Senior Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning & Localization - Saudi Arabia
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About the Role
Hilton seeks a Senior Manager for Strategic Workforce Planning & Localization in Saudi Arabia. The role involves building workforce plans, developing localization frameworks, and partnering with stakeholders to ensure Saudi talent development and compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Saudi wide workforce plans aligned to business growth, operating requirements, workforce cost considerations, and localization priorities
- Develop demand and supply views across key functions and levels, including critical roles, leadership roles, and roles impacted by Saudization requirements
- Provide leadership with clear insights on workforce shortages, Saudi talent gaps, readiness gaps, or localization compliance risks
- Build on hotel talent reviews and critically analyze successors, proposed moves and timelines
- Create a country wide localization roadmap, aligning with Saudi labor law and hotel pipeline
- Set governance, standards, and tools for how localization is planned and measured across all hotels
- Provide early warning of compliance risks and recommend mitigation actions with HR and Operations
- Work with Talent acquisition Lead to ensure recruitment of Saudi talent are prioritized
- Work with Talent and Leadership Lead to ensure development of Saudi talent are prioritized
- Launch and coordinate local development programs and Saudi local programs such as Management Development Program, Women in Leadership, Saudi Ambassador program
- Partner with Openings team, Operations, and HR leaders to understand future hotel openings and manpower requirements
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Lead to ensure sourcing capacity for secondary cities
Requirements
- Experience in HR and/or Talent Management
- Demonstrated experience in talent pipeline creation, leadership development, or large scale workforce planning
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders within a matrix organization
- Analytical and data driven decision making
- Strong communicator and collaborator
- Strong understanding of Saudi labour market dynamics, localization requirements, and relevant government frameworks
- 10+ years of work experience
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Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Saudi wide workforce plans aligned to business growth, operating requirements, workforce cost considerations, and localization priorities.
- Develop demand and supply views across key functions and levels, including critical roles, leadership roles, and roles impacted by Saudization requirements.
- Provide leadership with clear insights on where workforce shortages, Saudi talent gaps, readiness gaps, or localization compliance risks may affect business delivery.
- Build on hotel talent reviews and critically analyze successors, proposed moves and timelines; in depth follow up to the outcome of the hotel talent reviews.
- Create a country wide localization roadmap, aligning with Saudi labor law and hotel pipeline.
- Set governance, standards, and tools for how localization is planned and measured across all hotels.
- Provide early warning of compliance risks and recommend mitigation actions with HR and Operations.
- Work with Talent acquisition Lead to ensure recruitment of Saudi talent are prioritized and embedded in hotel HR practices.
- Work with Talent and Leadership Lead to ensure development of Saudi talent are prioritized and embedded in hotel HR practices.
- Launch and coordinate local development programs and Saudi local programs such as Management Development Program, Women in Leadership, Saudi Ambassador program.
- Partner with Openings team, Operations, and HR leaders to understand future hotel openings and manpower requirements based on location.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Lead to ensure sourcing capacity for secondary cities.
Experience required
- Experience in HR and/or Talent Management
- Demonstrated experience in talent pipeline creation, leadership development, or large scale workforce planning. Able to convert data insights into actions.
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders within a matrix organization
- Analytical and data driven decision making
- Strong communicator and collaborator
- Strong understanding of Saudi labour market dynamics, localization requirements, and relevant government frameworks
- We believe this role is suitable for a candidate that has 10+ years of work experience.
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