Strategic HR Architect & Talent Acquisition Leader

Parkin Company PJSC; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkin Company PJSC in Dubai seeks an experienced recruitment leader to translate corporate strategy into section-level KPIs, design the talent acquisition strategy, and build proactive pipelines that support growth.

You will own end-to-end recruitment, run dashboards on time-to-fill and quality-of-hire, advise hiring managers, manage vendor relationships, ensure compliance, and deliver timely leadership reports.

Responsibilities

• Translate corporate strategy into section-level workforce KPIs and delivery plans.
• Track KPI requirements against targets and adjust recruitment priorities in-quarter to keep the department on track.
• Own and deliver the section’s performance targets (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, internal fill rate).
• Design and execute the talent acquisition strategy to build a diverse, high-caliber workforce.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles, reducing reliance on premium/emergency hiring channels.
• Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle – from job profiling to onboarding – ensuring a seamless candidate experience that protects offer-acceptance rates and employer brand.
• Apply structured interview and assessment methods to raise quality-of-hire and reduce early-stage attrition.
• Act as strategic advisor to hiring managers on workforce needs, aligning hiring velocity with business-unit priorities and preventing over- or under-staffing.
• Manage relationships with recruitment vendors and internal stakeholders to control third-party recruitment spend and improve vendor performance.
• Run competitor and market benchmarking on talent and compensation trends to keep the organization competitive in critical talent markets and reduce counter-offer losses.
• Produce and analyze recruitment dashboards (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness, diversity mix) to give leadership real-time visibility to redirect hiring investment.
• Ensure full adherence to HR policies, procedures and applicable labor law; participate in periodic policy audits to reduce compliance and legal exposure.
• Deliver accurate, timely periodic reports and proactively flag quality or non-compliance issues, enabling leadership to intervene before risks escalated.
• Execute change management activities within the section, ensuring workforce-related transitions land with minimal disruption to business operations.
• Decides independently: Shortlisting and final candidate selection for standard (non-executive) roles; choice of sourcing channels and recruitment vendors from the approved panel; interview panel composition and assessment methodology; content of job postings and job profiles within approved templates.
• Recommends – Manager approval required: Compensation offers outside approved salary bands; engagement of new recruitment vendors/agencies or contract terms; reallocation of recruitment budget; changes to recruitment policy or SOPs.
• Escalates to Manager/Director: Hiring decisions for executive or Grade 1-3 roles; employer-branding spend above approved threshold; any policy exception or deviation; and any legal, compliance or reputational risk identified during recruitment.

Job description

Parkin Company PJSC in Dubai seeks an experienced recruitment leader to translate corporate strategy into section-level KPIs, design the talent acquisition strategy, and build proactive pipelines that support growth.

You will own end-to-end recruitment, run dashboards on time-to-fill and quality-of-hire, advise hiring managers, manage vendor relationships, ensure compliance, and deliver timely leadership reports.