Head of HR Strategy & Planning

About the role

ADIB is looking for a Head of HR Strategy & Planning in Abu Dhabi. The role provides executive leadership in shaping and executing the bank'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 to improve hiring quality and candidate experience, and promote fair, inclusive, merit-based hiring and Emiratization.
• Learning: define the enterprise learning strategy, oversee learning needs analysis, plans, academies, digital learning, leadership development and upskilling, govern the LMS and training administration, and manage learning budgets and vendors.
• Talent development and performance management: run 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, governance and reporting).
• Workforce planning and transformation: lead strategic workforce planning, people analytics, Emiratization and HR transformation, and set governance frameworks, scorecards, KPIs, budgets and operating mechanisms.
• Compliance and partnerships: ensure compliance with laws, regulations, audit requirements and risk standards, and build partnerships with senior leadership, business stakeholders, regulators and external partners.
• Manage and coach functional heads, and drive enterprise-wide people transformation.

Required profile

• Broad expertise across talent acquisition, workforce and headcount planning, HR data management, learning, talent and succession development, leadership development and performance management.
• 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, linking people decisions to business outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, executive presentation, influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and complex enterprise-wide transformation programmes.