Investor Program Manager - Kingdom of Gaming - 6 month contract
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About the Role
Tahaluf is seeking an Investor Program Manager for the Kingdom of Gaming event in Riyadh. You will design investment programmes and deal-making activations, build investor pipelines, and manage investor experiences for the gaming conference.
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Responsibilities
- Design investment programmes and deal making formats for gaming conference that attract international investors, publishers, and funds
- Build and own the gaming investor pipeline from scratch: identify gaming VCs, publisher venture arms, sovereign funds with gaming mandates, angel networks, and accelerator programmes, and conduct targeted outreach
- Manage the investor application and vetting process verifying fund credentials, investment thesis alignment, and genuine intent to engage with gaming studios and founders
- Develop the content and format for all gaming investment activations: reverse pitches, hosted buyer programmes, closed door investor roundtables, and live deal making showcases
- Work with the B2B Content Producer to ensure the investment content track is credible, current, and attracts the right calibre of participant
- Design the investor experience end to end: investor lounge, curated sessions, concierge meetings, and investor only programming that delivers a premium environment
- Own the investor side matchmaking process by working with internal teams to ensure match quality and deal relevance are high
- Manage investor delegate communications, matchmaking logistics, and on site facilitation to ensure the programme delivers real outcomes, not just introductions
- Track and report on investment programme outcomes: deals initiated, capital committed, follow up meetings generated
- Support the investor programme across other Investor & Startup program portfolio events contributing investor relationships, outreach, and programming input where sector knowledge adds value
Requirements
- 4–5 years of experience in investor relations, investor programme management, or VC/LP engagement ideally within an event, ecosystem, or gaming industry context
- Demonstrated expertise in the gaming investment landscape: VCs, publisher venture arms, sovereign funds with gaming mandates, angel networks
- Demonstrable experience curating and managing high touch investor experiences
- Strong existing network within the gaming and tech investment community, particularly in MENA, APAC, or Europe
- Understanding of how the gaming investment chain works from pre seed accelerators through to sovereign capital deployment
- Excellent relationship management skills, able to manage senior investor relationships with professionalism and discretion
- Comfortable working across multiple simultaneous events with different investors, geographies, and sector focuses
- Experience with investor management platforms, CRM tools, and event management systems
- Strong written English is mandatory; Arabic is a meaningful advantage
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Role Overview
- This role brings deep expertise in gaming investment and deal making into the Investor and Startup Programme infrastructure.
- The primary mandate is designing the investment programmes and deal making activations that make Gaming event the strongest investment event in the global gaming calendar.
- The role also flexes across the broader Investor and startup program portfolio, supporting investor programming at other events where sector knowledge and investor relationships add value.
Gaming Investment Programme
- Design investment programmes and deal making formats for gaming conference that attract international investors, publishers, and funds and set a global standard for capital meets talent events.
- Build and own the gaming investor pipeline from scratch: identify gaming VCs, publisher venture arms, sovereign funds with gaming mandates, angel networks, and accelerator programmes, and conduct targeted outreach.
- Manage the investor application and vetting process verifying fund credentials, investment thesis alignment, and genuine intent to engage with gaming studios and founders.
- Develop the content and format for all gaming investment activations: reverse pitches, hosted buyer programmes, closed door investor roundtables, and live deal making showcases.
- Work with the B2B Content Producer to ensure the investment content track is credible, current, and attracts the right calibre of participant.
- Design the investor experience end to end: investor lounge, curated sessions, concierge meetings, and investor only programming that delivers a premium environment.
- Own the investor side matchmaking process by working with internal teams to ensure match quality and deal relevance are high.
- Manage investor delegate communications, matchmaking logistics, and on site facilitation to ensure the programme delivers real outcomes, not just introductions.
- Track and report on investment programme outcomes: deals initiated, capital committed, follow up meetings generated.
Cross Portfolio Investor Support
- Support the investor programme across other Investor & Startup program portfolio events contributing investor relationships, outreach, and programming input where sector knowledge adds value.
- Contribute to investor outreach campaigns across portfolio events with the marketing and cross functional teams.
- Provide investor program cover for senior team members during high volume pre event and on ground periods.
- Curate a balanced, high quality investor room for each assigned event, reflecting that event’s sector focus and strategic objectives.
- Programme investor focused roundtables, LP introductions, and deal flow sessions in collaboration with the special value programmes team.
- Maintain accurate and up to date investor records in internal management tools covering fund details, investment thesis, meeting history, and post event feedback.
- Track investor programme KPIs across assigned events: investor count, AUM represented, meetings held, investment signals generated, and investor NPS.
- Conduct post event investor debriefs, gather feedback, and share improvement recommendations with the program lead.
- Maintain and nurture investor relationships year round, ensuring warm relationships carry forward into future editions.
- Develop new ideas for value driven investor programme features and lead on concept note development for future editions.
Qualifications
- 4–5 years of experience in investor relations, investor programme management, or VC/LP engagement ideally within an event, ecosystem, or gaming industry context.
- Demonstrated expertise in the gaming investment landscape: VCs, publisher venture arms, sovereign funds with gaming mandates, angel networks. This is the core credential.
- Demonstrable experience curating and managing high touch investor experiences, not just registration and logistics, but genuine investor engagement design.
- Strong existing network within the gaming and tech investment community, particularly in MENA, APAC, or Europe.
- Understanding of how the gaming investment chain works from pre seed accelerators through to sovereign capital deployment.
- Sector knowledge in cybersecurity, fintech, or other technology verticals is an advantage for cross portfolio event support.
- Excellent relationship management skills, able to manage senior investor relationships with professionalism and discretion.
- Comfortable working across multiple simultaneous events with different investors, geographies, and sector focuses.
- Experience with investor management platforms, CRM tools, and event management systems.
- Strong written English is mandatory; Arabic is a meaningful advantage.
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