e Talent Acquisition Partner, MENA – Emiratisation, plays a pivotal role in enabling Standard Chartered’s growth ambitions by delivering high-quality, inclusive and commercially focused hiring outcomes across assigned businesses. The role partners closely with business leaders, HR stakeholders and specialist teams to shape demand, build targeted sourcing strategies and manage the end-to-end recruitment process for internal, external, local and cross-border hires. A core priority is to actively support Emiratisation across all businesses by strengthening UAE National talent pipelines, improving hiring readiness, accelerating selection decisions and ensuring fair, transparent and merit-based consideration of local talent in line with business priorities, local market requirements and the Bank’s values.

Key Responsibilities

•  The Talent Acquisition Partner - Emiratisation will deliver a trusted, consultative recruitment service that helps businesses attract, select and onboard the right talent at pace while strengthening the Bank’s local workforce strategy. The role will be accountable for creating business-aligned hiring plans, improving candidate and stakeholder experience, managing risk and control requirements, and embedding Emiratisation as a consistent consideration across workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, offer management and onboarding.

Strategic Talent Advisory

•  Build trusted relationships with business and HR stakeholders to understand workforce plans, hiring demand, critical capability gaps and local talent priorities. Translate business strategy into practical resourcing plans that balance speed, quality, cost, internal mobility, market intelligence and Emiratisation outcomes.

Hiring Delivery and Business Partnership

•  Lead effective Resourcing Strategy Meetings with hiring managers to clarify role requirements, success criteria, assessment approach, market constraints and target timelines.

•  Develop compelling, inclusive sourcing strategies across internal mobility, direct sourcing, referrals, talent communities, agencies and other approved channels, with targeted plans for UAE National talent where relevant.

•  Manage each requisition end to end, ensuring timely candidate shortlists, interview coordination, stakeholder updates, feedback discipline, offer management and onboarding handover.

•  Challenge and advise hiring managers constructively on role design, selection criteria, market availability, compensation positioning and decision-making pace to improve hiring outcomes.

•  Represent the Bank as a strong employer brand ambassador, ensuring every candidate interaction is professional, inclusive, timely and aligned to Standard Chartered’s values.

•  Work with HR and Reward partners to shape competitive and appropriate offer recommendations, supporting candidate conversion while maintaining governance and internal equity.