Senior Manager Performance Management

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Performance Management to join their team in Riyadh Province. This full-time role involves leading the governance, delivery, and continuous enhancement of the organization's performance management and promotion practices. The objective is to foster a high-performance culture that aligns with strategic business objectives.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager provides strategic advisory, quality assurance, and delivery oversight across performance and promotion cycles. This includes enabling consistent, effective, and fair implementation of practices, strengthening stakeholder capability, and driving continuous improvement. The role requires over 10 years of experience in a relevant field.

Key Responsibilities

• Anticipate evolving business needs, assess organizational challenges, analyze cycle outcomes, and benchmark market trends to inform strategic recommendations.
• Introduce forward-thinking, scalable solutions to transform performance and promotion practices.
• Shape strategies that strengthen accountability, meritocracy, and performance excellence.
• Evolve performance and promotion frameworks to ensure alignment with business priorities and maximize organizational effectiveness.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery and governance of the annual promotion cycle, ensuring effective planning, execution, and adherence to standards.
• Guide and implement promotion activities across submissions, validations, assessments, and approval workflows.
• Provide strategic guidance to HRBPs and business stakeholders on promotion requirements and decision-making.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery and governance of the Performance Management lifecycle, ensuring all stages are effectively integrated and executed.
• Oversee the design and execution of Performance Management training, engagement, and awareness initiatives.
• Coach leaders, managers, and employees on effective performance conversations and feedback delivery.
• Lead the development and implementation of change management and adoption strategies for new Performance Management initiatives.
• Review and challenge key deliverables, reports, and recommendations to ensure quality and consistency.
• Identify delivery risks and operational challenges, driving continuous enhancement of processes.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and day-to-day guidance to team members.
• Act as the subject matter expert for performance management practices and trends.

Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Build trusted relationships with HRBPs, business leaders, and relevant HR functions.
• Provide expert guidance on Performance Management and Promotion frameworks and governance requirements.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and issue resolution across various HR and business stakeholders.
• Promote knowledge sharing and the adoption of leading practices to strengthen the effectiveness of Performance Management and Promotions.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in performance management or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and govern complex HR cycles.
• Strong analytical skills to assess organizational challenges and market trends.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategic HR initiatives.
• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and communication.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within Qiddiya Investment Company. The role involves working collaboratively with various HR functions and business units to achieve organizational objectives.