Requirements
Requires proven senior Talent Acquisition leadership experience, background leading high-volume and executive recruitment, and demonstrated success in improving recruitment processes, systems, and service delivery. Experience implementing talent technology platforms, strong transformation and change management skills, and exposure to L&D, succession planning, and leadership development are essential. Experience leading sizeable teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and strong analytical, budgeting, and workforce planning capabilities are also required. Experience in service-driven environments like hospitality, aviation, retail, healthcare, or education, and Middle East regional experience are preferred.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
HR, Recruitment & Training
Company Industry
Recruitment & HR
This senior leadership role is responsible for driving the talent agenda across talent acquisition, learning and development, succession planning, leadership development and talent technology. The successful candidate will lead a large team, oversee executive hiring, and deliver transformation initiatives that enhance talent processes, systems and organisational capability.
Client Details
A rapidly growing, service-focused organisation undergoing significant transformation and expansion.
Description
Key responsibilities will include;
* Develop and execute the overall talent strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
* Lead end-to-end talent acquisition across corporate and operational functions.
* Drive executive and senior leadership recruitment initiatives.
* Manage and develop a large team of with 5 direct reports.
* Enhance recruitment effectiveness, governance, service levels and hiring metrics.
* Reduce time-to-hire while maintaining quality, compliance and budget control.
* Lead transformation of talent technology platforms, including ATS, LMS and AI-enabled solutions.
* Oversee succession planning, leadership assessment and talent pipeline programmes.
* Guide learning and development initiatives, leadership development and performance-related projects.
* Support organisational change, workforce planning and business transformation projects.
* Manage talent-related budgets, analytics and executive stakeholder reporting.
* Champion nationalisation initiatives and workforce diversification strategies.
Job Offer
There is a competitive package of up to 45,000 AED + Benefits.
Requirements:
Key prerequisites include:
* Proven senior Talent Acquisition leadership experience (essential).
* Background leading high-volume and executive recruitment functions.
* Demonstrated success improving recruitment processes, systems and service delivery.
* Experience implementing or optimising ATS, LMS and talent technology platforms.
* Strong transformation and change management experience.
* Exposure to Learning & Development, succession planning and leadership development.
* Experience leading sizeable teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
* Strong analytical, budgeting and workforce planning capability.
* Experience within hospitality, aviation, retail, healthcare, education or other service-driven environments preferred.
* Regional experience within the Middle East highly advantageous.
* Passionate, hands-on leader with resilience, agility and a results-driven mindset.
About the Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
Finance & Accounting
Banking & Financial Services
Procurement
Property & Construction
Engineering & Supply Chain
Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
Human Resources
Sales
Marketing
Technology
Secretarial
Executive Search
Legal
The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.
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