Talent and Development Strategic Projects Lead 18 Months Fixed Term Contract

Clifford Chance; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking a professional to lead strategic talent and development projects driving alignment with business goals. The role involves optimizing HR processes, managing collaboration across regions, and leveraging analytics for improvement. Ideal candidates should have extensive knowledge of Workday and experience in managing complex HR projects. The firm offers a range of benefits and opportunities for continuous growth in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Financial wellbeing benefits

Family-friendly benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to lead transformation projects delivering measurable impact.
• Strong stakeholder management skills for global and regional teams.
• Experience in optimizing Workday modules related to performance.
• Ability to use metrics dashboards for strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver global talent and development projects.
• Manage full programme lifecycles from scoping to evaluation.
• Monitor project outcomes using data for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with various HR teams for culture enhancement.

Skills

Global talent project leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Data-driven insights utilization

Tools

Workday

Job description

The role

You will lead strategic projects which will aim to transform and implement the firm's talent and performance strategy ensuring that performance management processes feedback mechanisms and career development frameworks are aligned to and delivering the firm's business goals and promote a high-performance culture.

Who you will work with

You will report to the Global Director of Talent and Development and you will work closely with your direct reports including Senior Talent Manager Head of Learning & Development and all team members centrally and regionally. You will also work with the wider HR function.

What you will be responsible for

Talent & Development Strategic Projects Delivery

• Lead and deliver global talent & development strategic projects ensuring initiatives are scalable and support business priorities.
• Oversee full programme lifecycles - from initial scoping and stakeholder engagement through to implementation and impact evaluation.
• Project manage functional Workday deployment related activities for the optimisation of performance and talent processes.
• Deliver initiatives that support the drive to foster a culture of continuous feedback.
• Manage the end-to-end delivery of performance-related training and enablement projects collaborating with HR team members and business leaders to ensure solutions drive performance outcomes and support strategic goals.
• Monitor and report on project outcomes and performance metrics using data and insights to inform continuous improvement and strategic decision-making.
• Supporting and working closely with reward teams HR business partners (HRBPs) and other HR teams to ensure we can achieve a high-performance culture linking performance to compensation decisions promotions and development.
• Leverage talent analytics to inform programme design and assess effectiveness including metrics such as retention and pipeline health.

Qualifications

Skills

• Ability to lead global talent related transformation projects that deliver measurable impact across multiple regions.
• Ability to set monitor and deliver against strict timelines and milestones.
• Ability to drive optimisations to Workday functionality across performance talent skills and feedback while managing functional requirements of system changes.
• Ability to design and embed modern performance frameworks including agile goal setting and continuous feedback models.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build influence and maintain strong relationships across global and regional teams senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Strong change management skills to drive adoption of modern performance models in traditional cultures.
• Ability to use metrics dashboards and data-driven insights to inform strategic decision making.

Experience

• Relevant experience in talent and development within HR ideally gained in a law firm consultancy or financial/professional services setting.
• Proven experience in optimising Workday modules related to performance talent and skills including managing system enhancements and toolkits.
• Proven track record of managing complex multi-stream talent & development projects with global stakeholders including planning execution and delivery oversight.
• Collaboration and cross functional and regional partnerships track record in understanding nuances in a global context.

Knowledge

• A deep understanding of Workday functionality and HRIS optimisation.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations and compliance in a global context.

How we will support you

From your first day with us you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and develop your skills and knowledge. From formal training informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning.

Additional Information

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial wellbeing lifestyle and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.

Equal opportunities

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender gender identity and expression marital or civil partnership status race colour national or ethnic origin social or economic background disability religious belief sexual orientation or age. This applies to recruitment and selection terms and conditions of employment including pay promotion training transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

Find out more about our inclusive culturehere.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract