Director – Total Rewards & Organization Development Department

Role overview

Organization design and AI transformation

• Translate business strategy into scalable operating models, organizational structures, and workforce configurations.
• Direct organizational diagnostics for restructuring, M&A, joint ventures, spin-offs, and integrations.
• Lead AI transformation using LLMs, automated agents, and intelligent workflows.
• Direct workforce assessments using organizational design and analytics platforms such as Orgvue or equivalent.
• Guide change management and organizational realignment; promote dashboards for spans of control, layers, and structural health.

Workforce planning and position management

• Lead workforce planning and budgeting using predictive analytics, scenario modeling, and workforce planning applications.
• Evaluate attrition, vacancies, spans of control, and demographic trends for leadership decisions.
• Coordinate annual manpower cost allocation with Finance against operational and capital budgets.
• Oversee position governance, leveling, approval workflows, job architecture, and job evaluation frameworks.

Total rewards strategy and governance

• Govern global compensation philosophy, base pay, variable incentives, and executive compensation.
• Direct annual compensation reviews, salary benchmarking, merit increases, market adjustments, and bonus calculations.
• Oversee long-term incentives, equity, sales compensation, benefits, wellness, retirement, and executive perquisites.
• Ensure compliance with UAE labor regulations, MOHRE requirements, governance standards, and disclosure obligations.
• Use AI and predictive modeling for compensation effectiveness, pay-equity audits, incentive scenarios, and workforce cost optimization.

Education and technical skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related quantitative field.
• MBA or master's degree in HR or Organizational Psychology is strongly preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; Orgvue or equivalent; SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, or Workday compensation module.
• Mercer Comptryx, WTW Radar, or Korn Ferry Pay; Power BI or equivalent; Copilot Studio, Power Automate, or Jira.