Sephora
Talent & Culture Director
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
- Urgent
Job expiry date: 15/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
01/10/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Director
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
15/11/2025
Job description
Sephora Middle East seeks a Talent & Culture Director in Dubai (Date: SEP 16, 2025) to champion a people-first culture and oversee People Partnering, Learning & Development, and Employee Engagement across the Middle East. The Director will co-design and lead the implementation of the talent strategy aligned to Sephora’s Middle East business vision, foster a high-performance, inclusive culture, build future-ready organization and leaders, and act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders while ensuring Sephora remains an employer of choice. The role includes leveraging people analytics to provide insights and influence decisions, building robust succession plans and talent pipelines, recruiting and securing expertise and leadership for key roles, and driving performance and development frameworks that enable growth, clarity, and accountability. It oversees the full employee lifecycle from attraction to offboarding, partners with business leaders to align people priorities with strategic goals, provides coaching and guidance to managers on performance, development, and change management, and nurtures relationships rooted in Sephora’s values. The Director builds a learning culture, designs and delivers leadership development, core skills, and impactful learning journeys, partners with global and regional teams to deploy LVMH and Sephora programs, designs local learning programs, and ensures L&D investments deliver measurable impact on engagement and performance. The mandate also leads the employee engagement strategy to drive belonging, commitment, and high performance; champions diversity, equity, and inclusion across every stage of the employee lifecycle; leverages employee feedback to shape action plans and deliver meaningful change; and acts as a culture ambassador so Sephora’s values are lived every day.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Co-design and lead the implementation of the regional talent strategy aligned with Sephora Middle East business priorities
- Foster a high-performance, inclusive culture across the Middle East region
- Build a future-ready organization and leaders to ensure exceptional employee experiences
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, championing excellence in how talent is attracted, developed, and engaged
- Leverage people analytics to provide insights, identify gaps, and influence business decisions
- Build robust succession plans and talent pipelines to ensure organizational sustainability
- Recruit and secure expertise and leadership for key roles
- Drive performance and development frameworks that enable growth, clarity, and accountability
- Develop and lead a high-performing People team that is trusted and business-savvy
- Oversee the full employee lifecycle from attraction to offboarding to ensure a consistent, engaging journey
- Partner with business leaders to align people priorities with strategic goals
- Provide coaching and guidance to managers on performance, development, and change management
- Foster trusted relationships across all levels, nurturing a culture rooted in Sephora’s values
- Build a learning culture that accelerates growth for people and business
- Design and deliver leadership development, core skills, and impactful learning journeys
- Partner with global and regional teams to deploy LVMH and Sephora programs
- Design and deliver local Learning programs in line with regional requirements and needs
- Ensure L&D investment delivers measurable impact on engagement and performance
- Lead the employee engagement strategy to drive belonging, commitment, and high performance
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across every stage of the employee lifecycle
- Leverage employee feedback to shape action plans and deliver meaningful change
- Act as a culture ambassador to ensure Sephora’s values are lived every day
Experience & skills
- Be a seasoned HR leader with 10+ years of international experience in senior HR roles, preferably in retail, consumer, or dynamic, fast-paced industries
- Demonstrate a proven track record in talent and culture strategy and leadership development
- Possess strong business acumen with the ability to align people strategy to business priorities
- Be an inclusive leader with a passion for building diverse, high-performing teams
- Be a strategic thinker with hands-on execution skills, able to balance vision with action
- Be a skilled communicator and influencer with credibility across all organizational levels
- Be proactive, analytical, and solutions-oriented with strong change management experience
