Director of Training Programs - Abu Dhabi

apartmentGRG Banking placeAbu Dhabi calendar_month 

Job Description

A prestigious Governmental institution has an exciting opportunity for a high impact Training Director, based in Abu Dhabi.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for a visionary professional who can translate strategic priorities into high-impact learning and capability programs. The successful candidate will lead the execution of the Training Center's strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term institutional objectives and emerging national priorities.

This will include designing training programs, establishing KPI's., managing and upskilling the team, to delivering a top-tier training experience.

Responsibilities overview
  • Strategic leadership mandate focused on designing, institutionalising, and future-proofing the organisation's learning architecture
  • Build capability architecture that supports talent development, organisational leadership pipelines, and institutional resilience
  • Responsible for driving Center's financial resources, ensuring cost optimisation
  • Oversee delivery of high quality training programs, ensuring curricula meet certain standards and accreditation criterias
  • Drive culture of Innovation and Excellence through training programs and performance evaluation
  • Translate institutional strategy into a coherent capability development roadmap
  • Lead the evolution of the Training Center into a high-impact centre of excellence
  • Define governance, quality assurance, and performance measurement frameworks
  • Shape leadership and specialist development pipelines
  • Establish selective strategic partnerships with leading regional and international institutions
  • Elevate the strategic relevance and reputation of the Training function internally and externally
Requirements
  • 10-15+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Training, Organisational Capability development, Leadership development, or Talent Strategy. This is NOT a HR orientated position.
  • Experience leading training academies, institutional capability programs, or potentially executive education programs, ideally within a Government, Semi-Gov't, Think Tank, Consultancy, or a complex instituition is preferred
  • Experience building academies or training centers would be advantageous
  • Led-transformation driven capability programs and/or designed institutional learning strategies
  • Strong experience in leading teams and Training programs with impact
  • Experience setting the strategic priorities in training capabilities
  • Arabic language proficiency is highly desirable, although not mandatory
  • Candidates must be based in the UAE already

All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

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