Assistant Manager - Organizational Development

Job Title - Assistant Manager - Organizational Development

Location - Dubai

Role Objective

As part of PureHealth’s mission to advance healthcare excellence, the Assistant Manager – Organizational Development will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening the Group's organizational capability. This role is responsible for designing, executing, and evaluating large-scale OD initiatives that enable scalability, transformation, and sustainability. The incumbent will partner closely with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to deliver enterprise-wide people solutions aligned with PureHealth’s long-term strategy and vision.

Key Responsibilities

Organization Structure & Operating Model

• Support the design, review, and optimization of organizational structures, reporting lines, and spans of control to enhance agility and efficiency.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate current operating models and propose redesigns that align with evolving strategy and market needs.

Workforce Planning & Capability Alignment

• Contribute to workforce planning by analyzing future skill requirements, talent gaps, and workforce deployment.
• Ensure organizational design decisions build long-term capability and business continuity.

Organizational Diagnostics & Health

• Conduct organizational health assessments to identify strengths, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Translate findings into actionable insights and OD interventions.

Role Design & Job Architecture

• Support development and refinement of job descriptions, role clarity, and career pathways to drive consistency across the Group.
• Collaborate with Compensation & Benefits to ensure alignment with grading structures and mobility frameworks.

Change & Transformation Enablement

• Partner with HR and business leaders on large-scale reorganizations, mergers, and transformation initiatives.
• Provide OD frameworks, roadmaps, and tools to enable smooth transitions and sustained performance.

Process & Policy Alignment

• Integrate OD initiatives with HR processes and policies.
• Standardize OD practices across PureHealth while allowing flexibility for entity-specific needs.

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

• Act as an internal consultant, advising leaders on OD best practices and interventions.
• Facilitate workshops and design sessions to co-create organizational solutions.

Metrics & Impact Evaluation

• Define, track, and report success measures for OD initiatives.
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership to guide continuous improvement.

Digital HR, Analytics & AI in OD

• Leverage HR technology, people analytics, and organizational network analysis to identify collaboration patterns and decision-making bottlenecks.
• Apply AI-powered modelling for spans & layers, workforce planning, and large-scale reorganizations.
• Develop visualization dashboards for real-time OD metrics, supporting evidence-based decision-making.

Governance & Standardization

• Develop frameworks, toolkits, and playbooks for OD interventions to ensure consistency across regions and entities.
• Act as custodian of PureHealth’s organizational effectiveness methodologies and standards.

External Benchmarking & Innovation

• Monitor OD and organizational effectiveness trends, benchmarks, and best practices.
• Recommend adoption of innovative approaches to maintain PureHealth’s competitiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field (master’s preferred).
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in organizational development, talent management, or HR strategy roles in large, complex organizations (healthcare experience strongly preferred).
• Proven track record in leading OD initiatives in multi-entity or global environments.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills with senior leaders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with OD tools (e.g., Visio, workforce planning software, organizational design platforms).
• High data fluency with the ability to translate insights into strategic recommendations.