Vice President - Organization Development

Aldar Properties PJSC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar Properties PJSC in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior Organization Development leader to drive design and AI-enabled transformation aligned with the group operating model. You will guide executive change programs, deploy analytics, and embed automation across OD processes to improve organizational outcomes.

The role focuses on strategic workforce planning, position management, and leveraging AI tools to enhance decision making, with significant collaboration across senior leadership and HR functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a relevant field; MBA or CIPD preferred.
• Proven expertise in organization design and HR practices.
• Experience with AI in business processes and org design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to identify OD priorities and design solutions.
• Lead organization-wide development programs, including M&A/workplace integration.
• Develop and execute OD AI roadmap; leverage LLMs and automation across processes.
• Build and scale AI agents, platforms, and analytics for workforce planning.
• Conduct advanced analytics to identify improvement opportunities for exec decisions.
• Facilitate strategic change discussions and align priorities with leadership.

Skills

Organization design methodologies

HR management best practices

Stakeholder engagement

LLMs & AI in processes

Automation platforms

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration / HR / I/O psychology

MBA or CIPD certification

Tools

Orgvue

Power Automate

Jira

Copilot Studio

Job description

Job Purpose

Manage the OD change and transformation initiatives in conjunction with management's direction, ensuring the alignment of structure with Aldar Group's operating model and business requirements

Undertake the necessary organizational diagnostics and recommend enhancements.

Support the digital transformation of the Organization Development function by embedding AI, automation and advanced analytics into OD processes.

Job Responsibilities

Organization Design & AI Transformation

• Partner with senior leaders to identify key organization development priorities and design effective organizational solutions that address gaps/opportunities
• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of organization-wide development programs and initiatives – including M&A, JVs and spin-offs - ensuring they align with strategic objectives and drive measurable improvements in team performance.
• Work with the SVP and the rest of the OD team to develop and execute the Organization Development AI roadmap, identifying opportunities to leverage LLMs, AI agents and workflow automation across OD processes and activities.
• Build, pilot and scale AI agents, digital platforms and automation capabilities to enhance organization design, workforce planning and position management.
• Conduct organizational assessments using advanced analytics, Orgvue and AI-enabled insights to identify organizational improvement opportunities and support executive decision making
• Facilitate strategic discussions with senior leadership teams to enhance change management programs and drive alignment around organizational priorities.
• Stay abreast of emerging Organization Development, workforce analytics and AI technologies, translating emerging capabilities into practical business solutions.

Workforce Planning

• Lead workforce planning and budgeting by leveraging predictive analytics, AI-assisted scenario modelling and digital workforce planning tools.
• Utilize AI tools and Orgvue to analyze workforce data—headcount, attrition, vacancy rates, and demographic trends—to produce insights that inform strategic workforce decisions.
• Lead annual manpower cost allocation exercise and coordinate with Finance to ensure manpower budgets are embedded into broader business budgets

Position Management

• Leverage workflow automation (Jira) and AI tools to manage the end-to-end process for position-specific changes (i.e, upgrades, downgrades, reporting line transfers, and job scope modifications), ensuring approvals are obtained.
• Ensure position records in the HR systems are recorded accurately and kept up-to-date
• Develop/update job descriptions based on Aldar's JD template and leveling standards.
• Act as technical authority to the People & Communications function on position management policies, job evaluation methodologies, and OD processes.

Years of Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Organization Development/Design, HR business partnering or HR Consulting, preferably in real estate, diversified conglomerates, or private sector organizations in the GCC.
• Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, position management, and organizational structuring within a large corporate or consulting environment.

Technical and Interpersonal Skills

• Proven expertise in organization design methodologies
• In depth knowledge of human resource management best practices
• Strong conflict resolution skills, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
• Experience leveraging LLMs (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) and AI agents to redesign business processes.
• Knowledge of automation platforms (Power Automate, Copilot Studio or equivalent) is highly desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related field.
• MBA, Doctorate, CIPD or equivalent HR certification preferred.
• Certification in organization design or workforce planning is a plus.