# Director of People & Culture (Saudi National)

**Company**: AccorHotel
**Location**: Jeddah, Makkah Province
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Hospitality

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## Description

We are seeking a passionate and people-focused Director of People & Culture to bring the spirit of SO/ Jeddah to life through exceptional talent, culture, and leadership.

As a strategic partner to the Executive Team, you will shape an inspiring workplace, champion employee experience, and build a culture that attracts, develops, and retains the industry's best talent.

Responsibilities:

- Shape and deliver the People & Culture strategy, ensuring alignment with the vision and values of SO/ Jeddah.

- Attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent through innovative recruitment and development initiatives.

- Foster a vibrant culture built on creativity, engagement, inclusion, and belonging.

- Champion employee experience, wellbeing, and recognition programs that inspire high performance.

- Partner with leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, talent growth, and team success.

- Ensure compliance with Saudi labor laws, Saudization requirements, and company policies.

- Leverage people insights and workforce data to support strategic decision-making.

- Lead and develop a high-performing People & Culture team.

- Act as a trusted advisor to the Executive Team on all people, culture, and organizational matters.

Qualifications:

- Saudi National with 10+ years of progressive People & Culture / HR leadership experience.

- Proven success in shaping people strategies, culture, and organizational growth.

- Strong knowledge of Saudi labor law, Saudization, and local employment regulations.

- Experience attracting, developing, and retaining top talent in a dynamic environment.

- Strong understanding of employee experience, performance management, and talent development.

- Confident leader with a track record of building and inspiring high-performing teams.

- Data-driven mindset with experience leveraging people insights and HR systems to inform decisions.

- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to lead change, navigate complexity, and drive organizational effectiveness.

- Experience within luxury hospitality, lifestyle brands, or pre-opening environments is highly desirable.

Additional Information:

- Lots of opportunity to progress and switch it up as part of a global family of brands.

- Great healthcare, competitive salary, and some nice extra perks across the Ennismore family of brands!

- Learning opportunities to broaden your skillset and development that helps you think, make, and thrive at work.

- The opportunity to be yourself and collaborate with other bright minds in a relaxed, innovative culture.

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## Skills

### Required
- Saudi labor law
- Saudization
- HR leadership
- People & Culture strategy
- talent development
- employee experience
- performance management
- leadership
- communication
- influencing
- stakeholder management

### Nice to have
- luxury hospitality
- lifestyle brands
- pre-opening environments

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