Sr. Associate Leadership & Talent

Sr. Associate Leadership & Talent

Position Statement

Reports into the Sr. Manager Talent & Leadership SSAIO. Primary responsibilities are to shape the future leadership landscape of the growing KSABK region in term of

• Leadership development
• Talent management

This role contributes to ensuring we develop bench strength needed to fill leadership roles with upcoming hotel pipeline in KSA (30 hotels in 3 years and 55 hotels in 5 years).

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important, and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

Position Summary

• Supports the EMEA Talent team by rolling out EMEA Leadership development programs and initiatives such as a director and GM development program, Leadership programs via Harvard Lead, Hilton Leadership capabilities role out to hotels in EMEA etc.
• Supports the EMEA Talent management process consisting of 2 hotel talent review cycles, regional talent reviews with senior stakeholders, with the aim to identify talent pools and successors and anticipating learning needs.
• Workforce planning: Analyses talent data and identifies gaps and opportunities to develop internal leaders. Follows up in the KSABK region
• Supports EMEA Talent team projects e.g. customer promise support calls, role out of new technology, content updates of global programs, transitioning to self-nominations.
• Coordinates specific leadership development in KSABK like WIL KSA, MDP KSA, develop Saudi nationals via country champions, ensuring robust CDPs are in place through CDP workshops, quality checking CDPs of top talents and facilitates awareness and achievement of internal talent movement targets.
• Collaborates and build strong relationships with other EMEA Talent team members and regional leaders such as HR, Recruitment, AGMs, VP Ops, Hotel L&D – HR & General Managers.
• Supports the regional HR strategy in terms of talent and Leadership development activities.
• Track and measure impact of leadership programs and talent interventions through data and feedback loops, highlighting progress and areas of improvement

WHY YOU’LL BE A GREAT FIT

Essential Criteria

Excellent communication skills – written (professional business English writing skills) and orally – e.g. presentation skills in person and on- line facilitation skills.

A good understanding or appreciation of the hospitality sector, including but not limited to, current and future developments in L&D.

Technically savvy; Ability to work with multiple systems, including comprehensive level of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams (or other platforms to run virtual meetings and trainings).

Ability to direct work with minimum supervision from senior managers or peers (after comprehensive onboarding and coaching).

Confidence to be able to think quickly and answer queries concisely

Ability to collaborate and interface with wide ranging levels of seniority with ease

Willing to travel in the KSABK region and 2 - 4 times per year in EMEA.

Saudi national

Preferred Criteria

Extended technical savviness – e.g. knows Canva, copilot, M365 or Power BI.

Data analytics

Innovation & creative thinking

Stakeholder management; demonstrating high levels of organizational agility and awareness

Ability to analyse potential issues and provide strategies and solutions to for not only short but also the medium and longer term

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree, ideally in hospitality or Human Resources or related
• Specific Experience: Previous similar work experience in a L&D role for 2 years minimum
• Management Experience (type): not required
• Any Licenses or Certificates: not required
• Additional Requirements: Travel of up to 50% can be expected in certain periods, mostly domestic in nature.
• Other Criteria:

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: International bachelor or master.
• Specific Experience: Ability to work with multiple systems, including comprehensive level of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams (or other platforms to run virtual meetings and trainings)
• Licenses or certifications: Coaching qualification, CIPD or similar

• Additional Requirements: worked with a talent management system from Oracle or other global suppliers
• Proven experience leading key L&D initiatives, ideally within the hospitality industry.
• Other Criteria: Extended technical savviness – e.g. knows Canva, copilot, M365 or Power BI. Data analytics experience/knowledge