Role overview
- 14-month contract, with a possible extension of up to 3 months
- Based in Riyadh
- Full-time and exclusive for the duration
- Start date: late October 2026
We are hiring a hands-on Senior Masterplan Director for a major retained events programme in Saudi Arabia.
This is a producing role, not an oversight one. You’ll turn event strategy into buildable masterplans yourself, and you’ll lead a 29-person Masterplan team.
The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with strong technical masterplanning expertise and a proven track record of delivering major events, multi-venue developments or similarly complex environments.
What you’ll do
- Lead the 29-person retained Masterplan team and be the single point of accountability to the client for its output and continuity
- Personally produce masterplans covering venue footprint, zoning, infrastructure, resources, timelines and visitor journeys
- Turn high-level strategic direction into a full implementation plan for each event cycle
- Run needs assessments and feasibility studies, and benchmark against comparable global events
- Allocate design, drafting and F&B requests across the team, and keep work moving when people are redeployed
- Act as a trusted advisor to the client’s Masterplan leadership on progress, strategy and opportunities
What you’ll bring
- 12+ years of relevant hands-on experience in event, venue or overlay masterplanning
- At least two complete mega-event or multi-venue delivery cycles
- A portfolio of dimensioned masterplans, zoning and visitor journeys you produced yourself
- Experience leading an embedded client team while still delivering hands-on work
- Professional English
Nice to have
- Esports, mega-sport or multi-venue festival masterplanning
- Saudi or GCC delivery experience
- Arabic
Experience in one or more of the following would be highly relevant:
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International mega-events and major sporting events.
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Esports events and large-scale gaming competitions.
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Multi-venue festivals and complex live-event environments.
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Large-scale temporary venues and event infrastructure.
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Projects involving multiple stakeholders, challenging site constraints and demanding delivery timelines.
Interested? If you have personally developed and delivered masterplans for complex, large-scale events or multi-venue environments, we would be keen to hear from you.
Apply directly or get in touch to discuss the opportunity.
