Assistant Director of People and Culture

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts


Date: 1 week ago
City: Medina
Contract type: Full time
About Four Seasons

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Steps from the Prophet’s Mosque, our Hotel will offer luxury accommodation for the city’s 1.5 million annual visitors. The new-build hotel will be located at the heart of Madinah and steps from one of the most historic and significant sites in the region: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, also known as the Prophet’s Mosque. Madinah is also home to the Quba Mosque, which is regarded as the oldest mosque in the world.

Assistant Director of People and Culture – Four Seasons Hotel Madinah, Saudi Arabia

About Four Seasons Hotels And Resorts

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About Four Seasons Hotel Madinah

Located just steps from the Prophet’s Mosque and surrounded by world-class museums and must-see heritage sites, Four Seasons Hotel Madinah will offer a luxury retreat in the heart of the city.

Guests will be greeted by its striking façade and experience exceptional dining, a world-class spa, and personalized service - all delivered by Four Seasons with genuine care. Madinah, we can’t wait to meet you later this year.

The Role Of Assistant Director Of People And Culture

We currently have an opportunity for an Assistant Director of People and Culture to join our Four Seasons Hotel Madinah opening team!

This role reports to our Director of People and Culture, you will be responsible for working together to lead the People, Culture and Learning strategy and execution for the Four Seasons Hotel Rabat Kasr Al Bahr; providing People and Culture support with the overall goal being that the hotel is perceived as the Employer of Choice in your destination.

You will be the Cultural Advocate of the Golden Rule in every employee action in your hotel and responsibilities will include championing top talent and actively supporting succession planning, supporting the hotel as a Business Partner, fostering relationships with others as a coach, supporting and driving Corporate People and Culture initiatives, actively supporting recruitment, selection, onboarding and development requirements, evaluating the effectiveness of People and Culture programs and initiatives and analyzing compensation and benefits trends to ensure a balance between cost and employee experience. You will also be responsible for developing the learning quality and experience on property; delivering workplace learning and development, performance improvement programs, and initiatives to best achieve long-term business success.

Our Ideal Assistant Director of People and Culture candidate will have:

Passion for people, talent management and learning, and will be a Business Partner; strategic, strong business acumen, understanding of operational needs and the ability to contribute to key strategies and operational decisions for the hotel, a catalyst for change and an employee champion.

Supporting the Saudi nationalization scheme, we are looking forward to connecting with Saudi nationals whom have a passion for people, talent management and learning! . Suitable candidates must be eligible to work in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential. 

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule – people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts and residences around the world, making us an undisputed “employer of choice.”

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