Senior Manager - Entertainment Strategy

Role Overview

Senior Manager – Entertainment Strategy at Qiddiya Investment Company. Location not specified in source.

Role Purpose

Shape the strategic development of Qiddiya's entertainment assets by supporting the Associate Director in defining and delivering the long-term vision for the entertainment portfolio. Lead early planning and concept development of new entertainment destinations, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, guest experience ambitions, and commercial targets.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• Support the Associate Director of Entertainment Strategy in executing overarching entertainment asset class strategies to ensure achievement of portfolio and asset ambition, vision, and objectives.
• Manage early design stages of development including ideation, pre-concept, and concept phases.
• Contribute to all stages of development of new entertainment assets, ensuring alignment with Qiddiya's entertainment offering and financial targets.
• Conduct analysis and research on entertainment asset benchmarks including theme parks and family entertainment centres.
• Conduct research on strategic topics to support robust decision-making.

Documentation & Planning

• Develop project documentation for distribution including Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Scope of Work (SOW), programmes, strategy briefs, and project matrices.
• Contribute to development of initial go-live strategies, including operating models, pricing, sales and marketing, and manpower planning.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Manage consultants and collaborate with IP licensors where relevant and other third parties to ensure insights and recommendations are aligned with overall scope of work, engagement objectives, and business expectations.
• Provide implementation support to other functions within Qiddiya.

Communications

• Prepare and deliver presentations and other materials for internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment, secure approvals, and effectively communicate entertainment asset designs and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields.
• 7+ years of experience in real estate and entertainment projects.