CHRO — Hospitality Group

JOlivier & Partners has been retained to identify a CHRO for a leading Dubai-based international hospitality group with 28,000 employees across 85 properties in 22 countries.

The Organisation & Context

Our client is a GCC-owned hospitality group with luxury, lifestyle and business hotels across the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. The group is opening 18 new properties over 36 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute HR strategy for 28,000 employees across 22 countries
• Lead talent acquisition for 3,000+ annual hires
• Design the employee value proposition for a multicultural workforce
• Manage total rewards across 22 jurisdictions
• Develop succession planning for general managers

Candidate Profile

• CHRO at an international hospitality group at scale
• Track record of managing multicultural geographically distributed workforces
• Experience in high-volume talent acquisition in a service industry
• Understanding of Middle East labour markets
• Fluent English; Arabic an advantage