Manager Special Projects
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Team: Special Projects Activity: Full-time Role grade: Manager (6) Direct reports: 0 Indirect reports: 0 Reporting to: Director Special Projects Role location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Job Purpose: As Manager Special Projects you will be responsible for leading and managing high-impact strategic and projects.
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Role grade: Manager (6)
Direct reports: 0
Indirect reports: 0
Job Purpose
As Manager Special Projects you will be responsible for leading and managing high-impact strategic and projects.
The role acts as a central coordination point across internal teams, external entities, committees, and stakeholders to ensure successful project planning, alignment, execution, and reporting.
This role also supports executive-level initiatives by driving stakeholder engagement, facilitating committee operations, preparing executive presentations, and providing structured decision support on key business topics and strategic initiatives.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Lead and manage special projects and ad-hoc initiatives across the organization.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to define project objectives, requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, government entities, committees, and strategic partners.
- Drive engagement and communication with executive-level stakeholders and facilitate alignment across functions.
- Define project phases, milestones, governance structure, and follow-up mechanisms to ensure smooth execution.
- Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates, reports, and executive summaries to leadership.
- Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, briefing materials, and decision-support documents for leadership and committees.
- Support leadership in strategic discussions, cross-functional initiatives, and organizational priorities.
- Facilitate coordination between different entities and ensure timely closure of action items and deliverables.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and gaps within projects and proactively recommend solutions.
- Ensure projects are executed in alignment with organizational objectives, governance standards, and stakeholder expectations.
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Project Management, or any related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Project Management, Strategic Initiatives, Stakeholder Management, Executive Office, Consulting, or related fields.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong project management and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects and executive-level initiatives.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in both Arabic and English.
- Strong presentation development and storytelling skills.
- Ability to engage confidently with senior leadership, committees, and high-level stakeholders.
- Strong reporting and executive briefing capabilities.
- Knowledge of governance, committee management, and secretariat functions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
- Understanding of the esports industry ecosystem is a plus.
Benefits
- Relocation support
- Transportation allowance
- Competitive compensation
- Housing allowance
- VIP medical insurance
- Opportunity to work on a new exciting project with a group of passionate professionals. You will get the freedom to excel and make a real impact
- Diversity disclaimer
- Our mission is to build a diverse organization where our members, regardless of background or identity, have a sense of belonging.
- We genuinely believe that thanks to creating a collaborative environment where different perspectives are valued, we can achieve more.
- Together, we want to reshape the boundaries of what is achievable in the esports domain.
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