Director Event Mobility Planning

Overview of the Role

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is seeking a Director, Event Mobility Planning to join their team in Riyadh, All SA Regions. This full-time position is critical to a flagship giga project in Saudi Arabia, located approximately 45 km southwest of Riyadh, which is a central pillar of Vision 2030. The role focuses on developing and delivering integrated mobility planning for major events, ensuring safe and efficient movement across venues and districts.

Role Purpose and Context

The Director, Event Mobility Planning will lead the development and delivery of integrated mobility planning for major events, festivals, sporting competitions, and entertainment activations. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and coordinated movement of guests, athletes, VIPs, workforce, logistics, emergency services, and public transport users. Acting as the City Operations mobility lead, the Director will develop citywide mobility standards, demand forecasts, traffic and event mobility plans, and operational readiness arrangements, supporting major events through 2028 while coordinating with venue and asset operators.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of event mobility strategy, governance framework, standards, policies, and operating model.
• Direct integrated mobility planning for major events, festivals, sporting competitions, and entertainment activations across the destination.
• Develop transport demand forecasts, mobility plans, and arrival/departure strategies for various user groups including guests, VIPs, athletes, and emergency services.
• Coordinate mobility requirements across multiple concurrent events to optimize network performance, capacity, and operational resilience.
• Oversee traffic management, access control, road network planning, parking strategies, vehicle accreditation, and emergency access arrangements.
• Integrate public transport, shuttle services, taxis, ride-hailing, active mobility, and last-mile connectivity into event operations.
• Develop secure and efficient mobility solutions for VIP, hospitality, protocol, government, and specialist stakeholder movements.
• Coordinate logistics, servicing, freight, contractor, and emergency service movements to ensure seamless event operations.
• Lead operational readiness activities, simulations, test events, command-and-control planning, live event mobility operations, and post-event reviews.
• Manage relationships with government authorities, transport operators, emergency services, event organizers, venues, and suppliers, while overseeing budgets, contracts, procurement, and service performance.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement complex mobility planning strategies for large-scale events.
• Experience in managing relationships with diverse stakeholders, including government bodies and transport operators.

Work Environment

This role is based at a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of the position. Jacobs fosters a culture that supports diverse perspectives and provides flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional growth.