Career Path Manager

Overview

We are a people-centered company dedicated to fostering employee empowerment via structured career growth, internal mobility, and ongoing education. Our distributed teams span Human Resources, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Compensation, Business Operations, Technology, and Executive Leadership. Together, they develop career pathways that spur individual progress and organizational achievement.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a knowledgeable Career Path Manager to guide enterprise-wide career strategy development, design career frameworks, and lead talent mobility and workforce capability initiatives. This role includes managing career architecture, competency frameworks, succession planning support, career coaching programs, and collaboration across departments, ensuring transparent, fair, and growth-focused opportunities for employees.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and execute career path strategies aligned with corporate objectives, including career frameworks, competency models, and workforce development plans.
• Build and maintain career pathways, job families, progression schemes, promotion requirements, skill matrices, and competency models across the organization.
• Collaborate with HR, Talent & Learning teams, Organizational Development, Compensation, Workforce Planning, IT, business leaders, and executives to synchronize career development with organizational goals.
• Lead initiatives for internal mobility, career transitions, succession planning, talent marketplaces, and employee growth strategies.
• Create career resources such as guides, self-assessment tools, development plans, mentoring and coaching programs, and workshops.
• Work with Learning & Development to align learning paths, certifications, leadership programs, and upskilling with career frameworks.
• Perform workforce capability evaluations, skills gap analysis, progression reviews, employee surveys, and talent analytics to identify development needs.
• Advise managers and employees on career planning, advancement options, competency requirements, and internal mobility.
• Set governance standards for career frameworks, role evaluation, competency reviews, and progression criteria to ensure fairness and consistency.
• Track KPIs such as internal mobility, promotions, retention, participation in development programs, succession readiness, learning completion, engagement, skills growth, and workforce capability improvements.
• Conduct evaluations of career programs, benchmark analyses, organizational reviews, talent assessments, workforce planning, and continuous improvements.
• Ensure compliance with UAE labor laws, equal employment opportunity, company policies, data privacy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives.
• Manage budgets and contracts related to career development platforms, learning technologies, assessment providers, coaching partnerships, and consulting services.
• Drive digital innovation by leveraging AI-powered career recommendation engines, skills intelligence platforms, talent marketplaces, workforce analytics, personalized learning pathways, automation tools, and business intelligence solutions.
• Utilize systems including SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, Cornerstone OnDemand, LinkedIn Learning, Degreed, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power BI, Tableau, LMS, HR analytics platforms, and other talent management technologies to enhance career development and reporting.
• Prepare executive dashboards and detailed reports on workforce capabilities, internal mobility, career progression, succession planning, talent insights, and strategic recommendations.
• Lead and mentor career development specialists, talent managers, learning consultants, HR partners, and cross-functional teams promoting continuous learning, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and employee growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Psychology, Education, Management, or related field required.
• Master’s degree such as MBA, Human Resources Management, Organizational Psychology, or Organizational Development preferred.
• Professional credentials like SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, HRCI (PHR/SPHR), CIPD, Certified Career Coach, PMP, or Talent Management certifications advantageous.
• At least 5 years’ experience in talent management, career development, organizational development, workforce planning, or similar functions.
• Minimum 2 years managing career programs, succession planning, talent mobility, or workforce capability projects preferred.
• Strong knowledge of career architectures, competency frameworks, talent and workforce planning, succession processes, HR analytics, change management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM Cloud, Cornerstone OnDemand, LinkedIn Learning, Degreed, Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Power BI, Tableau, LMS, HRIS systems, and talent technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-driven talent intelligence platforms, skill taxonomies, career pathing software, digital coaching tools, talent marketplaces, and predictive workforce planning technologies a plus.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, analytical, project management, budgeting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives balancing employee aspirations, organizational goals, budgets, timelines, and workforce needs.
• Capacity to function effectively in a remote setting with distributed teams and global stakeholders, including occasional travel for workshops, leadership meetings, talent reviews, and strategic planning.

Benefits and Work Culture

• Fully remote role with flexible collaboration among global HR, talent, and organizational development teams.
• Competitive salary package coupled with performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement in HR leadership.
• Experience with cutting-edge AI talent platforms, workforce analytics, digital learning technologies, and modern career development tools.
• A culture committed to learning, innovation, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Chance to design impactful career pathways that drive employee empowerment, enhance organizational capabilities, and support sustainable business success.