About the Role
We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Masterplan Manager to join a dedicated, full-time team embedded in our client’s Masterplan function in Riyadh. The team will support the planning and delivery of large-scale, multi-venue entertainment events in Saudi Arabia.
The Senior Masterplan Manager is a flexible, senior producer who will move across events, products, and workstreams as priorities require, rather than being fixed to a single stream.
In this role, you will:
- Produce detailed masterplans, fully dimensioned layouts, and end-to-end visitor journeys.
- Reconcile competing space requirements across stakeholders.
- Act as the single named point of contact for planning integration across multiple stakeholder groups.
This is a hands-on producing role. The grade reflects your seniority and judgment, not the size of a team you supervise. We are looking for professionals who personally create the layouts, journeys, and space plans themselves.
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Key Responsibilities
Master Planning and Layouts
- Produce detailed masterplans and fully dimensioned layouts for venues, activation spaces, and common areas.
- Work across multiple events, products, and workstreams as priorities shift, bringing flexibility and breadth to the team.
- Ensure all layouts are accurate, practical, and aligned with operational, safety, and stakeholder requirements.
Visitor Journey and Crowd Flow
- Design and document the end-to-end visitor journey, covering entry, access, circulation, queueing, viewing, dwell time, and departure.
- Identify and mitigate potential bottlenecks to ensure smooth and safe visitor movement.
- Define the journeys for each guest category (Protocol, VVIP, VIP, Guests, and Visitors), including crowd flow and pathing.
Space Management
- Reconcile competing space requirements from multiple stakeholders.
- Maintain the Space Inventory and support the Space Allocation Register.
- Balance commercial, operational, and guest experience needs when allocating space.
Risk and Contingency Planning
- Maintain the live risk register for your areas of responsibility.
- Develop and update contingency plans to prepare the team for operational challenges.
Stakeholder Integration
- Act as the single named point of contact for planning integration across stakeholder streams, including rights holders, partners, content creators, sponsors, government entities, and media.
- Turn stakeholder requirements into clear, workable spatial and journey solutions.
- Keep all parties aligned throughout the planning and delivery cycle.
Experience
- At least 8 years of relevant experience at Senior Manager level.
- Experience across at least two live event seasons.
- Breadth across more than one master planning discipline, with the ability to lead any stream. Candidates with a single specialism would not be suitable.
- A proven record of personally producing layouts, visitor journeys, and space plans. Only experience where you personally produced the work counts towards the requirement.
Desirable
- Proficiency in CAD or other layout and design tools.
- Experience with crowd modelling.
- Experience in stadium, arena, or festival site planning.
- Experience planning large-scale, multi-venue entertainment or sporting events.
Languages
- Professional English is required.
- Arabic is an advantage.
Working Conditions
- Full-time and exclusive: you will be dedicated to the client for the full contract term, with no other clients or projects.
- Mobilisation: you must be able to mobilise within 48 hours of contract award, which is expected to begin in October 2026.
Benefits
- A competitive package for the duration of a 14-month contract, with the potential to extend by up to 3 months.
- Flexible working, with a remote option for suitable candidates.
- The chance to shape the master planning of large-scale, multi-venue events in Riyadh.
- A senior, hands-on role in a dedicated specialist team embedded with a major client.
- Exposure to a wide range of high-profile stakeholders, including government, sponsors, and international partners.
- Valuable experience on one of the region’s most dynamic live events programs.
