Director - Major Events Operations

Qiddiya
Riyadh
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Cross-functional coordination","Risk management","Decision-making","Stakeholder management"]

Lead city-wide planning and delivery of public realm operations for major events across Qiddiya City. Translate the Major Events strategy into integrated operating plans, governance routines, readiness frameworks, and command-and-control execution from early planning through live delivery, demobilisation, and post-event improvement. Serve as deputy to the Executive Director when delegated, coordinating cross-functional teams, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders to ensure safe, guest-focused, resilient event operations.

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Qiddiya
Qiddiya
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Director - Major Events Operations

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Job Summary

Lead city-wide planning and delivery of public realm operations for major events across Qiddiya City. Translate the Major Events strategy into integrated operating plans, governance routines, readiness frameworks, and command-and-control execution from early planning through live delivery, demobilisation, and post-event improvement. Serve as deputy to the Executive Director when delegated, coordinating cross-functional teams, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders to ensure safe, guest-focused, resilient event operations.
Location: Riyadh
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as second-in-charge to the Executive Director for Major Events, providing continuity and senior leadership across planning, readiness, delivery, demobilisation, and post-event review.
  • •Translate Major Events strategy into coordinated city-wide operating plans, workstreams, accountabilities, and delivery milestones.
  • •Lead development and integration of public realm event operations plans, including waste and cleansing, readiness, temporary structures, wayfinding, guest services, accessibility, security/emergency interfaces, welfare, logistics, and support services.
  • •Establish governance routines (workshops, action trackers, decision logs, interface registers, reporting cycles) and manage interface ownership and hand-offs across city operations, venues/assets, and third-party partners.
  • •Provide operational assurance during live event periods using readiness criteria, assurance reviews, testing/rehearsals, incident logging/escalation, and oversee demobilisation and reinstatement.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Event Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Facilities Management, Hospitality, or related discipline; postgraduate qualification desirable.
  • •Senior leadership experience planning and delivering complex, high-profile events, festivals, sporting events, entertainment destinations, or city-scale operations.
  • •Demonstrated experience leading public realm or city-side event operations across functions, suppliers, and stakeholder organizations.
  • •Proven experience acting as deputy or senior operational lead to coordinate teams, make time-critical decisions, and represent executive leadership when delegated.
  • •Experience developing operational plans and readiness frameworks, including testing/rehearsals and post-event improvement planning; strong supplier-management and procurement support experience.
Experience:EventsFestivalsSporting eventsEntertainment destinationsCity-scale operationsPublic realm operationsDestination or city operationsGiga-project environments
Education:Bachelor's in Event Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Facilities Management, Hospitality or a related discipline
Skills:LeadershipCross-functional coordinationRisk managementDecision-makingStakeholder management

Company Brief

Qiddiya
Developing Qiddiya City, a PIF-backed giga-project near Riyadh delivering theme parks, sports venues, cultural attractions, hospitality, and entertainment ecosystems to drive tourism, jobs, and economic diversification under Saudi Vision 2030.
Industry: Real Estate Development
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Government & Public Sector
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Founded: 2018
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