1 Applied Scientist job in Abu Dhabi

Job Description

Lead the global total rewards framework to ensure market competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with AD Ports Group’s strategy. Manage external HR advisory firms for benchmarking and designing competitive compensation structures. Oversee compensation cycle management, including salary reviews, bonus allocations, and incentive planning. Advise HR and business leaders on compensation strategies to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. Establish and lead the Group's global compensation and benefits philosophy, strategies, and programs.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the global total rewards framework and policies, ensuring alignment with AD Ports Group’s strategy and best practices.
• Manage external HR advisory firms for salary benchmarking, compensation structure reviews, and competitive market analysis.
• Analyze global compensation trends and regulatory changes to refine pay structures, ensuring internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Provide insights on pay positioning, salary bands, and total rewards structures.
• Design and manage short-term and long-term incentive plans, ensuring competitiveness and consistency with global reward structures.
• Oversee the annual salary review and bonus cycle processes, ensuring alignment with performance outcomes and market benchmarks.
• Lead the job evaluation process for new positions and review current ones based on AD Ports Group grading system and HAY Guide Chart Profile Method.
• Liaise with the Recruitment Team to attract talent by evaluating compensation structures and developing competitive benefits programs.
• Deliver reports to leadership and the Remuneration Committee with recommendations on policy updates and benefits modifications.
• Establish and control AD Ports Group’s global compensation and benefits philosophy, strategy, and programs.
• Manage compensation-related policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with AD Ports Group legislation.
• Lead communication with external vendors to negotiate benefit plans and propose new programs.
• Conduct benchmarking exercises and market research to analyze salaries, trends, and benefits, and propose implementation plans.
• Design new salary scales for new businesses, countries, or regions, ensuring alignment with the global compensation strategy.
• Design the global mobility policy to support international assignments and relocations.
• Control and review the implementation of the compensation and benefits strategy and policies to ensure they are applied correctly and effectively.
• Conduct knowledge sessions for employees and provide training to the HR team on compensation and benefits topics.
  
  

People Management Responsibilites:

• Ensure to effectively and efficiently answer employee inquiries about compensation and benefits in an attractive way maintaining a record of confidentiality.
• Provide strong and visionary leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team, setting clear expectations and creating a culture of accountability.
• Participate in the recruitment process and organizational restructuring efforts to bring in individuals with the right skill sets and cultural fit for the team.
  
  

Strategic Responsibilities:

• Review and redesign the global compensation strategy based on the overall business targets, compensation and benefits processes, and procedures and practices ensuring to follow such changes to stay competitive and reasonable for managers and employees.
• Review & simplify global pay practices and policies.
• Propose & design a global Total Compensations Model that encompasses Compensation, Benefits, Work/lifestyle and Development/Career Compensations while adhering to the set budget by HR Management.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field. Master's degree is a plus
• Global Remuneration Professional Qualification (GRP) & Korn Ferry Job Evaluation Methodology (JE) are essential.