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Operations Director
Dubai United Arab Emirates
OperationsDirector(Contract)
Mid May 2025 End of Jan 2026
BasedinDubaiofficeuntilOctober
MustbeabletogoonsitefromOctober/NovemberJan
LeadtheSeamlessDeliveryofaWorldClassFestival
AboutUs
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WhyYouShouldJoinUs
BeattheHelmofaMajorFestivalLeadthefulloperationslifecycleforoneoftheregionsmostanticipatedevents.
HighLevelLeadershipDrivecoordinationbetweenteamsgovernmentstakeholdersandglobalvendors.
MakeanImpactYourworkwilldirectlyaffectguestexperiencepublicsafetyandeventsuccess.
AbouttheRole
AsOperationsDirector(ContractLiwa).
WhatYoullDo
- LearationalPlanningOwnthefulleventoperationslifecyclefrompitchthroughtoposteventdebrief.
- Government&StakeholderLiaisonManagedaytodaycoordinationwithclientsauthoritiesvendorsandregulatorybodies.
- Team&ContractorManagementRecruittrainandmanageinternalteamsandexternalcontractorsacrosskeyfunctionalareas.
- OverseeLiveDeliveryLeadrealtimeeventoperationsincludingsecurityHSEtoiletsguestservicesticketingcrowdmanagementandvendorlogistics.
- RuntheMOCOverseetheMainOperationsCentreduringtheeventactingasthedecisionmakinghubforoperationalcontrol.
- ManageBudgets&ProcurementOwntheoperationsbudgetforecastaccuratelyandleadprocurementcycleswithafocusonvalueandefficiency.
- ImplementHSE&RiskProtocolsCollaboratewithinternalandexternalteamstoensuresafetycomplianceandreadinessforemergencies.
- Report&ImproveProducecleardocumentationeventreportsandlearningstofeedintofutureprojectsandimproveinternalprocesses.
AboutYou
SeniorOperationsLeader10yearsexperiencemanagingoperationsforlargescaleoutdoorpublicevents.
DetailOrientedPlannerSkilledindevelopingsystemsworkflowsandscalableeventplans.
ConfidentNegotiator&CommunicatorAbletomanagemultiplestakeholdersandaligndiversepartners.
ResilientUnderPressureCapableofleadingliveoperationsinremoteandhighpressureenvironments.
CollaborativeLeaderKnownformotivatingteamsmanagingcomplexityandleadingbyexample.
WhatYouNeedtoApply
Minimum10yearsofeventoperationsexperience.
Experiencewithfestivalsmassparticipationeventsorcitywideactivations.
Provenabilitytomanagelargeteamsvendorsandlogistics.
ExperienceworkingintheMiddleEast.
Advancedstakeholdermanagementskills.
FluentinwrittenandspokenEnglish(Arabichighlydesirable).
ValidUAEdrivinglicense.
Strongbudgetingandprocurementcapabilities.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Employee Relations
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Conflict Management
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Leadership management
- Financial Planning
About Company
We embody the quintessential Dubai success story. Since our inception in 2003, we’ve partnered up with government entities to orchestrate monumental milestone events that would earn global recognition. As time has progressed, so have we. Today, we’ve outgrown our role as mere event or ... View more
