Talent Acquisition Manager; UAEN

Purpose

The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for designing and executing a forward‑looking, digitally and AI‑enabled talent acquisition strategy that ensures the organization attracts world‑class investment and corporate talent. The role leads end‑to‑end hiring across the organization. This includes driving a strong Emiratization agenda and ensuring alignment with the organization’s long‑term workforce strategy.

This position plays a critical role in transforming the recruitment function through AI‑driven sourcing tools, automation, workforce analytics, and HR chatbots, ensuring an optimized, data‑rich, and candidate‑centric recruitment experience suitable for a sovereign wealth fund operating in global financial markets.

• Develop and execute an enterprise‑wide Talent Acquisition Strategy that supports long‑term capability needs with a clear strategy on sourcing qualified talent from the industry
• Lead the digital transformation of recruitment, integrating AI‑enabled screening, predictive analytics, automated workflows, and talent intelligence to enhance quality of hire and reduce cycle times
• Drive a proactive Emiratization hiring strategy, providing opportunities for UAE National talent
• Partner with senior leadership, business heads, and the HR team to forecast workforce needs and translate them into structured hiring plans
• Drive the Employer Branding Strategy, positioning EIA as an employer of choice locally and globally by leveraging institutional brand equity, digital content, talent communities, and industry partnerships
• Establish governance for all talent acquisition processes, ensuring alignment with internal policies, Board governance, and regulatory requirements
• (In conjunction with relevant corporate functions) define and maintain a governance framework for AI in Talent Acquisition, covering data usage, vendor selection, performance monitoring, and improving / phasing‑out tools that no longer meet quality or risk standards
• Ensure hiring complies with data privacy regulations, and EIA policies, including transparency, fairness, non‑discrimination, and candidate due‑process standards
• Build Human In the Loop processes to ensure recruitment related roles remain augmented (not displaced) by AI augmented as well ongoing human skill development in talent acquisition
• Lead manpower planning and workforce demand forecasting in collaboration with business leaders and Finance, ensuring alignment with investment strategy and approved headcount plans
• Support organization design and role structuring, including job design, span of control, and headcount optimization
• Manage and monitor the Talent Acquisition budget, ensuring cost‑effective hiring, vendor spend discipline, and alignment with approved workforce plans

• Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle: job design, sourcing, assessments, interview management, offers, onboarding, and post‑hire integration
• Ensure AI‑augmented candidate screening and shortlisting using ATS algorithms, skill‑based matching, and chatbot‑enabled candidate engagement
• Maintain strong hiring processes for senior, specialist, and investment roles including due diligence, reference checks, and assessment centre management
• Embed competency‑based and behaviour‑based selection methodologies aligned with organizational values and investment‑industry expectations
• Talent Intelligence, Analytics & Reporting
• Build and maintain advanced Talent Acquisition dashboards covering hiring trends, pipeline analytics, time‑to‑fill, cost‑per‑hire, source effectiveness, and workforce forecasting
• Apply predictive analytics to analyse attrition risks, talent gaps, and long‑term hiring needs
• Provide market insights on compensation, investment sector mobility, and talent availability
• Emiratization & National Talent Development
• Lead targeted strategies to identify, attract, assess, and onboard UAE Nationals across all business units
• Establish partnerships with universities, scholarship programs, and government entities to build strong national pipelines
• Align hiring practices with Emiratization KPIs, national reporting requirements, and relevant governance structures
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