Director Talent Development📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Riyadh |
About the Role
Riyadh Air (RX), headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is establishing itself as a new national airline focused on shaping the future of aviation and transforming the Kingdom into a global aviation and trade hub. As a digitally native airline connecting Saudi Arabia to over 100 destinations, we are seeking a visionary and commercially astute Director of Talent Development. This role is critical in building a future-ready, safety-centered, and high-performing organization.
Role Purpose and Scope
The Director of Talent Development will be responsible for cultivating a future-ready workforce that enhances safety, performance, and long-term growth. This includes overseeing high-impact learning delivery through blended, digital, simulation-based, and experiential methods specifically tailored for the aviation sector. The role involves partnering closely with senior leaders to ensure leadership depth, regulatory compliance, and workforce readiness across all functions. The remit encompasses integrating leadership development, safety/compliance learning, operational training, and digital capability building into a unified enterprise framework, and designing/implementing a fully integrated airline learning ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the enterprise-wide Learning & Development strategy to build a future-ready, safety-centered, and high-performing organization.
- Develop and manage a future-ready workforce that strengthens safety, performance, and long-term growth.
- Oversee high-impact learning delivery using blended, digital, simulation-based, and experiential methods tailored to aviation.
- Partner with senior leaders to ensure leadership depth, regulatory compliance, and workforce readiness across all functions.
- Integrate leadership development, safety/compliance learning, operational training, and digital capability building into a unified enterprise framework.
- Design and implement a fully integrated airline learning ecosystem spanning safety, regulatory, operational, leadership, and digital capabilities.
- Own and manage the Talent Development budget, ensuring strategic Return on Investment (ROI).
- Track and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including bench strength, capability readiness, and program effectiveness.
- Ensure regulatory alignment with key aviation bodies such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
- Integrate compliance requirements into enterprise learning frameworks and operational governance.
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree qualified.
- A minimum of 10 years of sound leadership experience in an L&D or Talent Development capacity.
- Proven ability to interpret strategy and policy to set and deliver objectives within the medium to long term.
- Bilingual Saudi national with proven leadership experience is highly desirable.
Required Skills
- Leadership
- Learning & Development Strategy
- Digital Capability Building
- Safety Culture
- Regulatory Compliance
- Talent Development Budget Management
- KPI Tracking and Reporting
Work Location
This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, within the Riyadh Region of Saudi Arabia.
Requirements
- Requires +10 Years experience
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