Chief Sports Complex Officer (CSCO)

Black Pearl has been given an exclusive mandate to helprecruit for a Chief Sports Complex Officer for a landmark sports andleisure destination in the GCC region.

This is a senior executive appointment responsible forproviding the strategic, operational, and commercial leadership of alarge-scale, multi-venue complex. The destination accommodates diverse sportingactivities, hospitality services, academies, community programmes, and majorevents.

The successful candidate will lead the complex’s long-termdevelopment, strengthen its commercial performance, maintain world-classoperational standards, and deliver exceptional experiences for athletes,members, guests, partners, and the wider community..

Responsibilities:-

StrategicLeadership

• Develop and execute amulti-year strategy positioning the complex as a leading regional sports,leisure, and events destination.
• Identify newopportunities to expand memberships, programmes, events, partnerships,sponsorships, and hospitality offerings.
• Lead transformationinitiatives that strengthen the destination’s brand, market position, andlong-term sustainability.
• Translate strategicpriorities into measurable operational and financial plans.

Operational Excellence

• Provide executiveoversight across all venues, sports facilities, academies, hospitalityoperations, guest services, and event functions.
• Ensure effectivecoordination between specialised sporting activities and supportingcommercial and operational teams.
• Maximise the use,performance, and availability of facilities and assets.
• Maintain the higheststandards of safety, security, compliance, service quality, andoperational readiness.
• Ensure major events and dailyoperations are delivered safely, efficiently, and consistently.

Commercial and Financial Performance

• Take ownership of the complex’s overall financial andcommercial performance.
• Deliver agreed revenue, profitability, utilisation, andcustomer-experience targets.
• Review pricing, membership structures, programmeperformance, and commercial partnerships.
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue generation,operational efficiency, and return on assets.
• Establish strong performance controls and reportingmechanisms across the organisation.

Stakeholder and Partnership Management

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

People Leadership and Organisational Development

• Lead and inspire a large, multidisciplinary workforce acrosssporting, 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 successionand talent-development plans.
• Ensure the organisational structure and capabilities supportthe complex’s future growth.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of progressive leadership experience,including substantial experience in a senior executive or C-suiteposition.
• Proven leadership of a large sports resort, multi-sportcomplex, leisure destination, major venue group, or similarly complexoperation.
• Demonstrated responsibility for multiple venues, significantannual revenue, large teams, and diverse operational functions.
• Strong exposure to specialised sporting operations such asequestrian sports, motorsport, shooting, water sports, sports academies,or comparable disciplines.
• Proven success in developing strategy, improving operationalperformance, 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 diverseand relationship-driven market is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, sportsmanagement, hospitality, leisure management, or a relevant discipline; amaster’s degree or executive qualification would be advantageous.
• Excellent English communication skills. Additional regional orinternational language capability would be an advantage.

LeadershipAttributes

Theideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strategicvision combined with strong operational discipline.
• Acommercially driven and results-oriented approach.
• Highemotional intelligence and cultural awareness.
• Confidencein leading large and diverse teams.
• Strongdecision-making and crisis-management capability.
• Avisible, pragmatic, and guest-focused leadership style.
• Theability to engage credibly with boards, government entities, federations,sponsors, and international partners.

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