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About the Role

Takamol Holding is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is responsible for overseeing the successful execution of various projects. The role requires a strong background in project management, strategy development, and vendor relations, ensuring projects align with defined outcomes and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop project strategies aligned with clear outcomes and defined KPIs, providing evidence of past contributions to similar projects.
• Manage large-scale projects or events, including conferences, exhibitions, and other significant activations.
• Support the development of required Request for Proposal (RFP) scopes.
• Oversee and manage multiple vendors across various projects and activations concurrently.
• Administer and control budgets for multiple project activations.
• Liaise with finance and legal teams to finalize contracts, agreements, and process payments upon project completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the direct manager.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Marketing is required.
• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant professional experience is necessary.
• Demonstrated experience in managing large-scale projects or events is essential.
• Proven ability to develop strategies aligned with clear outcomes and KPIs.

Required Skills

• Proficiency in Project Management methodologies and practices.
• Exceptional multi-tasking abilities to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong Time Management skills to ensure deadlines are met efficiently.
• Effective Teamwork capabilities to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English is mandatory.
• Demonstrated Empathy and Emotional Intelligence in professional interactions.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within Takamol Holding.

About the Role

Emdad By Elm is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Payroll Analyst to join its HR team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position focuses on employee offboarding and end-of-service procedures, ideal for an early-career professional with 0-1 years of experience looking to specialize in this critical HR function. The Payroll Analyst will play a key role in ensuring accurate and compliant processing of all termination-related payroll activities, utilizing advanced HR and payroll systems.

In this role, you will be instrumental in supporting departing employees through their final payroll processes, ensuring all calculations for end-of-service benefits are precise and adhere to all relevant labor regulations. Your work will directly contribute to the smooth and professional conclusion of an employee's tenure with the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute accurate end-of-service calculations for departing employees using SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle HCM.
• Verify final payroll runs, ensuring all components such as accrued leave, bonuses, and statutory deductions are correctly accounted for.
• Coordinate closely with the finance and legal departments to reconcile termination payouts and guarantee full compliance with regulations.
• Maintain and meticulously audit employee offboarding records within the HRIS, ensuring all status updates and documentation are current.
• Generate and distribute comprehensive termination reports and analytics for management review and decision-making.
• Respond promptly and professionally to employee inquiries regarding their final settlements and accrued benefits.
• Identify and resolve any discrepancies found in termination data, leveraging tools such as Excel Power Query and data validation techniques.
• Support the continuous improvement of offboarding processes by documenting best practices and suggesting enhancements.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in payroll processing, with a preference for prior exposure to offboarding or end-of-service functions.
• Hands-on experience with either SAP SuccessFactors Payroll or Oracle HCM Cloud is essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and Power Query, is required.
• Basic SQL knowledge for data extraction purposes is beneficial.
• A solid understanding of UAE labor law and the methodologies for calculating end-of-service benefits is necessary.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the proven ability to audit large datasets for accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are mandatory.
• The capacity to work effectively under tight deadlines and manage multiple termination cases concurrently.
• A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a closely related field.

Required Skills

• Payroll Systems: SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM
• Data Analysis & Manipulation: Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Power Query), SQL
• Data Integrity: Data Validation, Attention to Detail
• Communication: Written and Verbal Communication

Work Environment

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

About the Role

HSBC Saudi Arabia is seeking a Data Security Manager to join its team in Riyadh. This role is integral to developing, implementing, and monitoring information security policies and procedures across HSBC Saudi Arabia's business operations. The Data Security Manager will be responsible for fostering awareness of security risks and potential fraud, and will play a key role in Business Continuity Risk Management (BCM) and SMART IT Segregation, with a specific focus on Data Security.

This position involves overseeing all aspects of Information Security Risk for HSBC Saudi Arabia, encompassing Data Security, Threat & Incident Management, Business Controls, Third Party Security, and Technical Security. The role holder will contribute to the design and execution of the Cyber Security strategy, providing essential support to the CISO and CRO, and advising on the management and operations of security controls for critical HSBC Saudi Arabia services. The ideal candidate will possess a deep technical understanding of security controls, a hands-on technical background, strong stakeholder management skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of data security controls, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data across all environments.
• Operate and manage data security technologies and platforms, including Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data classification, encryption, discovery, and monitoring tools, ensuring their configuration, tuning, enhancement, and ongoing optimization.
• Monitor, detect, and trigger responses to data security incidents, ensuring timely escalation, investigation, coordination with Security Operations Center (SOC)/Incident Response (IR) teams, and post-incident analysis in alignment with incident management processes.
• Develop, generate, and enhance data security reporting and dashboards, providing actionable insights, risk analysis, trends, and control effectiveness metrics for technical teams and senior management.
• Ensure alignment of data security controls with applicable standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies, driving compliance and audit readiness across business units.
• Lead data security governance activities, including control ownership, risk assessments, exception handling, control uplift initiatives, and continuous maturity improvement.
• Review, update, and maintain data security policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring alignment with business operations, emerging risks, and global best practices.
• Act as a primary liaison with global and cross-functional teams, including IT, Security Operations, Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders, to embed data security requirements into business processes.
• Translate technical data security risks and findings into business-focused insights, clearly presenting analysis, recommendations, and remediation plans to senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including control uplift, reporting enhancements, tool capability expansion, and operational process optimization.
• Support strategic data security initiatives by bridging hands-on technical execution with governance, policy, and management-level oversight.
• Develop information security policies and procedures in accordance with HSBC group standards and industry standards such as ISO and COBIT to ensure up-to-date information security and integration solutions at HSBC Saudi Arabia.
• Supervise the implementation and oversee adherence to agreed policies and compliance practices to create a secure environment for HSBC Saudi Arabia’s business operations.
• Review, collate, and analyze monthly Business Risk Information Officer (BIRO) Reports to identify policy-related risks within respective business units.
• Maintain a close awareness of best practices and industry standards in Information Security, assess potential security threats and risks to HSBC Saudi Arabia IT infrastructure, systems, network, and data, and recommend improvements in policies.
• Enforce appropriate security standards for access control functions and IT Security, and monitor all exceptions closely.
• Implement and manage the BIRO program for HSBC Saudi Arabia, ensuring all risk assessment activities are undertaken within assigned BIRO areas, and work directly with staff to explain the risk assessment process, risk identification, measurement, and mitigation/elimination actions.
• Support general information security/risk oversight and awareness programs implemented across the business, including town hall meetings, marketing initiatives, and informal meetings addressing information security topics.
• Involve in Cyber Security projects and create Engineering solutions in the Data Security Area.
• Configure and run DLP solutions and data scanning tooling.
• Provide production support to Data Security tooling (such as Symantec, McAfee, MIP).
• Utilize Confluence and Jira for Project and Production support tasks.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, including business communication and audit management.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Typically educated to degree level.
• 4 to 5 years of experience in Data Security Engineering.
• Experience with DLP products such as Symantec DLP and SkyHigh DLP, with hands-on experience deploying data discovery tools.
• Demonstrable experience in Data in Motion and/or Data at Rest Security.
• Experience in Agile Methodology and project planning & management.
• Experience in Data Incident Management.

Required Skills

• Data Security
• Threat & Incident Management
• Business Controls
• Third Party Security
• Technical Security
• Infrastructure Security
• Application Security
• Access Management
• Cyber Security Strategy
• Security Controls
• DLP (Data Loss Prevention)
• Data Classification
• Encryption
• Data Discovery
• Data Incident Management
• Risk Management
• Agile Methodology
• Project Planning & Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Communication
• Audit Management
• Symantec DLP
• SkyHigh DLP
• Data in Motion Security
• Data at Rest Security
• Jira
• Confluence
• ISO Standards
• COBIT Standards
• Information Security
• IT Security
• Risk Assessment
• Communication
• Leadership

Work Environment and Additional Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Industry qualifications such as CISSP, CISA, or CISM are preferred but not essential.