Kabuni Premier League (KPL) About Kabuni Kabuni is a sports technology company combining AI, biomechanics and sports science to make high-quality coaching more accessible. Starting with cricket, we’re building tools and pathways to help players develop their skills and reach their potential. Through the Kabuni Premier League (KPL), we’re creating opportunities for young cricketers to progress through auditions, training camps and franchise teams, connecting grassroots talent with structured player development. About Role You’ll lead the planning and delivery of a safe, well-run and engaging KPL tournament, bringing together cricket competition, participant logistics, venues, staffing and event operations. Your responsibility starts well before tournament week: building the team, securing resources, managing the budget and ensuring everything is ready before participants arrive. You’ll lead live delivery through to safe departures and post-event review. The tournament is being planned for up to 12 franchises, each with 15 selected players—180 players at full scale—alongside coaches, support staff and other attendees.

Key Responsibilities
• Plan and prepare the tournament: Develop the timetable, budget, staffing model and operating plan. Appoint delivery partners, agree responsibilities and lead readiness reviews and rehearsals.
• Ensure child safety and welfare: Work with safeguarding specialists to establish qualified safeguarding, welfare and medical provision, appropriate staffing checks, supervision, consent and emergency procedures across all tournament activities.




• Coordinate participant logistics: Manage agreed travel arrangements, transfers, accommodation where required, meals, hydration and equipment movements. Ensure clear communication and safe participant handovers.
• Deliver the cricket competition: Work with cricket leadership to coordinate fixtures, venues, pitches, practice facilities, officials, scoring, equipment and coach availability.
• Manage event operations: Coordinate accreditation, security, spectators, accessibility, facilities, ceremonies and agreed guest and sponsor commitments. Work with specialists on permissions, insurance and supplier requirements.
• Plan promotion and production: Develop costed proposals for photography, filming, streaming or broadcasting. Deliver the approved scope with Marketing and production partners, ensuring appropriate permissions, child-image consent and content handling.
• Lead live delivery: Run daily briefings, event communications and operational decisions. Maintain contingency plans for weather, transport disruption, medical incidents and other delivery issues.
• Control budgets and suppliers: Track costs with Finance, manage changes and hold partners accountable for agreed deliverables.




• Complete the handover and close-out: Agree squad-information and readiness requirements with franchise teams, oversee safe departures, reconcile supplier costs and complete incident follow-up and the post-event review. What you'll bring
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-day sporting events or tournaments.
• Experience building and managing multidisciplinary teams, agencies and suppliers.
• Solid operational planning skills across venues, transport, accommodation and participant logistics.
• Practical experience implementing safeguarding and welfare arrangements for children and young people.
• Confidence managing budgets, supplier commitments and changes to scope.
• Calm judgement under pressure, with the ability to resolve issues and escalate decisions appropriately.
• Clear communication with delivery teams, franchise representatives, families and senior stakeholders. Experience in cricket tournaments and coordinating event filming, streaming or broadcast production would be an advantage. What success looks like
• Teams, venues, suppliers and safety arrangements ready before participants arrive.
• Children safely supervised and supported throughout their tournament experience.
• Reliable transport, logistics and daily operations.
• Fixtures and agreed event activities delivered successfully.
• Positive feedback from players, families and franchise teams.
• Delivery within the approved budget, with complete records and actions followed through.

📌 Tournament Director (Mumbai)
🏢 Kabuni
📍 Mumbai