collaboration with our medical coordinators to ensure that remote rehabilitation programs are current and achieving their milestones.
• Collaborates with our medical coordinators to connect athletes with top-tier practitioners worldwide, for both surgical and non-surgical interventions.
• Interview, select, and oversee all sports medicine interns for their medical clinical rotations.
• Oversees and attends to all emergency responses for UFC staff at the Performance Institute and UFC campus.
• Performs other tasks, projects, and responsibilities as requested by the Director of Physical Therapy to establish a world-leading performance facility.

You Have These: 

• Post Graduate Degree in Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, or ACBSP Chiropractor certification.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience working with professional, high level collegiate/amateur or tactical athletes in an integrated performance environment preferred.
• Credentials focused on sport performance and sport rehab such as SCS, OCS, CSCS, CCSP, DACBSP, PES, CES are highly preferred.
• Current state licensure in good standing within the U.S.A. required.  Demonstrate ability to obtain Nevada state board licensure is required. 
• Awareness and proven ability to effectively collaborate with strength & conditioning staff on both prevention, rehabilitation and return to performance efforts.
• Certifications in manual therapy and soft tissue/myofascial techniques are highly preferred
• Professional experience in contact sports required, combat sports preferred.
• Understanding of the demands of the MMA sport (i.e. physical, physiology, gender-specific, weight categories, weight management, travel requirements, etc.).
• Understanding of existing evidence-based research, and the implementation of new research areas to enhance the sport, athletes, and coaches.

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