Product Development Executive

Job description / Role

Our client specialise in providing training and development to the finance sector. They are currently looking to add to their team by recruiting a Product Development Executive.

Candidates must have experience within Training in the Banking & Financial services industry and understand the technical aspects of Training within this industry to be able to add product knowledge and support to the sales team.

Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in the strategic training direction to meet the overall company objectives
- Develops training objectives, and programs and participates in the new course development process
- Establishes metrics and measures the effectiveness of all training programs
- Manages the instructional design and administrative functions for all the training programs
- Works to assess training needs and prioritize workload, which may include recommending solutions as well as establishing priorities and managing expectations
- Develops policies and procedures that keep internally developed courses updated and maintained
- Leads through work related problems and/or obstacles, creating and delivering performance evaluations.
- Assess developmental needs to drive training initiatives
- Ensures accuracy of training records
- Actively search, creatively design and implement effective methods to educate and enhance performance through training programs
- Conduct follow-up studies of completed training courses to evaluate and measure results; modify programs as needed
- Develop effective training materials utilizing a variety of media

Requirements

Candidates must have a background in Training as well as Banking & Finance and be fluent in both English and Arabic.

Requirements:
- The ability to participate in the strategic direction of the department
- Bachelor's Degree, MBA preferred
- 7+ years of related work experience
- Related work experience should include instructional design/development and facilitation of Training
- Strong management skills, which includes mentoring, coaching, and developing staff
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to interact effectively with others, including senior management and executives.
- Being bi-lingual is an advantage
- Ability to transfer knowledge and learning related to job functions; ability to develop and present recommendations to senior management
- Ability to operate in a rapidly changing environment with a sense of urgency, and to develop and deploy changes to positively impact service delivery
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance

About the Company

Global HR best practices are often taken off the shelf and implemented in this region. Invariably, they fail to deliver consistent and sustainable results. An effective HR intervention or process enhancement calls for designing the right solutions and implementing them with a clear understanding of what works in this business culture.

People Dynamics is an integrated HR solutions company set up by a group of HR practioners with significant regional experience and achievements. We have the capabilities and a proven track-record of having designed HR solutions around global best practices while keeping the right local flavour and delivering the most desirable results for our clients.