Director People and Organization

About Majid Al Futtaim

Majid Al Futtaim is a prominent company operating in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position for a Director, P&O, is based in Riyadh and requires over 10 years of experience. The salary for this role is not disclosed.

Role Summary

The Director, P&O, leads the People & Organization agenda across Majid Al Futtaim Development. This role acts as a strategic partner to the business, focusing on enabling growth, organizational effectiveness, and capability building. The Director drives the development and execution of people strategies, organization design, workforce planning, leadership capability, and culture initiatives to support business objectives in existing and emerging markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the SVP P&O and Heads of Departments to develop the P&O strategy by analyzing business needs, market dynamics, and P&O challenges, establishing a roadmap aligned with the overall Majid Al Futtaim Development people strategy.
• Lead the end-to-end people and organizational setup and talent deployment for new Development entities and markets, including operating model design, organization structures, leadership hiring, talent mapping, and workforce mobilization.
• Provide functional leadership and expertise to MAF Development on the company’s P&O strategies, policies, processes, and procedures.
• Build and execute the P&O setup strategy for current and future growth markets, encompassing workforce planning, organizational design, operating model activation, leadership hiring, and scaling capabilities in line with business growth.
• Manage and drive talent data and analytics to provide leaders with insights into leadership development, employee engagement, talent needs, compensation, and attrition.
• Translate business objectives into strategic initiatives and actions that align with the MAFD People Strategy, contributing to business unit growth, profitability, and high employee engagement.
• Support the Development leadership team in establishing organizational structures, operating models, governance frameworks, capabilities, and change management plans required to scale new business units and projects effectively.
• Collaborate with the MAF head office on the Leadership Institute agenda to implement targeted learning and development programs for the leadership team, strengthening the management pipeline and bench-strength as part of succession planning.

Required Experience

Candidates for this role should possess over 10 years of relevant professional experience in People & Organization leadership and strategy within complex business environments.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position located in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.