Do you want to help build a world-class institution from the region, experience the thrill of being part of a high-growth technology company, and improve people's lives?
There is only one way to build an awesome institution: to attract exceptionally talented people who are aligned with the mission of the organisation and make them partners in success. At Careem, our mission is to simplify & improve the lives of people, initially through solutions that make transportation in the region reliable, and over time, through disruptions in payments and logistics. In the process, we want to build an organisation that inspires and become a world-class institution from the region.
Founded in 2012 by former entrepreneurs and McKinsey alums, Careem is the MENA regions leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 80+ cities across 13 countries and host over 6million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.
Purpose of Role: To drive strategic initiatives in the areas of: culture and change, employee engagement and organisational design through effective stakeholder engagement, strategy development and project management.
Key Responsibilities - Contribute research, analysis and ideas to the development of the organisational strategy to ensure that organisational development initiatives are appropriately integrated and aligned with strategic and business goals.
- Design core business and functional competency frameworks and career paths methodology
- Design and deliver OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support the organisations mission; to include initiatives which foster values driven, high performance culture, that values learning, continuous improvement, feedback and diversity.
- Stay abreast of changes in strategy, legislation, market and business model that could impact on organisational structures
- Develop and implement approach, methodology and toolkit for efficient organisational structures that account for rapid growth and expansion
- Drive standardization and consistency of structures and jobs
- Collaborate closely with Head of Reward and Talent Manager to ensure role requirements and job grading are closely aligned with principles of organisational design and behavioural framework
- Commission and manage additional internal or external resources as and when required to ensure cost-effective delivery of agreed OD initiatives.
- Design and facilitate in-house events (e.g. workshops, away days) as required.
- Work with internal stakeholders (such as BPs VPs and marketing) to ensure effective communication and consultation processes and to build staff engagement.
- Work with the Talent Manager and L&D Manager to support broader in-house programmes whenever necessary
Essential Skills & Experience - Proven experience in the areas of culture change, change management, organisational design, coaching, organisational development and group facilitation
- Proven experience in developing and executing strategy in a high growth organisation
