Chief Sports Complex Officer (CSCO)

Employment; Qatar; On-site; QAR 1,456,000 - 2,366,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA - Qatar, Doha is seeking a Chief Sports Complex Officer to provide strategic, operational and commercial leadership for a landmark multi-venue sports and leisure destination in the GCC. You will shape long-term growth, drive partnerships, and ensure world-class experiences.

The role requires 15+ years of leadership, proven experience managing large venues, and strong financial acumen.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience including senior executive or C-suite roles.
• Experience leading a large sports resort, multi-sport complex, or similar operations.
• Oversight of multiple venues, large revenues, and diverse teams.
• Strong exposure to specialised sporting operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year strategy to position the complex as a leading regional destination.
• Provide executive oversight across all venues, facilities, academies, hospitality, guest services and events.
• Own the complex’s financial and commercial performance, revenue growth and partnerships.
• Build and manage important government, federation, sponsor and partner relationships.
• Lead a large, multidisciplinary workforce and develop senior leaders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive leadership

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Crisis management

Team leadership

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Bachelor's degree in sports management

Bachelor's degree in hospitality

Master's degree or executive qualification

Job description

Black Pearl has been given an exclusive mandate to help recruit for a Chief Sports Complex Officer for a landmark sports and leisure destination in the GCC region.This is a senior executive appointment responsible for providing the strategic, operational, and commercial leadership of a large-scale, multi-venue complex. The destination accommodates diverse sporting activities, hospitality services, academies, community programmes, and major events.The successful candidate will lead the complex's long-term development, strengthen its commercial performance, maintain world-class operational standards, and deliver exceptional experiences for athletes, members, guests, partners, and the wider community..

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Develop and execute a multi-year strategy positioning the complex as a leading regional sports, leisure, and events destination.Identify new opportunities to expand memberships, programmes, events, partnerships, sponsorships, and hospitality offerings. Lead transformation initiatives that strengthen the destination's brand, market position, and long-term sustainability. Translate strategic priorities into measurable operational and financial plans.

Operational Excellence

Provide executive oversight across all venues, sports facilities, academies, hospitality operations, guest services, and event functions. Ensure effective coordination between specialised sporting activities and supporting commercial and operational teams. Maximise the use, performance, and availability of facilities and assets. Maintain the highest standards of safety, security, compliance, service quality, and operational readiness. Ensure major events and daily operations are delivered safely, efficiently, and consistently.

Commercial and Financial Performance

Take ownership of the complex's overall financial and commercial performance. Deliver agreed revenue, profitability, utilisation, and customer-experience targets. Review pricing, membership structures, programme performance, and commercial partnerships. Identify opportunities to improve revenue generation, operational efficiency, and return on assets. Establish strong performance controls and reporting mechanisms across the organisation.

Stakeholder and Partnership Management

Build trusted relationships with government authorities, sports federations, strategic partners, sponsors, event organisers, and community stakeholders. Represent the complex in high-level meetings, major events, industry forums, and partnership discussions. Strengthen the destination's contribution to regional sporting, tourism, leisure, and community-development objectives. Negotiate and manage commercially valuable partnerships and long-term agreements.

People Leadership and Organisational Development

Lead and inspire a large, multidisciplinary workforce across sporting, operational, hospitality, commercial, and corporate functions. Build a high-performance culture centred on accountability, safety, collaboration, service excellence, and continuous improvement. Develop senior leaders and establish effective succession and talent-development plans. Ensure the organisational structure and capabilities support the complex's future growth.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of progressive leadership experience, including substantial experience in a senior executive or C-suite position.
• Proven leadership of a large sports resort, multi-sport complex, leisure destination, major venue group, or similarly complex operation.
• Demonstrated responsibility for multiple venues, significant annual revenue, large teams, and diverse operational functions.
• Strong exposure to specialised sporting operation

Skills

• At least 15 years of progressive leadership experience, including substantial experience in a senior executive or C-suite position.
• Proven leadership of a large sports resort, multi-sport complex, leisure destination, major venue group, or similarly complex operation.
• Demonstrated responsibility for multiple venues, significant annual revenue, large teams, and diverse operational functions.
• Strong exposure to specialised sporting operations such as equestrian sports, motorsport, shooting, water sports, sports academies, or comparable disciplines.
• Proven success in developing strategy, improving operational performance, growing revenue, and leading organisational transformation.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting, revenue optimisation, pricing, partnerships, and asset utilisation.
• Experience managing high-profile sporting, corporate, community, or entertainment events.
• Established credibility in managing senior government, federation, sponsor, partner, and board-level stakeholders.
• Experience in the Middle East or another culturally diverse and relationship-driven market is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, sports management, hospitality, leisure management, or a relevant discipline; a master's degree or executive qualification would be advantageous.
• Excellent English communication skills. Additional regional or international language capability would be an advantage.

Leadership Attributes

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strategic vision combined with strong operational discipline.
• A commercially driven and results-oriented approach.
• High emotional intelligence and cultural awareness.
• Confidence in leading large and diverse teams.
• Strong decision-making and crisis-management capability.
• A visible, pragmatic, and guest-focused leadership style.
• The ability to engage credibly with boards, government entities, federations, sponsors, and international partners.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA - Qatar, Doha

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA - Qatar, Doha