Manager Regional Cultural Program📣 Job Ad

About Qiddiya and the Role

Qiddiya is developing Saudi Arabia's future capital of entertainment, sports, and culture, a 360 km2 mega-project located just outside Riyadh. This initiative involves creating a comprehensive destination featuring F1-grade racetracks, theme parks, stadiums, and performance venues, contributing to a national transformation. Qiddiya is seeking a Manager Regional Cultural Program to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on a full-time basis.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of regional cultural programming. This involves ensuring the authentic representation of Saudi regions through engaging and high-quality cultural experiences, all aligned with the overall programming objectives of Qiddiya.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, produce, deliver, and manage detailed programming plans for all regional pavilions, aligning with the overall programming calendar.
• Structure daily and seasonal schedules across regions to ensure diversity, balance, and continuous visitor engagement.
• Coordinate the delivery of performances, demonstrations, and experiences within regional zones.
• Curate authentic regional content in collaboration with regional entities and cultural stakeholders.
• Ensure consistency in quality, storytelling, and visitor experience across all regional pavilions.
• Define program requirements, themes, and cultural narratives for each region.
• Manage relationships with regional representatives, government entities, and cultural institutions.
• Coordinate participation, logistics, and readiness of all regional contributors, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and cultural objectives.
• Coordinate with Operations, Facilities Management (FM), and Asset teams to ensure the readiness of all regional spaces.
• Ensure program feasibility, scheduling, and capacity planning across pavilions.
• Support setup, rehearsals, and live delivery across all regions.
• Monitor visitor engagement and attendance across regional programs, identifying underperforming areas and implementing improvements.
• Ensure consistent delivery standards across all regional experiences.
• Drive the financial performance of regional programs through effective planning, development, and delivery.
• Collaborate with the Commercial team to identify and develop revenue opportunities that support program financial sustainability.
• Maintain strong knowledge of and relationships with regional cultural organizations and stakeholders, and establish relationships with relevant regional and international cultural entities and aligned programs/events.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 6-10 years of experience with a strong background in cultural programming, event management, or heritage-related initiatives.
• Proven experience working with regional cultural programs, heritage initiatives, or community-based cultural activities.
• Strong understanding of Saudi regional cultures, traditions, and heritage diversity.
• Experience ensuring authentic representation and cultural accuracy across multiple contributors.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple stakeholders, including government entities, regional representatives, and cultural institutions.
• Ability to coordinate and align diverse stakeholders with varying expectations and requirements.
• Experience working within structured or government-led environments is preferred.
• Proven experience in planning and delivering multi-activity or multi-location programs, including managing parallel program streams across different zones or locations.
• Experience translating high-level programming plans into detailed schedules and execution plans.
• Experience working closely with operations teams to ensure program feasibility and delivery, with an understanding of site logistics, capacity management, and event constraints.
• Ability to support delivery in live, fast-paced environments.
• Experience in large-scale cultural festivals, national events, or destination programming, with exposure to multi-regional or multi-cultural program environments.
• Experience in pre-opening or activation phases is an advantage.

Key Success Factors

• High participation of regional stakeholders.
• Achieving target visitor engagement across regional pavilions.
• Maintaining the quality and authenticity of cultural representation.
• Delivery of the regional program budget in line with approved targets.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this full-time position in Riyadh are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.