Manager - Talent

About the role

The Investment and Development Office of Ras Al Khaimah is seeking an experienced Manager - Talent to support its talent agenda across Talent Management, Performance Management and Organisational Effectiveness. The role contributes to the execution of IDO's HR strategy by supporting talent and performance frameworks, governance requirements and transformation initiatives across IDO and its entities. It works closely with senior leadership, department heads and HR leaders across the SOEs, providing data-driven insights and operational support to strengthen succession planning, leadership development, workforce readiness and organisational capability. It also supports Emiratization reporting and ensures learning and development responds to capability gaps and organisational priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Support the execution of IDO's talent strategy and the implementation of its talent and performance frameworks across IDO and its entities.
• Coordinate performance management activities, including KPI setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, calibration sessions, promotions and performance improvement plans.
• Prepare dashboards, analysis and data-driven insights for leadership decisions on succession, capability and workforce readiness.
• Coordinate the annual succession planning cycle and maintain the high-potential talent pool, monitoring development plans, readiness levels, leadership pipelines and career pathways.
• Implement the Talent Management, CEO Competency and Behavioural Competency Frameworks, identify learning needs and capability gaps, and support leadership development.
• Partner with SOE HR Heads on governance requirements, talent practices and continuous improvement, and support HR maturity assessments.
• Support the adoption and use of JAIS HCM across talent, performance and succession processes, and coordinate with external HR consultants, learning partners and vendors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field; a professional qualification such as CIPD, SHRM or CHRP is preferred.
• At least seven years of progressive experience in talent and performance programmes within complex, multi-entity environments.
• Experience supporting succession planning, leadership development, organisational transformation and capability-building initiatives.
• Proven ability to turn human capital priorities into business-aligned outcomes.

Required skills

• Strong expertise in Talent Management, Performance Management and Organisational Effectiveness.
• Experience with HR or talent management systems such as Oracle, Workday or SAP SuccessFactors.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder-management and project-management capabilities, able to manage multiple priorities with quality and timeliness.