Jacobs تعلن عن وظيفة مدير تخطيط تنقل الفعاليات في منطقة الرياض

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter and more connected. We are a key delivery partner on one of Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga projects and a central pillar of Vision 2030, located approximately 45 km southwest of Riyadh. Designed as the Kingdom’s future capital of entertainment, sports, and culture, this landmark development aims to diversify the economy and enhance quality of life through a mix of world-class attractions, residential communities, and natural landscapes, while generating significant employment and enabling long-term, sustainable growth.

About The Opportunity

The Director, Event Mobility Planning leads the development and delivery of integrated mobility planning for major events, festivals, sporting competitions, and entertainment activations. The role is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and coordinated movement of guests, athletes, VIPs, workforce, logistics, emergency services, and public transport users across venues and districts. Acting as the City Operations mobility lead, the position develops 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 who retain responsibility for operations within their controlled areas.

Role 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 guests, VIPs, athletes, performers, workforce, media, 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.
  
  
  

Here's what you'll need

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Transport Planning, Civil/Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related field; Master’s degree and professional certifications are preferred.
• 18+ years of experience in transport planning, mobility operations, traffic engineering, major event transportation, city operations, or infrastructure, including significant senior leadership experience.
• Proven track record delivering mobility planning and operations for large-scale sporting, entertainment, cultural, or destination events.
• Expertise in transport demand forecasting, event mobility planning, traffic management, parking strategies, public transport integration, operational readiness, and incident management.
• Strong experience leading multidisciplinary teams, managing stakeholders, transport authorities, venues, operators, consultants, budgets, contracts, and supplier performance.
• Knowledge of mobility technologies, intelligent transport systems, accessibility, sustainability, risk management, command and control operations, and cross-functional coordination within complex event environments.
  
  
  

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From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions - we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too - from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

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