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Nawaf Zaki

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Director of Talent at Amazon · Learning and development · manager training, coaching

Works at
Amazon
Location
Dubai, UAE · GST (UTC+4)
Experience
13+ years experience
Education
London Business School Dubai
Languages
English, Arabic
Advising
Message Connect

Overview

Based in Dubai. I lead learning and development at Amazon. Ran manager training for 149 first-time leads. Cut time-to-hire from 67 days to 23. Before that: SABIC and HSBC.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on learning and development
  • Second opinions on coaching decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Strong candidates, even outside open roles
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Candidates for roles we aren't hiring
  • Generic networking requests
Skills
manager trainingcoachingcompensationcareer frameworkslearning & development
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for teams scaling past 50 people: learning and development and compensation

Topics
learning and development, learning & development, career frameworks
Format
Office hours
Terms
Paid
Capacity
Two calls a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

13 years of learning and development. One call a month or async reviews.

Dubai, UAEcareer frameworkscompensationcoaching
Open

Experience

  1. Director of Talent
    Apr 2025 - Present
    Amazon · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Hired 214 engineers in a year with a 82% offer-accept rate.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 2730 people.
    • Ran manager training for 289 first-time leads.
  2. HR Business Partner
    Nov 2022 - Apr 2025
    SABIC · 2 yr 5 mo · Contract · Dubai, UAE
    • Hired 164 engineers in a year with a 72% offer-accept rate.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 59 days to 32.
  3. Senior Technical Recruiter
    Aug 2019 - Sep 2022
    HSBC · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Hired 151 engineers in a year with a 81% offer-accept rate.
  4. Recruiter
    Aug 2015 - May 2019
    Noon · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Cut time-to-hire from 73 days to 31.
  5. Recruiter
    Aug 2013 - Jun 2015
    Teva · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
    • Cut time-to-hire from 67 days to 27.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 4139 people.

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Education

  1. London Business School Dubai
    EMBA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2015
  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    BSc, Communications
    2008 - 2012

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