Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Director of Talent Acquisition and Human Resources across five companies, direct report to CEO, managing a team of three. Responsible for the full people function spanning Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, Compensation and Benefits, Workforce Planning, Policy Development, Payroll, Government Relations, Employee Engagement and HRIS Implementation.
• Scaled headcount by 650% over four years, a 7.5x growth with a CAGR of 66% while maintaining a 96.7% direct sourcing rate across 200+ roles, an average time-to-hire of 24.6 days, and agency spend of just 3.3%, delivering AED 1.3M+ in cost savings.
• Led group-wide compensation structuring including salary benchmarking, grading frameworks and scenario modelling for CEO. Directed vendor selection and contract negotiation for HRMS requirements. Served as executive HR Business Partner to senior leadership on succession planning, performance management, talent reviews and organisational design.

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr

• Established the Talent Acquisition and Human Resources function from the ground up across five group companies, building sourcing frameworks, interview processes, offer management workflows, ATS infrastructure, HR policies, payroll operations and employee relations processes from scratch.
• Closed 96.7% of roles via direct sourcing and headhunting across a diverse range of functions including Real Estate, Marketing, Technology, Finance and Operations reducing agency dependency from 35% to 3.3% and delivering AED 1.3M+ in cost savings across 200+ requisitions.
• Promoted to Director within the first year based on performance.