5 Sports Management jobs in Saudi Arabia
Director of Event Management & Execution
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Job Title: Director of Event Management & Execution
Department: Public Relations
Reports To: Head of PR
Location: Riyadh ,SA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Purpose
The Director of Event Management & Execution leads the strategic planning, coordination, and flawless execution of all events and activations that support the organization's public relations strategy. This role ensures that events strengthen the brand image, enhance stakeholder engagement, and maximize media visibility at national and international levels.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Leadership
- Develop and implement the organization's event strategy in alignment with PR and corporate communication objectives.
- Oversee the creation of an annual event calendar covering media events, press conferences, corporate announcements, product launches, forums, and public engagements.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and external stakeholders to conceptualize high-impact events that align with brand values.
Event Execution & Operations
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution of events, from ideation and budgeting to post-event evaluation.
- Manage internal and external resources, including vendors, agencies, venues, logistics, production, and creative teams.
- Ensure each event delivers a consistent and premium brand experience, maintaining the highest standards in protocol, design, and execution.
Stakeholder & Media Engagement
- Work closely with the PR team to ensure strategic media coverage of events.
- Coordinate VIP and dignitary participation, including government entities, partners, and key stakeholders.
- Act as the main point of contact for crisis management and protocol issues during high-profile events.
Budget & Compliance
- Develop, track, and manage the department’s annual budget, ensuring cost-efficiency and timely reporting.
- Ensure compliance with internal procurement and government event regulations, including permits, licensing, and safety requirements.
Performance Measurement & Reporting
- Establish KPIs and success metrics for all events and regularly report ROI and impact to executive leadership.
- Conduct post-event analysis, surveys, and stakeholder feedback to drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Event Management, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in event management, preferably in a PR, corporate affairs, or government communications setting.
- Proven track record of managing high-profile, large-scale events with media, government, or international visibility.
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple vendors.
- Fluent in both Arabic and English (written and spoken).
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Project and budget management
- Media and stakeholder engagement
- Protocol and diplomatic awareness
- Crisis management
- Creativity and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Seniority level Director
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Public Relations and Product Management
- Industries Government Administration, Accounting, and Education Administration Programs
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#J-18808-LjbffrEscalation Engineer (EM), AWS Support, Escalation and Event Management
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Job ID: 2991997 | Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd
Would you like the opportunity for the work you do every day to have an impact on a global scale? To work in close knit and supportive team and advocating for the very best for your customers? Read on.
ABOUT US
The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience.
Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies.
Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place.
ABOUT YOU
E2M is looking for people who are detailed, analytical thinkers as well as creative problem solvers, with a strong bias for action. You are someone who is not constrained by the notion of “how things are usually done”. You are equally comfortable operating in the minute detail, and coordinating our efforts at the forty thousand foot view.
You confidently act as an advocate of behalf of AWS customers, maintaining composure and leadership in some very dynamic and high pressure situations. You are excited about owning critical infrastructure services, those that serve global customers, 24x7 and relish the opportunity to work on technical initiatives that drive continuous improvement in the Support experience of those customers. All this while collaborating with some of the smartest people in the industry!
Ultimately you are passionate about technology and demonstrate a strong desire to learn more and do more with AWS.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of the E2M ‘Event Management’ team, we work to identify widespread and or systemic customer facing problems for Amazon Web Services. We are responsible for monitoring internal tools to identify customers impacting issues. When a issue is identified, we ensure the appropriate business and technology leaders, and their teams, are engaged to drive the restoration of disrupted AWS services and act as an advocate of the customer to both report on and manage the customer experience. Because of our unique role as Escalation Engineers, we have limitless exposure to all things AWS, including numerous leading edge technologies.
Key job responsibilities
Every day will bring new and exciting opportunities that include:
Providing critical incident response/management (including leading calls with internal/external participants) for customer’s critical workloads and AWS Service Teams
Provide concise and timely communication on developing and progressing issues to AWS Support customers, as well as internal stakeholders
Work to improve important metrics such as ‘mean time to engagement’ and ‘mean time to communication’ for all incident types
Facilitate Root Cause Analysis and Post Event Reviews after each event to minimise recurrence
Work with key stakeholders across AWS as advocates on behalf of customers to drive improvements in their AWS experience and develop mechanisms that support and improve E2M’s ability to deliver on that objective
Analyse data trends on internal tickets, customer contacts, social media, and network and infrastructure monitoring to identify potential issues
Build a broad understanding of AWS architecture and service inter-dependencies
Design, build, or collaborate on solutions using automation and self-repair rather than relying on human intervention
About the team
The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience.
Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies.
Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place.
- 1+ years of software development, or 1+ years of technical support experience
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience with network troubleshooting tools (telnet, test-netconnection, tracert, tracetcp, iperf, ntttcp, dig, and packet capture tools)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Industry specific certification(s) such as the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher and 1+ years Incident or Problem Management experience for either on-prem or Cloud based infrastructure.
- Familiarity operating or designing distributed architectures with the ability to correlate system behaviours based on known inter-dependencies along with experience in creation and usage of JavaScript, Powershell, and/or BASH scripting.
- Ability to review complex technical details regarding ongoing issues/events and convey the key details to senior stakeholders, including recommendations, to facilitate real-time decision making.
- Excellent written and oral English communication skills.
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
#J-18808-LjbffrEscalation Engineer (EM), AWS Support, Escalation and Event Management
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Job ID: 2985332 | Amazon Australia Company Pty Ltd
Would you like the opportunity for the work you do every day to have an impact on a global scale? To work in close knit and supportive team and advocating for the very best for your customers? Read on.
ABOUT US
The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience.
Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies.
Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place.
ABOUT YOU
E2M is looking for people who are detailed, analytical thinkers as well as creative problem solvers, with a strong bias for action. You are someone who is not constrained by the notion of “how things are usually done”. You are equally comfortable operating in the minute detail, and coordinating our efforts at the forty thousand foot view.
You confidently act as an advocate of behalf of AWS customers, maintaining composure and leadership in some very dynamic and high pressure situations. You are excited about owning critical infrastructure services, those that serve global customers, 24x7 and relish the opportunity to work on technical initiatives that drive continuous improvement in the Support experience of those customers. All this while collaborating with some of the smartest people in the industry!
Ultimately you are passionate about technology and demonstrate a strong desire to learn more and do more with AWS.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of the E2M ‘Event Management’ team, we work to identify widespread and or systemic customer facing problems for Amazon Web Services. We are responsible for monitoring internal tools to identify customers impacting issues. When a issue is identified, we ensure the appropriate business and technology leaders, and their teams, are engaged to drive the restoration of disrupted AWS services and act as an advocate of the customer to both report on and manage the customer experience. Because of our unique role as Escalation Engineers, we have limitless exposure to all things AWS, including numerous leading edge technologies.
Key job responsibilities
Every day will bring new and exciting opportunities that include:
Providing critical incident response/management (including leading calls with internal/external participants) for customer’s critical workloads and AWS Service Teams
Provide concise and timely communication on developing and progressing issues to AWS Support customers, as well as internal stakeholders
Work to improve important metrics such as ‘mean time to engagement’ and ‘mean time to communication’ for all incident types
Facilitate Root Cause Analysis and Post Event Reviews after each event to minimise recurrence
Work with key stakeholders across AWS as advocates on behalf of customers to drive improvements in their AWS experience and develop mechanisms that support and improve E2M’s ability to deliver on that objective
Analyse data trends on internal tickets, customer contacts, social media, and network and infrastructure monitoring to identify potential issues
Build a broad understanding of AWS architecture and service inter-dependencies
Design, build, or collaborate on solutions using automation and self-repair rather than relying on human intervention
About the team
The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience.
Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies.
Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place.
- 3+ years of network and operating system support experience
- 3+ years of technical support experience
- 3+ years of information security and compliance experience
- 4+ years of distributed systems experience
- Knowledge of distributed computing environments
- Knowledge of security best practices
- Experience with network troubleshooting tools (telnet, test-netconnection, tracert, tracetcp, iperf, ntttcp, dig, and packet capture tools)
- Incident Management
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
#J-18808-LjbffrEscalation Engineer (EM), AWS Support, Escalation and Event Management
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Job ID: 2985332 | Amazon Australia Company Pty Ltd
Would you like the opportunity for the work you do every day to have an impact on a global scale? To work in close knit and supportive team and advocating for the very best for your customers? Read on. ABOUT US The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience. Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies. Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place. ABOUT YOU E2M is looking for people who are detailed, analytical thinkers as well as creative problem solvers, with a strong bias for action. You are someone who is not constrained by the notion of “how things are usually done”. You are equally comfortable operating in the minute detail, and coordinating our efforts at the forty thousand foot view. You confidently act as an advocate of behalf of AWS customers, maintaining composure and leadership in some very dynamic and high pressure situations. You are excited about owning critical infrastructure services, those that serve global customers, 24x7 and relish the opportunity to work on technical initiatives that drive continuous improvement in the Support experience of those customers. All this while collaborating with some of the smartest people in the industry! Ultimately you are passionate about technology and demonstrate a strong desire to learn more and do more with AWS. ABOUT THE ROLE As part of the E2M ‘Event Management’ team, we work to identify widespread and or systemic customer facing problems for Amazon Web Services. We are responsible for monitoring internal tools to identify customers impacting issues. When a issue is identified, we ensure the appropriate business and technology leaders, and their teams, are engaged to drive the restoration of disrupted AWS services and act as an advocate of the customer to both report on and manage the customer experience. Because of our unique role as Escalation Engineers, we have limitless exposure to all things AWS, including numerous leading edge technologies. Key job responsibilities
Every day will bring new and exciting opportunities that include: Providing critical incident response/management (including leading calls with internal/external participants) for customer’s critical workloads and AWS Service Teams
Provide concise and timely communication on developing and progressing issues to AWS Support customers, as well as internal stakeholders
Work to improve important metrics such as ‘mean time to engagement’ and ‘mean time to communication’ for all incident types
Facilitate Root Cause Analysis and Post Event Reviews after each event to minimise recurrence
Work with key stakeholders across AWS as advocates on behalf of customers to drive improvements in their AWS experience and develop mechanisms that support and improve E2M’s ability to deliver on that objective
Analyse data trends on internal tickets, customer contacts, social media, and network and infrastructure monitoring to identify potential issues
Build a broad understanding of AWS architecture and service inter-dependencies
Design, build, or collaborate on solutions using automation and self-repair rather than relying on human intervention About the team
The Escalation and Event Management (E2M) team, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Support organisation, is dedicated to managing critical escalations, customer facing communications, and handling large-scale customer impacting events. E2M’s purpose is to drive operational excellence and improvements to the overall customer support experience. Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with a mission to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. A company that customers from around the world will recognise, value, and trust, for our broad selection of products and services and the convenience they provide. AWS continues in that tradition, leading the world in cloud technologies. Amazon offers the flexibility to work in office or from home. Employees will be required to reside within a commutable distance of the office they are assigned to. Employees working from home are encouraged to work with their teams to attend an office from time to time for team building, significant training, or other occasional events that may take place. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of network and operating system support experience
- 3+ years of technical support experience
- 3+ years of information security and compliance experience
- 4+ years of distributed systems experience
- Knowledge of distributed computing environments
- Knowledge of security best practices
- Experience with network troubleshooting tools (telnet, test-netconnection, tracert, tracetcp, iperf, ntttcp, dig, and packet capture tools)
- Incident Management Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
#J-18808-LjbffrAssistant Manager - Sports Marketing (COR414)
Posted 16 days ago
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Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a passionate and strategic individual to fill the role of Assistant Manager - Sports Marketing . This position is essential for driving our marketing initiatives in the sports sector and supporting the growth of our reputation as a premier destination for sports and entertainment.
As the Assistant Manager of Sports Marketing , you will assist in the development and execution of effective marketing campaigns that promote our sports offerings, engage target audiences, and elevate brand visibility. Working closely with the Sports Marketing Manager, you will collaborate with various teams to ensure cohesive strategy and messaging.
Key Responsibilities- Support the marketing manager through consistent updates across strategy development, the Corporate marketing team, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Report on marketing activities for the pillar while maintaining alignment with the corporate messaging and master brand ethos.
- Consolidate the sports core assets' strategic objectives, proof points, and messaging along with target markets.
- Maintain all messaging and main highlights for each core asset and the asset class itself associated with the sports marketing campaigns and initiatives.
- Align look and feel, messaging, content, and visuals used in activations, along with confirming merchandise items for these activations.
- Support all announcements for sports core assets, including messaging, press releases, social posts, renders, visuals, video productions, KV designs, media campaign selections, and target markets to develop comprehensive campaigns with timelines.
- Highlight opportunities for sports core assets within city narratives and activations, and in B2B events such as conferences, exhibitions, and networking sessions by developing curated content to build awareness.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Sports Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum of 4-5 years of experience in sports marketing or related fields.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong ability to develop integrated marketing communication strategies.
- Proven leadership skills.
- Strong time and project management, with multitasking abilities.
Comprehensive benefits package
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