Vice-President Human Resources
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Total years of experience :3 years, 8 Months
• Participated in introducing the university as a House of Wisdom and its strategic goals to the different educational institutions worldwide
• Started building the HR function at KAUST from scratch with the HR VP
• Participated in creating KAUST HR Strategic Vision and Goals
• Devised and established HR policies and procedures
• Advised senior management on employee relations matters, staffing and compensation and benefits
• Assumed the duties of staffing manager and established and managed a sound hiring cycle to meet university’s accelerated demand for manpower at the start-up phase
• Assumed the duties and responsibilities of personnel relations manager and worked with the team to establish KAUST Policies and Procedures.
• Resolved multicultural, complex and sensitive employee-relations issues throughout the university.
• Coached HR managers and HR VP