Director, People and Organization

Job description

Leads the People & Organization agenda across the employer Development, acting as a strategic partner to enable growth, organizational effectiveness, and capability building. Develops and executes people strategies, organization design, workforce planning, leadership capability, and culture initiatives to support business objectives in existing and emerging markets. Partners with SVP P&O and department heads to create the P&O strategy based on business needs, market dynamics, and P&O challenges. Leads end‑to‑end people and organizational set‑up and talent deployment for new development entities and markets, including operating model design, structures, leadership hiring, talent mapping, and workforce mobilization. Provides functional leadership and expertise on P&O strategies, policies, processes, and procedures. Builds and executes P&O set‑up strategy for growth markets, covering workforce planning, organization design, operating model activation, leadership hiring, and scaling capabilities. Manages talent data and analytics to deliver facts and trends on leadership development, employee engagement, talent needs, compensation, and attrition. Translates business objectives into strategic initiatives aligned with MAFD People Strategy, contributing to unit growth, profitability, and high employee engagement. Supports development leadership in establishing fit‑for‑purpose structures, operating models, governance frameworks, capabilities, and change management plans for scaling new units and projects. Partners with MAF head office on Leadership Institute agenda to implement targeted learning and development programs for the leadership team, strengthening the management pipeline as part of succession planning.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or HR or equivalent
• Master’s degree or other formal HR qualifications preferred
• 15 years progressive experience managing all HR disciplines in a reputable company, preferably in Retail, Real Estate or FMCG in GCC with 5‑7 years in senior management/leadership role
• Strategic leadership skills, business partnering, team development, stakeholder management, budgeting and reporting

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