Broadcast Production and Operations Manager

Two Circles

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing the way fans spend their money the events that fans attend the channels fans respond to the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally including the English Premier League Red Bull UEFA VISA the NFL Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people based out of 15 offices and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Our Media Rights & Live Production (MRLP) business helps rights holders navigate todays fast-changing media landscape. We provide data-driven insights package rights for market and unlock new revenue streams. Through our Staylive platform we power hundreds of streaming services and our live production department offers remote solutions and content curation that help rights holders reach new audiences.

We are seeking a senior Live Production leader to oversee and elevate our editorial and broadcast delivery in Saudi Arabia.

As a Project Manager you will be the face of our production operations in the Kingdom a trusted partner to rights holders federations broadcasters and government stakeholders. You will ensure that every production delivered locally meets the highest standards of editorial integrity storytelling and technical execution.

This role blends editorial oversight live broadcast expertise stakeholder leadership and market representation.

Key responsibilities:

Editorial Leadership & Market Insight

• Lead the editorial direction and output quality of all live productions in KSA.
• Apply strong understanding of the Saudi sports landscape and cultural context to shape storytelling and coverage priorities.
• Ensure live coverage reflects both global broadcast standards and local relevance.
• Oversee run-of-show development content planning and editorial workflows.
• Work closely with producers commentators technical and creative teams to elevate narrative quality and viewer engagement.
• Continuously assess and improve on-air presentation graphics integration commentary standards and overall production value.
  

Operational & Team Oversight

• Lead local production crews freelancers and technical vendors.
• Ensure production readiness: staffing technical planning compliance and risk management.
• Drive operational reliability delivering on time on budget and to international broadcast standards.
• Support long-term production capability development in KSA.

• Demonstrated experience overseeing live broadcast delivery from planning through execution.
• Experience guiding the editorial direction and quality of live sports productions with a good understanding of the Saudi sports landscape
• Strong understanding of live production workflows (OB remote production studio commentary graphics post).
• Experience representing production teams externally with senior stakeholders.
• Fluent Arabic and English (required).
• Based in Riyadh or willing to relocate.

Required Experience:

Manager