Senior Manager - People & Performance (DEL 1)

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Senior Manager - People & Performance to lead strategic people initiatives, drive workforce planning, performance frameworks, and employee engagement across the organization.

You will partner with HRBPs, COE, leadership teams and Delivery Partners to design and implement development programs, culture-building efforts, and aligned metrics that enhance overall performance and transformation in Saudi Arabia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business administration, or related field; master's preferred.
• 7+ years in people performance management, talent development, or organizational effectiveness.
• Experience designing and implementing performance management & employee engagement programs.
• Strong stakeholder management, data-driven analytics to actionable insights.
• Experience in large-scale, complex organizations or project-driven environments.
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Optimize workforce planning and allocation to deploy the right people with the right skills at the right time across E-BU projects.
• Deliver onboarding programs to enable new joiners to integrate quickly and perform efficiently.
• Strengthen learning and development initiatives to enhance technical and leadership capabilities across BU teams.
• Implement structured performance management to drive accountability and improvement.
• Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration to exchange best practices and expertise.
• Coach leaders on managing employee performance, difficult conversations, and talent development.
• Provide frontline support to the project teams, providing guidance and escalation routes where applicable.
• Responsible for Delivery Partner timesheets and maintaining Delivery Partner people data.
• General reporting responsibilities inclusive of business reporting and government entity reporting.

Skills

People performance management

Talent development

Organizational effectiveness

Stakeholder management

Data-driven mindset

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business Administration/Organizational Psychology

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Senior Manager - People & Performance position at Qiddiya Investment Company is a strategic role responsible for driving people-related initiatives that enhance organizational performance, employee engagement, resource mobility and workforce planning. This role collaborates closely with Qiddiya and Delivery Partner HR Business Partners, HR Centres of Excellence, leadership teams, and functional heads to develop and implement performance management frameworks, employee development programs, and culture-building initiatives aligned with Qiddiya's ambition as a transformative entertainment and lifestyle destination.

The Senior Manager leads the design of Delivery Partner performance measurement systems, integrated execution of performance measurement systems, recognition programs, and continuous feedback processes to build a high-performing integrated workforce. Acting as a change agent, this role ensures alignment of people strategies with corporate objectives and supports leaders in fostering an inclusive, motivated, and collaborative culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize workforce planning and allocation to deploy the right people with the right skills at the right time across E-BU projects
• Deliver and support effective onboarding programs to enable new joiners to integrate quickly and perform efficiently
• Strengthen learning and development initiatives to enhance technical and leadership capabilities across BU teams
• Implement structured performance management to drive accountability and improvement through consistent goal setting and feedbackPromote knowledge sharing and collaboration to exchange best practices and expertise that enhance team performance
• Cross business unit interface/collaboration where required as well as any Adhoc initiatives across the BU.
• Coach leaders on managing employee performance, difficult conversations, and talent development.
• Provide front line support to the project teams, providing guidance and advice on issues and escalation routes where applicable.
• Responsible for Delivery Partner timesheets and maintaining Delivery Partner people data.
• General reporting responsibilities inclusive of business reporting and government entity reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in people performance management, talent development, or organizational effectiveness roles.Demonstrated experience designing and implementing performance management frameworks and employee engagement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of cultural transformation, change management, and leadership development.The position requires strong stakeholder management skills, the ability to influence at all levels, challenging constructively where required, and a data-driven mindset to translate analytics into actionable insights
• Experience working within large-scale, complex organizations or project-driven environments is an advantage.
• Resilient and adaptable in a fast-moving, evolving environment.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and change, and without or established precedents