В суперприложение Careem требуется Senior Director People Engagement.
Careem is driven by the purpose of simplifying the lives of people and building an awesome organisation that inspires. Based in Dubai, they started journey as a pioneer of the Middle East’s ride-hailing economy.
Today, Careem is the region’s everyday Super App operational in 13 countries and over 100 cities. The Super App provides a host of daily services that people need to move around, to order things and to transfer money in one unified smartphone app. Company`s goal is to simplify people’s daily lives so that they can spend their precious time and mindshare on things that really matter and on realizing their potential.
Careem became a wholly owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020.
What you'll do:
- This is a high impact role, leading team of People Engagement Directors and Partners as they drive people engagement and culture amongst diverse group of colleagues across markets, verticals and functions within Careem
- Your primary responsibility will be to ensure cohesive implementation of the People Team strategy across all of business lines, geographies and enabling functions. Having developed a deep understanding of company strategy and goals, you will support the Chief People Officer (CPO) to craft objectives and goals for the Engagement team which you will then be responsible for driving
- Working with Centers of Excellence you will translate centralized, cross functional projects into actionable deliverables within our business units - supporting both business leaders as well as engagement teams to implement plans. In addition, you will hold the pen on colleague engagement across the organization, ensuring that the appropriate analysis and plans are shared with the relevant teams to either maintain or drive high levels of colleague engagement overall
- You will adopt a servant leadership approach to enabling your team to work autonomously, and with their respective business counterparts to ensure teams at Careem have the right people and org frameworks to be successful. Key to success will be to define the role and remit of PED’s and PEP’s and to ensure they have the right functional skills and values aligned competency, to work as a high performing unit
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and assess overall colleague engagement - leading a team of PED’s and PEP’s to manage and improve critical engagement drivers within their specific business units
- Work with CoE teams to ensure that through PED cohort company is providing fit for purpose frameworks to address:
- Colleague growth, learning and development
- Business and colleague performance management
- Strategic workforce planning
- Values and culture alignment in the context of remote first ways of working
- Reward and recognition opportunities
- Act in a senior advisory capacity to executive teams (G-Team and M-Team) when needed
- Identify opportunities for organization to work collaboratively and effectively based on your deep understanding of the business need/proximity to internal customer
- Lead your team by setting ambitious goals and clear direction with a well defined work methodology, using framework of continuous feedback and performance management to support your team in meeting their goals and objectives
- Work closely with our internal communications team and CoE’s to ensure purpose and CVP are embedded in language and accessible to colleagues
- Monitor and proactively identify opportunities to drive high levels of colleague retention and apply rigour to talent acquisition processes
- Embody values by being of service, shooting to the moon and taking ownership as well as acting as a role model to the rest of the team on values aligned behaviours
What you'll need:
- Bachelor degree in HR Management, Organizational Psychology with a Masters /MBA preferred. CIPD or GPHR certification preferred
- 12+ years of experience in an HR generalist leadership role, preferably in a high tech environment
- Experience working with global teams, and driving organizational change initiatives and developing talent management plans for a global organization
- High levels of resourcefulness, influence/organizational savvy, execution skills (strategy through implementation) as well as executive presence/impact
- Strong business acumen and ability to work well across different functions in order to integrate People and business strategies
Where you'll be:
- Even though team is working remotely, they are strong believers in collaboration and the power of building social connections with teams. For that reason, offices are still open and provide plenty of collaboration-friendly spaces at times when teams need it or if you need a quiet space to work outside of home
- You’ll be working out of the Careem Head Office in Dubai, UAE. Due to legal and compensation considerations, you will need to be based out of the country you’re hired from as your primary work location
What company'll provide you:
In addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, company has a reward philosophy that expands beyond this. As a Careem colleague you will be able to:
- Be part of a Remote-First organisation
- Work from any country in the world for 60 days a year
- Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
- Access fitness reimbursements for health activities including: gym, health club and training classes
- Work and learn from great minds
- Create impact in a region with untapped potential
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day