Senior Public Affairs Manager

Work Mode:
Onsite

**Responsibilities**:
As part of a critical MENA leadership team for minimum 5 years with 10 to 15 years collective experience in working in Saudi Arabia, you must show a broad appreciation of all aspects of publishing operations and Business development in mobile gaming to achieve Tencent’s goals in coordination with different department leads across multiple stakeholders in a global framework. This include Develop and maintain effective relationships with all federal and government officials, Manage a team of 3-6 direct report and be responsible for the output of the departments resources, Advocates for, and manages, policy issues and leads the company’s engagement and campaign with senior internal stakeholders related to government affairs on priority issues, strategies, and/or programs.
- Job Title: Senior Government Affairs Manager_
- [Company Introduction]_

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen China, our guiding principle is to use technology for good.

We are not only a major video game publisher in the world, we also produce other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe. We offer a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.

IEG

Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) is responsible for the R&D, operation, and development of the company's interactive entertainment business including games and eSports. Through online gaming, live broadcasts, and offline eSports, IEG assists the company in leading the global interactive entertainment market to create better interactive entertainment content experiences for users.

Job description

As part of a critical MENA leadership team for minimum 5 years with 10 to 15 years collective experience in working in Saudi Arabia, you must show a broad appreciation of all aspects of publishing operations and Business development in mobile gaming to achieve Tencent’s goals in coordination with different department leads across multiple stakeholders in a global framework. This include Develop and maintain effective relationships with all federal and government officials, Manage a team of 3-6 direct report and be responsible for the output of the departments resources, Advocates for, and manages, policy issues and leads the company’s engagement and campaign with senior internal stakeholders related to government affairs on priority issues, strategies, and/or programs.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with all federal and government officials.
- Provides advice to Senior management and leadership with strategic planning for known and potential regulatory activities related to the business and industry.
- Develop relationships with various public officials, Provide operational support to all legislative processes to ensure compliance and implement all public policies to achieve all objectives.
- Contributes to Identify, develop, and evaluate business strategy, based on company’s growth objectives.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with local partners to optimize the potential business.

**Requirements**:

- 10 to 15 years of government relations experience (at the management level) coupled with a strong understanding of government processes and institutions.
- Knowledge of federal laws and regulations related to government affairs including procurement, technology and industry specific regulations.
- Partnership Experience in Managing PR and Media agency teams including approval of all press office functions, media planning and influencer seeding/relationships. Build and maintain cross functional relationships and ways of working with the operations, commercial and finance teams to ensure robust plans are executed with key objectives according to market requirements.
- Supporting the Business Development & E-Sports senior team members to drive operational excellence, strong partnership collaborations and 360 integration across all marketing activities
- Experience on Diverse Marketing Capability leading all marketing operations. Create and Manage the regional gaming marketing sponsorship portfolio of partners.
- Business level proficiency in both Arabic and English languages (written and spoken)
- Gaming Experience will be a plus

What we offer

Employees are the most valuable assets at Tencent, we customize and cater the best-in-class experience from the moment you apply, throughout your entire employee journey.

We can offer,
- A fun and exciting career opportunity.
- A strong and solid company committed to the grow of its employees.
- Competitive remuneration package.
- Comprehensive benefits plan.

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