Senior Director - Racecourse Assets - INV-046 CM
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About the Role
Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking an Executive Director for Equestrian Racecourse Asset Management to lead owner-side strategy, operator governance, and commercial performance for a major equestrian and racecourse asset.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the owner side asset management strategy for the equestrian racecourse asset in alignment with QIC's objectives
- Define strategic objectives, commercial frameworks, and operating principles for race days, equestrian events, training, hospitality, ancillary activation, and non event utilisation
- Support operator selection, business plan challenge, and operating model development to ensure QIC retains decision making authority
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, third party operators, advisors, governing bodies, event promoters, and commercial partners
- Oversee operator performance for the equestrian racecourse asset, ensuring delivery against contractual obligations, KPIs, SLAs, and QIC strategic objectives
- Establish and monitor performance dashboards covering revenue, profitability, utilisation, attendance, race day delivery, customer experience, equine welfare, safety, compliance, and readiness milestones
- Review and challenge operator business plans, budgets, and forecasts to ensure commercial robustness and alignment with owner expectations
- Drive achievement of financial targets, with a focus on sustainable revenue growth, EBITDA delivery, and efficient asset utilisation
- Champion best in class customer experience across race days, equestrian events, hospitality, premium offerings, and venue journeys
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to optimise revenue, sponsorship, partnerships, branding, and ancillary monetisation
- Build and lead a high performing owner side equestrian asset management capability aligned with asset priorities and mobilisation requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, real estate, sport management, hospitality, equine management, or a related discipline
- Strong experience in equestrian, racecourse, venues, entertainment, leisure, or major event asset management and operations
- Experience in pre opening, operator mobilisation, business planning, and owner side governance of complex destination assets
- 10+ years of relevant experience in asset management, venue operations, equestrian, sports, entertainment, leisure, or related sectors
- 5+ years in a leadership role with accountability for commercial performance, operator oversight, or major asset delivery
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Role Overview
- As part of Qiddiya City's development pipeline, Qiddiya Investment Company is advancing a major equestrian and racecourse offering expected to become a flagship sports and lifestyle asset within the destination. The Executive Director Equestrian Racecourse Asset Management will play a critical own
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Lead the owner side asset management strategy for the equestrian racecourse asset in alignment with QIC's objectives, pre opening priorities, and long term value creation agenda. Define strategic objectives, commercial frameworks, and operating principles for race days, equestr
- Relationship Management: Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, third party operators, advisors, governing bodies, event promoters, and commercial partners. Act as the key owner side point of contact on operational, commercial, and asset performance matters for the eq
- Performance Monitoring: Oversee operator performance for the equestrian racecourse asset, ensuring delivery against contractual obligations, KPIs, SLAs, and QIC strategic objectives. Establish and monitor performance dashboards covering revenue, profitability, utilisation, attendance, race day deliv
- Financial Oversight: Review and challenge operator business plans, budgets, and forecasts to ensure commercial robustness and alignment with owner expectations. Drive achievement of financial targets, with a focus on sustainable revenue growth, EBITDA delivery, and efficient asset utilisation. Analy
- Customer Experience: Champion best in class customer experience across race days, equestrian events, hospitality, premium offerings, and venue journeys. Ensure customer experience requirements are embedded into operator mobilisation, design stage input, and readiness planning. Monitor customer satis
- Commercial, Marketing and Partnerships: Work with internal and external stakeholders to optimise revenue, sponsorship, partnerships, branding, and ancillary monetisation across the equestrian racecourse asset. Shape event calendar strategy and utilisation plans to maximise visitation, yield, market
- Team Leadership: Build and lead a high performing owner side equestrian asset management capability aligned with asset priorities and mobilisation requirements. Coordinate closely with operator teams while avoiding duplication of delivery roles and ensuring QIC capability and institutional knowledge
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, real estate, sport management, hospitality, equine management, or a related discipline.
- Strong experience in equestrian, racecourse, venues, entertainment, leisure, or major event asset management and operations.
- Experience in pre opening, operator mobilisation, business planning, and owner side governance of complex destination assets.
- Relevant professional certifications or memberships in asset management, project management, finance, hospitality, sports management, or equestrian related disciplines are preferred.
- 10+ years of relevant experience in asset management, venue operations, equestrian, sports, entertainment, leisure, or related sectors.
- 5+ years in a leadership role with accountability for commercial performance, operator oversight, or major asset delivery.
- Experience in the GCC or wider MENA region preferred, with demonstrated ability to operate in complex, high growth development environments.
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