Senior Manager-Centre of Excellence

Transguard Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing solutions company based in the UAE seeks a Senior Manager-Centre of Excellence to lead training functions for over 70,000 staff. This role is critical in ensuring high-quality training delivery, managing P&L, driving business development, and ensuring compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will possess a graduate degree and significant experience in training management and development.

Qualifications

• Experience managing budgets and ensuring cost-effective operational measures.
• Familiarity with developing strategy and materials for training courses.
• Proven ability to assess training needs through consultations.

Responsibilities

• Lead blue-collar training functions and manage training operations.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses of new training courses.
• Create and maintain budgets for the COE Business Unit.

Skills

Strong knowledge of training system processes and technology

Demonstrated experience in developing training policies

Proven ability to collaborate with customers

Solid background in planning training programs

Education

Graduate degree

Master's degree or higher in relevant discipline

Job description

Scope

Senior Manager-Centre of Excellence to join Onboarding team at headquarters in DAFZA, Dubai Airport Freezone.

Role responsible for leading blue-collar training functions of Transguard’s internal Centre of excellence, delivering training to workforce of over 70k staff, and external profit center of Centre of Aviation & Security Studies (CASS). Critical for overseeing high quality training for all new and existing staff while managing P&L and growth for revenue generating business. Responsible for driving business development and managing existing customer accounts, overseeing daily training operations and trainee administration, ensuring SIRA compliance, and supporting departmental efficiency.

• Develop and execute sales strategies, pipeline initiatives, and business development plans to drive sustainable growth.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses of new training courses (internal and external) to evaluate revenue potential and strategic fit.
• Create and maintain budgets for the COE Business Unit and training centres, including CAPEX and OPEX, and develop business cases to support future investments.
• Oversee external vendor relationships, including initial qualification, ongoing performance assessment, and ensuring value for money.

Customer

• Collaborate with internal Business Units to identify training needs and goals based on organizational objectives, customer feedback, and employee performance gaps.
• Meet with, engage with and collate data from external customers and potential customers to ensure product and services are aligned, keeping CASS business unit ahead of competition.
• Develop a pipeline of new customers and new training opportunities in line with the market needs, trends, and any specific customer requirements.
• Sales presentations to clients on products and portfolio of training courses.
• Create and deliver business development strategy in line with sales targets.
• Assess training needs through consultation with Management, employee interviews, focus groups, T&D Specialists, Facilitators, and clients.
• Assess existing courses against customer requirements and exit courses with low future growth potential.

Process

• Plan, design, and develop programs to offer training to help employees maintain and improve their job skills and increase staff retention.
• Develop and oversee policies and procedures for the training centres, ensuring compliance with organizational standards, local laws, and regulations, and aligned with external risk management practices for compliance.
• Ensure utilization across all training courses is maximised and that translates through to profitability targets being met or exceeded.
• Oversee regular evaluation of existing trainers and material, refine, enhance, train and develop as required.
• Performance management of the entire training team, administrators, content creation and CASS admins
• Monitor, evaluate, and record training activities, handouts and program effectiveness for customer reporting purposes.
• Create digital training records including Psychometric, Safety, hard and soft skills and review with customers for continuous improvement of training.
• Create and oversee Upskilling and recurrent training strategy ensuring high engagement and employee retention.
• Budget and planning for sufficient resources such as classrooms, supplies, transport, and facilitators.
• Work with overseas vendors to ensure quality standards are exceeded at all levels of the value stream, includes some travel to Africa, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh amongst others.
• Systemize all data flows through the training centers, from automatic scheduling of courses, automated T&A, online assessments, learner feedback and data reporting.
• Analysis of performance data to make systematic improvements to all aspects of the training delivery.
• Assess and make recommendations for improvements in process and infrastructure across 3 training venues.
• Conduct global market research to identify performance gaps and industry best practice to underpin the continuous improvement structure.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for the training center, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and regulations.
• Explore AI and tech‑based training enhancements to ensure efficient content creation and innovative training methods underpinning Transguard’s CI strategy.

Selection Criteria

• A graduate degree is required. A master's degree or higher in a relevant discipline is preferred.
• Transguard EPT level 5
• Experience in managing budgets and ensuring cost‑effective operational measures. P&L experience advantageous
• Strong knowledge of training system processes and technology to supplement processes and training
• Familiarity with developing strategy and materials for all training courses.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing training policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and regulations.
• Proven ability to collaborate with customers (internal and external) to identify training needs based on organizational objectives, customer feedback, and performance gaps.
• Strong experience in assessing training needs through consultation with management, employee interviews, focus groups, and client interactions.
• Solid background in planning, designing, and developing training programs to enhance employees' job skills and potential for career development.
• Proven track record in evaluating existing training materials and developing alternative training methods to drive improvements.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluating, and recording training activities and program effectiveness for reporting purposes.
• Ability to conduct research on industry best practices and innovative training techniques to improve training programs.

About Us

Offering flexible solutions for all the UAE’s staffing needs since 2001, Transguard Group is the region’s most trusted expert in facilities management, security, cash services, white‑collar staffing and more. As the region’s leading service provider, our expertise is in supplying our clients with the right people and best solutions precisely when and where they’re needed.