Performance Manager - Oliver Wyman - Dubai, UAE
(2025-09)
- Managed performance analyses for 200+ consultants, ensuring alignment with competency frameworks across formal review cycles and ongoing performance monitoring.
- Developed performance management decks for career review meetings, analyzing year-end results and forecasting future performance trends.
- Co-led career review discussions with talent leadership and business partners to support promotion decisions, evaluation assessments, and development planning.
- Delivered quality assurance across project and career reviews to maintain consistency and accuracy.
- Designed and administered Performance Improvement Plans; partnered with career advisors to drive successful outcomes.
- Led exit discussions and development-flag conversations with consultants.
- Created and delivered training plans for consultants in liaison with learning & development team based on performance needs.
- Led end-to-end review cycles for intern and consultants in learning-development programs, consolidating evaluations, presenting insights to senior stakeholders, and delivering feedback to consultants.
- Delivered trainings on writing effective project reviews, using performance systems, and applying updated competency models.
- Streamlined data reporting processes to ensure real-time accuracy, improving decision-making speed and enhancing strategic responsiveness across client projects.
- Coordinated performance metrics across multiple teams to align operational goals, resulting in increased project predictability and enhanced resource utilization.
- Supported Talent Managers in identifying project-specific development opportunities for consultants, leveraging performance trend analysis to inform targeted growth and skill-building initiatives.
Talent Manager - Oliver Wyman - Dubai, UAE
(2023-07 - 2025-08)
Senior Talent Management Coordinator - Oliver Wyman - Dubai, UAE
(2023-01 - 2023-07)
Talent Management Coordinator - Oliver Wyman - Dubai, UAE
(2021-03 - 2023-01)
- Led staffing efforts for public sector, healthcare, transportation, and retail projects across IMEA, allocating resources for ~30 projects per month.
- Independently led staffing for Consultants and Associates across IMEA (80+ professionals) within selected industries, with particular expertise in managing KSA and UAE national talent pools.
- Assessed consultant skills, performance, and career goals through regular check-ins to inform strategic staffing decisions and support targeted professional development.
- Cultivated and managed relationships with a cohort of 80+ consultants, strategically aligning project allocations with individual skill sets, performance trajectories, and development objectives.
- Partnered with business leaders, project managers, and directors to forecast needs, shape staffing strategies, and balance business demand with consultant development.
- Provided office leads with staffing analyses and recommendations to increase local deployment across IMEA.
- Led end-to-end performance review cycles for 80+ consultant pool from Consultant to Associate level.
- Effectively collaborated within the talent management team to deliver efficient and reliable staffing solutions to stakeholders across all industries.
- Co-led internal revamps to staffing-prioritization models, talent development models, performance systems, and BD processes.
- Ran internal pipeline meetings and issued weekly staffing insights to wider IMEA staff.
- Led staffing for business development proposals across IMEA industries, ensuring consistent weekly coverage and timely resourcing to meet proposal deadlines.
- Ensured accuracy and timely maintenance of team systems and tracking tools to support operational visibility and reporting integrity.
- Designed onboarding materials, including intern guidebooks and project team resources, to enhance clarity and consistency.
- Streamlined end-to-end onboarding and talent management inductions for new hires (Intern to Associate level) to improve integration and readiness.
- Developed and launched the KSA newsletter program, showcasing key milestones, promotions, and training initiatives to support the local development program.
- Contributed to the design and refinement of training curricula based on performance data and consultant feedback; tracked KPIs such as attendance and pulse-survey results.
- Directed the IMEA internship program (~30 consultants annually), including staffing, trainings, performance tracking, and offer decisions.
- Directed the consultant training-development program for KSA and UAE talent pools (~40 consultants annually); managing staffing, trainings, performance tracking, and offer decisions.
- Collaborated with consultants to address well-being concerns and project feedback, partnering with project teams to implement strategic solutions.
- Designed and delivered well-being training decks to enhance employee engagement and wellness initiatives.
Talent & Culture Assistant - Urban - Real Estate (Startup Tech Company) - Dubai, UAE
(2020-02 - 2020-12)
- Facilitated end-to-end talent acquisition, including creating job postings, sourcing and headhunting candidates, screening applications, conducting phone interviews, and supporting in-person interview processes.
- Ensured accuracy and organization of employee data by proactively maintaining and updating HRMS systems.
- Provided administrative support, including maintaining employee files and records and coordinating visa processes.
- Created engaging onboarding materials and decks, improving the effectiveness and clarity of the new employee integration process.
- Managed full-cycle onboarding and offboarding, enhancing employee experience and operational efficiency.
- Contributed to organizational redesign by developing performance management frameworks and tools, streamlining review processes and assessments.
- Prepared NOCs, salary letters, and managed payroll submissions for staff members.
- Acted as liaison with medical insurance providers and facilitated issue resolution.
Talent & Culture Intern - Urban - Real Estate (Startup Tech Company) - Dubai, UAE
(2019-10 - 2020-01)
- Facilitated end-to-end talent acquisition, including creating job postings, sourcing and headhunting candidates, screening applications, conducting phone interviews, and supporting in-person interview processes.
- Ensured accuracy and organization of employee data by proactively maintaining and updating HRMS systems.
- Provided administrative support, including maintaining employee files and records and coordinating visa processes.
- Created engaging onboarding materials and decks, improving the effectiveness and clarity of the new employee integration process.
- Managed full-cycle onboarding and offboarding, enhancing employee experience and operational efficiency.
- Contributed to organizational redesign by developing performance management frameworks and tools, streamlining review processes and assessments.
- Prepared NOCs, salary letters, and managed payroll submissions for staff members.
- Acted as liaison with medical insurance providers and facilitated issue resolution.
