Senior Manager – Talent & Organisation Performance

About the Role

We are conducting a confidential search for a Senior Manager specializing in Talent and Organisation Performance to join a prominent, diversified organization based in Dubai. This role is ideal for a seasoned Talent Management and Organisation Development expert who thrives on creating and building frameworks rather than merely maintaining existing systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and continuously enhance the enterprise-wide Performance Management system, encompassing goal setting, rating mechanisms, calibration, governance, and reporting.
• Create an Organizational Balanced Scorecard that translates business strategies into quantifiable business and individual objectives.
• Develop and refine Job Architecture, covering job families, levels, detailed role descriptions, and oversee governance structures.
• Manage job evaluation and benchmarking processes, preferably using tools such as Mercer IPE or Korn Ferry Hay, in collaboration with Total Rewards.
• Establish frameworks for critical roles and talent identification, coordinate talent reviews, and lead succession planning efforts.
• Convert talent-related decisions into actionable initiatives involving employee development, mobility, retention, and workforce management.
• Spearhead people transformation projects from conceptual design, through execution, change management, to adoption.
• Utilize advanced people analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation technologies to enhance decision-making and optimize people management processes.
• Work closely with senior organizational leaders to provide structured insights and challenge complex human resources topics.

Candidate Profile and Requirements

• Between 5 to over 8 years of meaningful experience in Talent Management, Organisation Development, HR Strategy, or people transformation roles.
• Experience in a Centre of Excellence, consulting setting, or a complex enterprise environment is advantageous.
• Proven capability in designing and implementing people frameworks from the ground up rather than simply managing established methods.
• Hands-on expertise in Performance Management, succession/critical talent management, and Job Architecture with job evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience in formulating or deploying organizational Balanced Scorecards across multiple business sectors.
• Practical knowledge of Mercer IPE and/or Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation methodologies.
• Deep understanding of how Talent Management, Organisation Development, and Total Rewards interrelate.
• Exceptional senior stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical mindset combined with commercial insight; a keen interest in AI, automation, workforce analytics, and evolving work paradigms.

Why This Opportunity?

This position transcends traditional HR operational roles. It offers a chance to architect foundational people infrastructure, influence executive-level decision-making, and create scalable frameworks that bridge business strategy with organizational capabilities and talent outcomes. If your expertise lies where Talent Management, Organisation Development, and Performance intersect and you have a history of pioneering enterprise-level frameworks, we welcome your application.