Manager Special Projects

Esports Foundation

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. 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.