Location: Abu Dhabi
Reporting to: CHRO
Subordinates: 2-3
Role overview
I am currently partnering with one of the largest and most prestigious investment groups in the region on a highly strategic senior leadership appointment.
We are looking for a Talent Readiness Hub Director to build and lead a centralised Talent Readiness Hub, supporting the assessment and development of senior leadership talent across a diverse investment portfolio.
This is a newly established, high-impact function with responsibility for shaping how executive and leadership talent is assessed across the organisation and its portfolio companies.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing, launching and operationalising the Talent Readiness Hub
- Establishing consistent leadership and executive assessment standards
- Defining assessment methodologies, tools and frameworks for different talent cohorts
- Leading periodic and event-driven executive and leadership assessments
- Building and calibrating internal and external assessor capability
- Managing assessment partners and vendors at portfolio level
- Establishing robust assessment data, reporting and governance
- Working closely with Group HR, portfolio companies and senior stakeholders
- Using assessment insights to influence critical talent and leadership decisions
- Building and leading a high-calibre Talent Readiness team
Requirements
- 15+ years' experience across executive assessment, leadership advisory, talent management or a related field
- At least 5 years in senior leadership roles
- Proven experience establishing or leading an executive assessment, succession or talent-readiness function
- Strong knowledge of executive assessment methodologies, psychometrics and leading assessment providers
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to work across C-suite, HR leadership teams and external partners
- Bachelors degree minimum qualification