Project Director (Technical)

Job Responsibilities

Owner-Side Technical Leadership and Governance

• Act as the senior owner-side authority for Arena technical delivery, governance and operational integration.

• Set priorities and direct inputs across Event Planning, Event Operations, Safety & Security, Venue Technology & Production, Venue Services & Logistics, and Business Services & Projects.

• Hold project teams and advisers accountable for alignment between Arena requirements, project deliverables, consultant responses and approved decisions.

• Provide executive-level status reporting, briefing papers, dashboards, recommendations and timely escalations to the Vice President, Arena.

Requirements and Design-Change Management

• Establish and maintain the Arena requirements register, design-change register and decision log.

• Track requirements and proposed changes from initiation through review, approval, incorporation and verification.

• Identify scope, programme, cost, operational and lifecycle implications arising from design decisions or changes.

• Ensure decisions, assumptions and departures from requirements are clearly documented and escalated where necessary.

Drawing, Submission and Comment Control

• Establish and maintain the Arena drawing, submission and document registers.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary reviews of drawings, specifications, schedules, samples, mock-ups and technical submissions.

• Consolidate MBS Arena feedback, assign owners, monitor responses and drive formal close-out.

• Maintain revision control, review status and auditable records within approved document-management platforms.

Stakeholder, Consultant and Contractor Coordination

• Coordinate Arena engagement with Development Project Management, architects, engineers, specialist consultants, contractors, integrators, vendors and internal MBS stakeholders.

• Plan and facilitate technical workshops, design reviews, coordination sessions and issue-resolution meetings.

• Maintain action registers with clear owners and deadlines, following through until resolution.

• Translate operational concerns into clear project requirements and communicate project constraints back to Arena stakeholders.

Programme, Cost, Risk and Procurement Interface

• Own the Arena-level view of delivery milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and decision deadlines, and intervene where outcomes are at risk.

• Provide senior technical input to project cost, commercial and procurement strategies, including the implications of requirements, changes and technical selections.

• Lead the preparation and review of scopes, technical requirements, procurement inputs, evaluations and recommendation papers where required.

• Identify material delivery risks early, direct practical mitigation and escalate decisions requiring executive intervention.

Commissioning, Defects, Handover and Readiness

• Lead the Arena owner-side commissioning, acceptance, operational-readiness and handover strategy.

• Set acceptance criteria and oversee readiness, test plans, inspections, defects, outstanding works, documentation, training and acceptance evidence.

• Direct operational participation in systems testing, integrated testing, mock events and venue-readiness activities.

• Confirm that as-built information, operating manuals, warranties, asset data and training records are complete and formally transferred to responsible teams.

Lifecycle and Future Venue Projects

• Support transition of project knowledge, registers and records into the steady-state Arena organisation.

• Develop frameworks for future capital works, technical upgrades, lifecycle replacement and venue-improvement projects.

• Apply lessons learned and continuously improve project-control and coordination processes.

Job Requirements

Education & Certification

• Degree or diploma in project management, engineering, construction management, architecture, building services, technology systems or a related discipline preferred.

• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project-management certification is advantageous.

Experience

• At least 12-15 years of relevant experience, including senior leadership responsibility for technical project delivery, design management or owner-side programme oversight on large, complex developments.

• Demonstrated accountability for multidisciplinary design reviews, requirements and change governance, programme and cost interfaces, procurement, technical assurance, commissioning, defects, handover and executive reporting is required.

Other Prerequisites

• Sector Background: Experience in integrated resorts, entertainment venues, arenas, theatres, convention centres, hospitality, major public assembly buildings, complex technology environments or comparable large-scale projects is advantageous.

• Systems Capability: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Teams, SharePoint, document-management and common data-environment platforms, project schedules, action/risk registers and project-reporting tools is expected. Ability to review drawings and technical documentation is required CAD/BIM viewer familiarity is advantageous.

• Stakeholder Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead senior internal stakeholders, designers, engineers, consultants, contractors and vendors in a highly matrixed environment. Strong executive communication, governance, meeting leadership, negotiation, commercial judgement, conflict resolution and escalation skills are required, together with the confidence to challenge delivery teams constructively.

• Operational Requirements: Willingness to attend site, coordinate across project and operational working hours, and support testing, commissioning or critical project activities outside standard office hours where required.