Director - Organization Learning

About the role

Requirements

• Key Responsibilities:
• Learning Architecture & Pathways
• · Design and implement Qiddiya’s learning architecture, including frameworks, pathways, curricula, standards, and development journeys across priority capability areas.
• · Translate strategic priorities into practical learning roadmaps and interventions that support current performance and future workforce readiness.
• · Ensure learning pathways are relevant to Qiddiya’s functions, assets, and subsidiaries, and linked to measurable improvements in capability, performance, and business outcomes.
• Learning Governance, Policy & Standards
• · Establish and continuously improve learning governance, policies, standards, operating procedures, and decision rights across Qiddiya.
• · Ensure learning practices align with Saudi regulatory requirements, internal policies, enterprise risk expectations, and quality standards.
• · Define reporting and effectiveness measures to track adoption, application, capability growth, stakeholder value, and return on learning investment.
• Digital & In-Person Learning Ecosystem
• · Lead the growth, adoption, and integration of Qiddiya’s learning ecosystem, including SuccessFactors, Sana, and future digital learning solutions.
• · Create blended learning experiences that combines digital, in-person, social, experiential, and performance-based learning.
• · Partner with internal stakeholders, providers, academic institutions, and professional bodies to improve access, personalization, learner experience, and insight through technology and data.
• Leadership of the Learning Organization
• · Design and lead the future learning organization, including learning business partnership, digital learning, operations, design, and enabling capabilities.
• · Build a resilient, service-oriented, commercially aware learning team that partners effectively with the business and delivers with pace and quality.
• Key Requirements:
• Experience:
• · Minimum of 15 years of experience in Learning & Development, with at least 8 years in a leadership or managerial role
• · Proven success designing and delivering enterprise learning in complex, fast-paced environments, ideally with regional or global scope including the Middle East
• · Strong understanding of the Saudi learning environment, including relevant regulatory, governance, workforce development, and compliance expectations.
• · Strong experience managing internal stakeholders, external providers, budgets, business cases, and learning investment decisions.
• · Digitally fluent, with a strong understanding of learning technologies, experience working with SuccessFactors and Sana preferred
• · Experience building internal capability and managing external partnerships
• · Demonstrated use of learning analytics and data to improve outcomes and show impact
• Educational Qualifications:
• · Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Education, Psychology, Business Administration or related field.
• · Master’s degree (e.g. Organization Psychology, Organization Behavior) or relevant advanced HR certifications (e.g. CIPD, ATD, SHRM) preferred.
• Skills & Competencies:
• · Deep understanding of learning science, adult development principles, and performance-based learning approaches
• · Strategic thinker with commercial acumen and a clear link between learning and business goals
• · Proven ability to communicate, engage and influence all levels of the organization including senior leaders, driving buy-in and fostering a culture of ownership.
• · Thrives in a fast-moving, rapidly evolving environment, continuously improving processes
• · Ability to work independently, lead multiple projects, and drive initiatives to deadline in a fast-paced environment.
• · Skilled at balancing strategy and delivery, with a hands-on approach when needed
• · Brings external perspective and a forward-looking, market-aware mindset
• · Embodies Qiddiya’s culture of Play and high performance
• Why Join Us?
• · Build a Real Legacy….an Actual City: Imagine being part of a team that's not just shaping an organization, but helping to build a unique city from the ground up. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to contribute to a landmark project that will pioneer the future of 'Play'.
• Department/Category: Human Resources

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities:
• Learning Architecture & Pathways
• · Design and implement Qiddiya’s learning architecture, including frameworks, pathways, curricula, standards, and development journeys across priority capability areas.
• · Translate strategic priorities into practical learning roadmaps and interventions that support current performance and future workforce readiness.
• · Ensure learning pathways are relevant to Qiddiya’s functions, assets, and subsidiaries, and linked to measurable improvements in capability, performance, and business outcomes.
• Learning Governance, Policy & Standards
• · Establish and continuously improve learning governance, policies, standards, operating procedures, and decision rights across Qiddiya.
• · Ensure learning practices align with Saudi regulatory requirements, internal policies, enterprise risk expectations, and quality standards.
• · Define reporting and effectiveness measures to track adoption, application, capability growth, stakeholder value, and return on learning investment.
• Digital & In-Person Learning Ecosystem
• · Lead the growth, adoption, and integration of Qiddiya’s learning ecosystem, including SuccessFactors, Sana, and future digital learning solutions.
• · Create blended learning experiences that combines digital, in-person, social, experiential, and performance-based learning.
• · Partner with internal stakeholders, providers, academic institutions, and professional bodies to improve access, personalization, learner experience, and insight through technology and data.
• Leadership of the Learning Organization
• · Design and lead the future learning organization, including learning business partnership, digital learning, operations, design, and enabling capabilities.
• · Build a resilient, service-oriented, commercially aware learning team that partners effectively with the business and delivers with pace and quality.

Skills

• Learning Architecture
• Curricula Design
• Learning Governance
• Regulatory Compliance (Saudi Arabia)
• Learning Technologies (SuccessFactors, Sana)
• Learning Analytics
• Stakeholder Management
• Budgeting and Investment Decisions
• Digital and In-Person Learning
• Change Leadership
• Performance-Based Learning
• Strategic Learning Roadmaps
• Vendor/Provider Management
• Internal Capability Building
• Project Leadership