Senior Manager: Skills & Career Architecture; COR

Overview

Join Qiddiya Investment Company as our Senior Manager:
Skills & Career Architecture, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the workforce of our innovative entertainment destination. We are looking for a dynamic leader who can develop comprehensive frameworks that promote skill development, career progression, and talent retention across our diverse teams.

• Assessment
• Co-create and manage Qiddiya's assessment strategy for external recruitment, internal mobility, and Playmaker development
• Manage the design of assessment campaigns and guide their implementation; ensure HR colleagues understand how to use assessment methods
• Interpret assessment data to generate meaningful insights for talent decisions
• Manage relationships with vendors of assessment services, plus other talent services
• Skills and Careers
• Lead the design, refinement, and operationalization of Qiddiya's enterprise skills taxonomy and capability frameworks
• Define skills in a way that connects to roles, job families, workforce planning, learning pathways, and career progression
• Design and maintain career pathways across professional, technical, and leadership tracks
• Ensure frameworks are practical, understood, and used by leaders and Play makers—not just documented
• Partner with HRIS and Digital teams to activate and maintain the enterprise skills taxonomy within Success Factors and Talent Intelligence Hub, ensuring skills, roles, and career pathways are accurately structured and continuously updated
• Partner with HRBPs, Workforce Planning, Learning, and business leaders to embed skills into core people processes
• Continuously refine frameworks based on business needs, emerging skills, and organizational strategy
• Translate complex skills and career architecture into clear tools, visuals, and guidance for managers and employees
• Provide 1:1 career support to high potentials and other key staff

• Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Organizational Psychologist, or equivalent experience
• Approximately 8+ years' experience in Talent, Assessment, Organizational Development, or a related field
• Proven experience designing and ope rationalising skills frameworks, career architectures, or job families in complex organizations
• Experience in talent review analysis, report writing, and delivering 1:1 coaching
• Experience supervising or leading small technical teams and managing HR or talent projects
• Deep knowledge of psychometrics, assessment methodologies, and talent analytics
• Advanced analytical and statistical skills, including strong Excel proficiency Fluent English (spoken and written)
• Skills & Capabilities
• Ability to lead complex projects involving multiple stakeholders
• BALANCES strategic thinking with disciplined execution
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and building new capability from the ground up
• Future-focused, leveraging technology and AI responsibly
• Resourceful, proactive, and highly conscientious
• Effective collaborator, confident presenter, and skilled in stakeholder management
• Comfortable providing advice and guidance to colleagues and senior leaders
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to build trust, influence, and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Passion for talent management and leadership development
• Commitment to confidentiality, ethics, and professional growth

Join Qiddiya's team and enjoy a dynamic work environment that offers growth opportunities, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a significant impact as our future Playmaker !