Talent Director

Yello; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Yello in Abu Dhabi is seeking a senior Talent Acquisition leader to design and drive the global talent strategy in line with business growth. You will lead end-to-end recruitment across corporate and operational functions, oversee a large team, and partner with executive stakeholders.

The role focuses on transforming talent platforms (ATS, LMS, AI-enabled solutions), improving governance, time-to-hire, and nationalisation initiatives, while guiding development programs and workforce planning in

Qualifications

• Senior-level Talent Acquisition leadership experience is essential.
• Background leading high-volume and executive recruitment functions.
• Experience implementing or optimizing ATS, LMS and talent technology platforms.
• Strong transformation and change management experience.
• Exposure to Learning & Development, succession planning and leadership development.
• Regional experience within the Middle East is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the overall talent strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition across corporate and operational functions.
• Drive executive and senior leadership recruitment initiatives.
• Manage and develop a large team with 5 direct reports.
• Enhance recruitment effectiveness, governance, service levels and hiring metrics.
• Reduce time-to-hire while maintaining quality, compliance and budget control.
• Lead transformation of talent technology platforms, including ATS, LMS and AI-enabled solutions.
• Oversee succession planning, leadership assessment and talent pipeline programmes.
• Guide learning and development initiatives, leadership development and performance-related projects.
• Support organisational change, workforce planning and business transformation projects.
• Manage talent-related budgets, analytics and executive stakeholder reporting.
• Champion nationalisation initiatives and workforce diversification strategies.

Skills

Senior TA leadership

Executive recruitment

High-volume recruitment

ATS

LMS

Talent technology platforms

Transformation & change management

Learning & Development

Succession planning

Leadership development

Stakeholder management

Region: Middle East

Tools

ATS platforms

HR analytics tools

Job description

A rapidly growing, service-focused organisation undergoing significant transformation and expansion.

Key responsibilities will include;

• Develop and execute the overall talent strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition across corporate and operational functions.
• Drive executive and senior leadership recruitment initiatives.
• Manage and develop a large team of with 5 direct reports.
• Enhance recruitment effectiveness, governance, service levels and hiring metrics.
• Reduce time-to-hire while maintaining quality, compliance and budget control.
• Lead transformation of talent technology platforms, including ATS, LMS and AI-enabled solutions.
• Oversee succession planning, leadership assessment and talent pipeline programmes.
• Guide learning and development initiatives, leadership development and performance-related projects.
• Support organisational change, workforce planning and business transformation projects.
• Manage talent-related budgets, analytics and executive stakeholder reporting.
• Champion nationalisation initiatives and workforce diversification strategies.

Key prerequisites include:

• Proven senior Talent Acquisition leadership experience (essential).
• Background leading high-volume and executive recruitment functions.
• Demonstrated success improving recruitment processes, systems and service delivery.
• Experience implementing or optimising ATS, LMS and talent technology platforms.
• Strong transformation and change management experience.
• Exposure to Learning & Development, succession planning and leadership development.
• Experience leading sizeable teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, budgeting and workforce planning capability.
• Experience within hospitality, aviation, retail, healthcare, education or other service-driven environments preferred.
• Regional experience within the Middle East highly advantageous.
• Passionate, hands-on leader with resilience, agility and a results-driven mindset.