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 events 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. This person provides the sector depth, does the heavy lifting with the gaming and tech investment community, and raises the bar on investor experience across every event they touch.
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Responsibilities
- Design investment programmes and deal-making formats for gaming conferences that attract international investors, publishers, and funds, setting 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 participants.
- 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.
- Track and report on investment programme outcomes: deals initiated, capital committed, follow-up meetings generated.
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.
- Strong existing network within the gaming and tech investment community, particularly in MENA, APAC, or Europe.
- Excellent relationship management skills, able to manage senior investor relationships with professionalism and discretion.
- Strong written English is mandatory; Arabic is a meaningful advantage.
Additional Information
Core Benefits:
- Medical Insurance for individual and family
- Annual leave – 25 days
- School fees contribution, 40,000 SAR per child per year, up to a max of three children
- Wellbeing Benefits
- Remote working on Sundays
- Working anywhere – 1 month every year
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
