Rania Haddad
Dubai, UAE | rania.haddad@example.com | +971 50 000 0000
Professional summary
Talent acquisition manager with 10 years of experience building recruiting programs for high-growth technology and professional services businesses. Led a team of 8 recruiters, delivered 420 hires in 12 months, reduced agency spend by AED 1.1 million, and introduced workforce planning and funnel reporting for executive leadership.
Leadership skills
Talent strategy · Workforce planning · Recruiting team leadership · Executive hiring · Employer branding · Agency management · Interview design · Diversity sourcing · Recruiting operations · Hiring analytics · Stakeholder management
Professional experience
Talent Acquisition Manager
2019–present
Example Cloud Company, Dubai
- Lead an 8-person recruiting team supporting 420 hires across engineering, sales, customer success, and corporate functions.
- Partner with the executive team on quarterly workforce plans, hiring priorities, and capacity assumptions.
- Reduced external agency spend by AED 1.1 million in one year by expanding direct sourcing and referral programs.
- Built a recruiting dashboard covering pipeline health, time to hire, source mix, offer acceptance, and open-role aging.
- Introduced structured interview training for 90 hiring managers and improved feedback completion to 95%.
Senior Recruiter
2014–2019
Example Advisory Firm, Abu Dhabi
- Managed specialist and leadership searches across finance, consulting, and operations.
- Mentored four recruiters and created standardized intake and search-review templates.
- Improved offer acceptance by refining closing conversations and compensation expectation checks.
Education
- Master of Human Resource Management, Example University
- BA in Psychology, Example University