Talent Management â Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in Dubai is seeking a Talent Management Manager to develop a skills-first talent ecosystem, embed learning agility, and enhance behavioral excellence. The role requires at least 10 years of experience in Talent Performance Management, focusing on designing frameworks and initiatives that align with organizational goals. Qualified candidates should possess strong HC analytics skills and have a background in professional services. This is an excellent opportunity to influence strategic decisions at a senior level.

Benefits

Work Visa Sponsorship

Government Clearance

Qualifications

• 10 years in Talent Performance Management or HC Business Partnering roles.
• Proven track record designing skills frameworks and initiatives.
• Strong grasp of HC analytics and data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Architect skills-based talent ecosystem for everyday work.
• Design transparent skills-based career pathways.
• Build dashboards to surface skills supply vs. demand.

Skills

Talent Performance Management

HC Business Partnering

Skills Framework Design

Data Visualization

Coaching

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Power BI

HRIS platforms

Job description

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Business Operations

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

As a Talent Management Manager you will architect and champion a skillsfirst talent ecosystem that embeds PwC Professional behaviours into the fabric of everyday work. Your mandate is to cultivate a culture of continuous learning agility and behavioural excellenceensuring every colleague understands develops and applies the capabilities the firm needs today and tomorrow. Partnering with leadership and HR teams you will weave robust skills intelligence cuttingedge assessments and behaviourled rituals into people processes so our workforce remains futureready engaged and empowered.

Key Responsibilities

Skills Strategy & Governance

• Craft and continually refine the firmwide skills taxonomy mapping emerging market demands to PwC capability frameworks.
• Embed strategic workforce planning to anticipate future capability requirements and guide skills investment decisions.
• Establish governance for skills data quality ownership and refresh cycles; champion the skills agenda in leadership forums.
• Partner with Tech and HRIS teams to embed a single skills source of truth across talent systems.

Career Architecture & Mobility

• Design transparent skillsbased career pathways that allow people to pivot upskill and thrive in an uncertain market.
• Launch internal gig/marketplace pilots matching project needs with verified skill profiles to maximise deployment speed and employee growth.
• Coach leaders to integrate skills signals into workforce planning succession and reward decisions.

Assessment Design & Validation

• Lead development of worldclass psychometrically sound assessments (e.g. rolecapability batteries situational judgement tests credentialing rubrics).
• Ensure instruments are fair valid and inclusive leveraging global PwC Assessment Standards.

Learning Culture & Initiatives

• Embed PwC Professional behaviours into everyday ritualse.g. startofmeeting reflections Wins & Learns huddles peer shoutoutsso Inspire Empower Evolve Champion Build and Deliver become habit.
• Deploy (in partnership with the career development team) microlearning nudges (videos quizzes chatbots) that reinforce desired behaviours in the flow of work.
• Cocreate firmwide cultural campaigns (e.g.: skills sprints hackathons) that normalise continuous learning and experimentation.
• Integrate social experiential and stretchassignment learning into onboarding academies and leadership programmes.
• Partner with Inclusion & Wellbeing teams to tailor initiatives across cultures generations and working styles; track adoption and behavioural shift.

Skills Data & Insights

• Build dashboards that surface realtime skills supply vs. demand identifying gaps futurecritical capabilities and reskilling ROI.
• Translate analytics into evidencebased recommendations for investment vendor selection and programme optimization.
• Report regularly to the People Leadership Team highlighting risk areas and success stories.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change

• Influence senior partners to shift from rolebased to skillsbased talent decisions; provide change narratives and toolkits. Equip managers with conversation guides to discuss skills growth and agile career moves.
• Facilitate communities of practice that share success stories peer coaching and emergingskills alerts.

Required Skills Knowledge & Experience

• 10 years in Talent Performance Management or HC Business Partnering roles within complex matrixed organisations (professional services preferred).
• Proven track record designing and implementing skills frameworks & culture initiatives at scale.
• Strong grasp of HC analytics dashboarding and data visualisation (e.g. Power BI Tableau).
• Fluency with HRIS / performance platforms; Experience with SkyHive is a plus.
• Excellent facilitation coaching and influencing skills; comfortable engaging senior leadership.
• Bachelors degree in HR Business Organisational Psychology or related field; professional HR certification (CIPD SHRM) desirable.

Personal Attributes

• Systems thinker able to connect strategy data and humancentred design.
• Continuous learner who experiments with emerging talent technologies and methodologies.
• Resilient solutionsoriented and adept at navigating change.
• Culturally agile with a collaborative mindset aligned to PwCs values of Care Act with Integrity Work Together Reimagine the Possible and Make a Difference.

Education

No educational requirements specified.

Certifications

No certifications specified.

Optional Skills

• Accepting Feedback
• Active Listening
• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Career Development
• Change Management
• Coaching and Feedback
• Communication
• Confidential Information Handling
• Continuous Learning
• Creativity
• Data Analysis
• Data-Driven Decision Making (DIDM)
• Data Reporting
• Development Collaboration
• Embracing Change
• Emotional Regulation
• Empathy
• Employee Performance Management
• Human Resources (HR) Policies
• Human Resources (HR) Project Management
• Human Resources Management (HRM)
• Inclusion
• Intellectual Curiosity

Desired Languages

None specified.

Travel Requirements

0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

Yes

Government Clearance Required

Yes

Required Experience:

Manager