Senior Vice President - Organization Development

JOB DESCRIPTION: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic

• Develop and execute a comprehensive organization development strategy aligned with the Aldar strategic goals and long-term vision.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify key organization development priorities and design innovative solutions that address efficiencies via a lean operating model.
• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of organization-wide development programs and initiatives, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and drive measurable improvements in individual and team performance.

Organizational Development

• Conduct thorough organizational assessments and analysis using a data-driven approach to identify gaps, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Utilize insights to develop and implement targeted interventions and action plans.
• Facilitate strategic discussions with senior leadership teams to enhance change management programs, and drive alignment around organizational priorities.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends, best practices, and research in organization development, change management, leadership development, and employee. engagement. Introduce innovative approaches and interventions to enhance organizational effectiveness and agility.
• Lead restructuring / spinoffs / mergers exercises at a corporate and group wise as required.
• Custodian of the manpower rationalization exercise, the organization structure, hierarchies, reporting line to maintain complete visibility on resources allocation.
• Lead the manpower budgets across the group (permanent, fixed terms, outsources, framework), constantly challenge the status quo of resource deployment.
• Overseeing of Emiratization strategies organic and nonorganic growth across the group.

Emiratization

• Liase with the Talent Acquisition team on the organic growth of UAEN based on the manpower plans with VP of Emiratization.
• Oversee Nafis implementation and monitor entities progress against the set annual intake strategy.
• Constantly conduct simulation analysis to forecast the Emiratization.

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Min of 14+ years of experience in a large organization with a minimum NP of 1Bn.
• Min of 6 years of managerial experience heading an OD department for a company with at least 500 employees.
• Organizational Design / Development, preferably private sector in Management Consultancy.

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Proven experience in developing comprehensive HR strategies.
• In depth knowledge of human resource management best practices.
• Strong conflict resolution skills, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Led and delivered a range of OD interventions with proven business benefit in a high performing organization undergoing structural and cultural change.
• A fundamental understanding of the impact of organizational culture on engagement and performance and significant experience in influencing cultural change.

QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or human resources.
• MBA, CIPD, Six Sigma, SPHR preferred.