Senior Manager - Health & Safety

Role Overview

Senior Manager – Health & Safety at Majid Al Futtaim, Group Holding Sustainability function.

Company Overview

Majid Al Futtaim is a regional market leader operating for over 27 years with more than 45,000 diverse and talented colleagues guided by a shared Leadership Model.

Role Purpose

Set, govern, and oversee the Group Health & Safety framework to ensure a consistent, robust, and proactive approach to occupational health and safety across all Operating Companies. This is a Group stewardship role focused on strategy, governance, assurance, capability building, and performance oversight rather than day-to-day site operations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Policy

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the Group H&S strategy, policies, standards, and minimum requirements aligned with local regulations, ISO 45001, international best practice, and Group risk appetite.
• Promote environmental stewardship at Majid Al Futtaim by aligning work practices with ISO standards and continuously enhancing relevant H&S and environmental management systems for maximum effectiveness.

Governance & Accountability

• Establish clear H&S roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities between Group and Operating Companies, supported by a robust governance and assurance framework.
• Embed H&S in leadership and business decision-making, including risk management, capital planning, ESG reporting, and enterprise risk management, with credible reporting to EXCOM and the Board.

Performance Oversight & Assurance

• Oversee Operating Company H&S performance through audits, assessments, independent reviews, KPIs, leading and lagging indicators, dashboards, and consistent reporting.
• Identify systemic H&S risks and trends, support Operating Companies in addressing high-risk issues and closing findings, and provide senior management and Board-level risk briefings.

Incident Management & Learning

• Lead Group processes for critical risk management, incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, learning, and systemic corrective actions, providing expert support during serious incidents.
• Ensure effective oversight and learning from serious incidents and near misses, with robust investigations, root cause analysis, systemic corrective actions, and sharing of lessons learned across the Group.

Capability & Culture

• Drive H&S capability, maturity, and safety culture through leadership engagement, training frameworks, guidance, best-practice sharing, and integration of safety into business decisions.
• Strengthen a consistent and mature safety culture across the Group, demonstrated through leadership engagement, continuous improvement, and effective engagement with offices and assets.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate with Risk, ESG/Sustainability, HR, Legal, Operations, auditors, regulators, and external partners.
• Contribute to H&S-related ESG and enterprise risk disclosures.
• Support and enable Operating Companies through Group expertise, guidance, assurance, and capability building, without duplicating operational responsibilities.

Additional Information

• Work in a friendly environment where colleagues share positive vibes and excitement about the company's future.