Senior Manager - People & Performance. SN7

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks a Senior Manager to lead people and performance initiatives that boost organizational performance, employee engagement, and workforce planning across delivery partners and internal teams.

You will design performance measurement systems, develop leadership programs, and drive culture-building efforts aligned with Qiddiya's strategic ambitions as a transformative entertainment and lifestyle destination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Or related field; Master's preferred.
• 7+ years in people performance management, talent development, or organizational effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of cultural transformation, change management, and leadership development; data-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Optimize workforce planning and allocation to deploy the right people with the right skills at the right time across projects.
• Deliver and support 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 with consistent goals and feedback.
• Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration to exchange best practices and expertise that enhance team performance.
• Coach leaders on managing employee performance, difficult conversations, and talent development.
• Provide frontline support to project teams with guidance and escalation routes where applicable.
• Responsible for Delivery Partner timesheets and keeping Delivery Partner people data.
• General reporting responsibilities including business reporting and government entity reporting.

Skills

Performance management

Talent development

Organizational effectiveness

Change management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Leadership development

Employee engagement

Workforce planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

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