Director, Event Mobility & Transportation Strategy

Jacobs; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is delivering a landmark city-wide mobility program in Saudi Arabia, seeking a Director of Event Mobility Planning to lead integrated mobility for major events. You will shape transport demand, strategy, and operational readiness, coordinating across venues, authorities, and service providers to ensure seamless guest and workforce movement.

The role requires extensive leadership experience in transport planning and event mobility, with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree as stated; Master’s and professional certifications preferred.
• 18+ years of experience in transport planning, mobility operations, or major event transport.
• Proven track record delivering mobility for large-scale events.
• Expertise in demand forecasting, event planning, traffic management and public transport integration.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets, contracts and suppliers.

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, and entertainment activations.
• Develop transport demand forecasts, mobility plans, and arrival/departure strategies for guests, VIPs, athletes, and workforce.
• Coordinate mobility requirements across concurrent events to optimize network performance and resilience.
• Oversee traffic management, access control, road planning, parking strategies, and emergency access.
• Integrate public transport, shuttle services, taxis, ride-hailing, active mobility, and last-mile connectivity.
• Develop secure mobility solutions for VIP, hospitality, government, and specialist movements.
• Coordinate logistics, servicing, freight, contractor, and emergency service movements.
• Lead operational readiness activities, simulations, test events, command-and-control planning, and post-event reviews.
• Manage relationships with authorities, transport operators, venues, and suppliers, including budgets and procurement.

Skills

Transport planning

Mobility operations

Event mobility planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Transport Planning or related field

Master’s degree and professional certifications preferred

Job description

Jacobs is delivering a landmark city-wide mobility program in Saudi Arabia, seeking a Director of Event Mobility Planning to lead integrated mobility for major events. You will shape transport demand, strategy, and operational readiness, coordinating across venues, authorities, and service providers to ensure seamless guest and workforce movement.

The role requires extensive leadership experience in transport planning and event mobility, with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and