Vice President, People & Culture Operations, Middle East, Africa & Turkiye

About the role

Accor is looking for a Vice President, People & Culture Operations for the Middle East, Africa and Turkiye region, based in Dubai. Reporting to the SVP People & Culture MEA APAC and sitting on the regional Executive Committee, the role acts as a commercially driven People & Culture partner to regional and hotel leaders, shaping how more than 250 managed and franchised hotels attract, grow and retain their talent. It also champions Accor Academy as the region's capability engine.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Regional President and advise General Managers and Operations leaders on workforce planning, leadership and organisational effectiveness
• Translate business priorities into people strategies that deliver operational and commercial outcomes
• Lead Accor Academy across the region, embed continuous learning and build succession pipelines and internal mobility
• Turn employee feedback into action on engagement, well-being and retention
• Lead inclusion and social impact, and embed inclusive practices in hiring, development and promotion
• Lead the regional People & Culture community and drive its shared agenda
• Handle complex employee relations, industrial relations and workplace investigations in line with local employment and labour law
• Partner with Legal and regional stakeholders to manage people-related risks
• Drive adoption of Group People & Culture systems and tools, and use workforce data to track retention, engagement and learning adoption

Required profile

• 10+ years of progressive People & Culture leadership, including large, multi-site operations
• Track record as a partner to senior operational leaders and executives
• Experience embedding continuous learning and capability building
• Strong expertise in talent, succession, workforce planning, organisational development and leadership development
• Proven experience in compliance, workplace investigations and employee and industrial relations across Middle East and African markets
• Commercial acumen to sell people services to owners or clients, ideally in a franchise context
• Experience in global, multicultural environments and in mobilising regional teams and engaging senior stakeholders

Required skills

• Strong working knowledge of employment and labour law
• Workforce analytics and data-driven decision-making
• Communication, influence and negotiation

What we offer

• Global career opportunities across Accor's international network
• Discounted Heartist rates at Accor hotels, restaurants and wellness destinations
• Learning, development and leadership programmes