Senior Recruitment Manager

Position Overview

Regional Recruitment Leadership

• Lead all recruitment activities across the MENA region.
• Develop and implement a regional recruitment and workforce planning strategy aligned with company growth objectives.
• Build and manage long-term talent pipelines across technical and corporate disciplines.
• Support business expansion initiatives through proactive recruitment planning.
• Establish recruitment KPIs, dashboards, and reporting structures for executive management.

Talent Acquisition & Mobilisation

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for executive, technical, commercial, project management, and support roles.
• Support rapid mobilisation requirements for large-scale projects across Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
• Coordinate recruitment planning with operations, PMO, project directors, and HR teams.
• Maintain and expand regional candidate databases and talent networks.
• Improve recruitment turnaround times and hiring efficiency.

Recruitment Systems & Digital Platforms

• Lead implementation and management of modern recruitment software and applicant tracking systems (ATS).
• Manage and optimise recruitment platforms.

Stakeholder & Client Coordination

• Work closely with senior management and department leaders to understand resource requirements.
• Advise management on salary benchmarking, market conditions, mobilisation risks, and talent availability.
• Coordinate with HR teams regarding onboarding, visa processing, relocation, and QIWA compliance.
• Support client-facing recruitment discussions where required.

Employer Branding & Market Positioning

• Strengthen HanmiGlobal’s employer brand across the GCC and MENA region.
• Develop relationships with recruitment agencies, universities, and professional institutions.
• Support LinkedIn campaigns, recruitment events, and strategic talent engagement initiatives.
• Promote a high-performance and multicultural working environment.

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of recruitment experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a senior or regional recruitment leadership role.
• Strong GCC recruitment experience within:
• Construction
• Engineering consultancy

• PMCM And PMC

• Infrastructure
• Real estate development
• Proven experience managing high-volume and executive-level recruitment.
• Strong understanding of Saudi labour law, QIWA, visas, and GCC mobilisation requirements.
• Experience using modern recruitment platforms and ATS systems.
• Strong reporting and analytical capability.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Preferred

• Candidate currently based in Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.
• Arabic language capability.
• Existing GCC recruitment and headhunting network.
• Previous multinational consultancy or PMC experience.
• Experience supporting giga-projects or major infrastructure programmes.

• Strategic Recruitment Leadership

• Workforce Planning

• Recruitment Systems & ATS Management

• Commercial Awareness
• Stakeholder Management

• Regional Market Knowledge

• Executive Communication
• Problem Solving