Senior Manager AV & Broadcast Technology Solutions Sports📣 Job Ad

About Qiddiya Investment Company and the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company (شركة قدية الاستثمارية) is seeking a Senior Manager - AV & Broadcast Technology Solutions - Sports to join its team in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This full-time position is central to supporting the strategy, planning, design coordination, and technical governance of audiovisual, creative technology, immersive media, and integrated digital experience systems across Qiddiya's Sports Business Unit assets.

Role Purpose and Scope

As the Sports Business Unit Center of Excellence representative, the Senior Manager collaborates closely with Development, Design, Project Delivery, Operations, Asset Management, Qiddiya Technology, and external consultants. The primary objective is to ensure that AV, media, and creative technology systems deliver world-class fan, athlete, and guest experiences, while adhering to the highest standards of technical performance, operational reliability, cybersecurity, maintainability, and long-term sustainability. The role requires a strong understanding of ICT infrastructure and digital technologies, recognizing the critical integration between AV, broadcast, networking, operational technology, and enterprise platforms in modern sports and entertainment venues.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate AV, media, and creative technology design across sports venues through all project stages.
• Establish and promote technical standards, system architectures, and design guidelines across the portfolio.
• Provide specialist technical advisory to Development and Design teams to ensure consistency, scalability, and future readiness.
• Safeguard design intent while balancing operational, technical, programme, and budget considerations.
• Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps aligned with Qiddiya's Sports Technology, Innovation, and Guest Experience strategies.
• Identify emerging technologies and industry innovations that enhance fan, athlete, and operational experiences.
• Support the integration of AV systems with ICT infrastructure, broadcast, communications, venue management platforms, digital signage, IPTV, control systems, operational technologies, and other smart venue solutions.
• Promote coordinated design between AV, ICT, MEP, architectural, and operational disciplines.
• Evaluate system architectures for resilience, redundancy, cybersecurity, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
• Ensure AV and creative technology systems are designed for long-term operational performance, maintainability, and high-throughput event environments.
• Support development of operational documentation, maintenance strategies, testing and commissioning, training, and handover processes.
• Assist transition from project delivery into venue operations.

Integrated Technology Approach

This role emphasizes a holistic approach to technology, ensuring seamless integration between AV, broadcast, networking, operational technology, and enterprise platforms. The Senior Manager will promote coordinated design across various disciplines, including AV, ICT, MEP, architectural, and operational teams, to deliver robust and future-ready solutions for Qiddiya's world-class sports assets.

Stakeholder Engagement and Leadership

The Senior Manager is expected to build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across the Sports Business Unit, Qiddiya Technology, and other corporate functions. This involves coordinating with creative teams, consultants, system integrators, operators, and technology vendors, acting as a trusted technical interface between creative, technical, operational, and commercial stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in AV, broadcast, or integrated technology solutions, preferably within a sports or large-scale entertainment venue context.
• Demonstrated strong technical expertise combined with strategic thinking and effective stakeholder management.
• Ability to operate across multiple disciplines, translating creative ambitions into technically robust, future-ready solutions.
• A passion for innovation and enhancing performance, efficiency, and guest experience through technology.