Director Production & Technical Integration

About the Role

Expo 2030 Riyadh is seeking a Director Production & Technical Integration to manage the technical strategy, planning, design, and delivery integration across all Events & Entertainment assets. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and involves overseeing audio, lighting, video, broadcast, rigging, show communications, and technical infrastructure for venues and stages. The role focuses on translating creative concepts and operational requirements into coordinated technical packages, ensuring alignment with the Master Plan and progression through design assurance, testing, commissioning, and readiness activities for safe and reliable event delivery.

Technical Strategy and Planning

• Develop technical strategy and planning requirements for all Events & Entertainment assets, including venues and stages.
• Translate creative concepts and operational requirements into comprehensive technical packages covering audio, lighting, video, broadcast, rigging, show communications, and technical infrastructure.
• Develop staging drawings, lighting plots, sound plans, rigging schematics, and related technical documentation to provide clear direction for production delivery.
• Define technical delivery methodologies and requirements to ensure consistent and reliable technical execution across Events & Entertainment assets.

Technical Design and Integration

• Manage the integration of audio, lighting, video, broadcast, rigging, show communications, and technical infrastructure requirements across Events & Entertainment venues and stages.
• Review technical packages and documentation for completeness, coordination, and alignment with creative and operational requirements.
• Ensure technical requirements are fully integrated into the Master Plan and relevant planning activities.
• Identify technical constraints and interdependencies and coordinate their resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor changes affecting technical requirements and ensure approved changes are reflected in technical documentation and plans.

Master Plan and Venue Integration

• Maintain the venue and constraints library, including venue dimensions, rigging capacities, power availability, and other documented technical constraints.
• Assess venue and stage requirements against available technical capacities and constraints to support effective technical planning.
• Coordinate technical requirements across venues to optimize planning and reduce rework.
• Provide technical input to planning activities based on venue capabilities, production requirements, and identified constraints.
• Ensure venue and technical information is accurate and current to support production planning and delivery.

Technical Standards, Quality, and Readiness

• Develop and maintain technical production and safety standards for Events & Entertainment assets.
• Apply safety-by-design requirements to technical packages, plans, and specifications.
• Coordinate technical testing, commissioning, and quality assurance reviews to confirm equipment and systems meet approved requirements.
• Conduct pre-event technical inspections and manage technical sign-off checklists to support safe and operationally ready venues and stages.
• Support rehearsals from a technical readiness and system performance perspective.
• Monitor technical quality and reliability and coordinate corrective actions to address identified performance, readiness, and technical issues.

Technical Coordination and Reporting

• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to align technical requirements, documentation, constraints, interfaces, and readiness activities.
• Monitor technical deliverables, interdependencies, risks, and mitigation actions across Events & Entertainment assets.
• Report technical readiness, interdependencies, risks, and mitigation plans through relevant governance forums.
• Coordinate the resolution of technical issues affecting planning, design integration, or operational readiness.
• Conduct post-event reviews of technical metrics and risk logs to capture lessons learned and improve technical planning for subsequent events and activations.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant technical production and integration role.