Head of HR Strategy & Planning

About the role

ADIB Group is looking for a Head of HR Strategy & Planning in Abu Dhabi. The role provides executive leadership in shaping and executing ADIB's enterprise people strategy, aligning it with business priorities, growth ambitions and future workforce needs. It advises the GCHRO on workforce planning, talent, organizational capability and performance, and leads the integration of Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning & HR Governance, Learning, and Talent Development & Performance Management.

Key responsibilities

• Talent acquisition and onboarding: oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, strengthen the employer brand, use recruitment analytics and market intelligence, and promote fair, inclusive, merit-based hiring and Emiratization.
• Learning: define the enterprise learning strategy, oversee learning needs analysis, academies, digital learning, leadership development and upskilling, and govern the Learning Management System, training administration and compliance training.
• Talent development and performance management: oversee talent reviews, succession planning, high-potential development, leadership assessments, coaching and mentoring, and direct the performance cycle (goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, calibration, improvement, reporting).
• Governance and transformation: set scorecards, KPIs, budgets and operating mechanisms, ensure compliance with laws, regulations and audit requirements, and build partnerships with senior leadership, business stakeholders, regulators and external partners.
• Lead and coach functional heads and drive enterprise-wide people transformation.

Required profile

• Broad expertise across talent acquisition, workforce and headcount planning, HR data management and governance, learning, talent and succession development, leadership development and performance management.
• Workforce costing, manpower budgeting, headcount governance, scenario planning and business case development.
• HR analytics, executive dashboards, KPI design and evidence-based decision-making.
• Knowledge of HR technology, HRMS and LMS, data models and digital HR solutions.
• Knowledge of the UAE employment and Emiratization context, banking-sector regulatory expectations and HR governance requirements.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and complex enterprise-wide transformation programmes.