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Director Event Planning
Jacobs
Riyadh, KSA
Temporary
Director
Onsite
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Role Overview
The Director, Event Planning leads integrated planning for major sporting, entertainment, cultural, and civic events.
The role translates the strategic event portfolio into coordinated plans covering governance, budgets, schedules, operational requirements, stakeholder commitments, and readiness.
The position acts as the City Operations planning lead, with a particular focus on major events in 2028.
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Major event planningEvent operationsOperational readinessEvent governanceMulti-year portfolio planningScheduling
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About the Opportunity
The Director, Event Planning leads integrated planning for major sporting, entertainment, cultural, and civic events.
The role translates the strategic event portfolio into coordinated plans covering governance, budgets, schedules, operational requirements, stakeholder commitments, and readiness.
The position acts as the City Operations planning lead, with a particular focus on major events in 2028.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the major events planning framework, governance, standards, and assurance processes.
- Develop integrated multi-year event portfolio plans.
- Oversee event planning from concept through delivery, readiness, and post-event evaluation.
- Integrate plans for mobility, security, guest experience, logistics, communications, and emergency response.
- Manage citywide operational concepts, service overlays, temporary infrastructure, and venue interfaces.
- Establish readiness, assurance, risk management, testing, rehearsals, and contingency planning programmes.
- Support live event operations through planning integration, issue resolution, and coordination.
- Engage event owners, operators, government agencies, emergency services, and delivery partners.
- Oversee budgets, procurement strategies, supplier performance, and cost management.
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