Director of Talent Strategy & Acquisition

Qataryello; Qatar; On-site; QAR 436,839 - 655,259; Full time

Job summary

Qataryello is a rapidly growing, service-focused organisation undergoing significant transformation and expansion. The role leads the talent strategy, drives end-to-end recruitment across corporate and operational functions, and champions executive recruitment while managing a sizable team.

You will transform recruitment processes, implement ATS/LMS and other talent platforms, oversee succession planning and leadership development, and report to executives with strong analytics and governance.

Qualifications

• 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.

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 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.

Skills

Senior TA leadership

High-volume recruitment

Executive recruitment

Recruitment process improvement

ATS implementation

LMS implementation

Talent technology platforms

Transformation & change management

Learning & Development exposure

Budgeting & workforce planning

Stakeholder management

Middle East regional experience

People leadership

Tools

ATS

LMS

Talent tech platforms

Job description

Qataryello is a rapidly growing, service-focused organisation undergoing significant transformation and expansion. The role leads the talent strategy, drives end-to-end recruitment across corporate and operational functions, and champions executive recruitment while managing a sizable team.

You will transform recruitment processes, implement ATS/LMS and other talent platforms, oversee succession planning and leadership development, and report to executives with strong analytics and governance.