STC is a the major digital enabler in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a true digital champion. We are driven by the desire to contribute to the realization of the country’s Vision 2030 through digital transformation. Our values and our everyday practice is a focus on our customers while constantly innovating and “moving forward” for growth and the benefit of society. We invest heavily in our people to build the capabilities required to realize our ambitions and vision. The company offers a variety of ICT solutions and digital services in several categories including telecommunication, IT, financial services, digital media, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, advanced telecom networks and infrastructure and other digital solutions, with that they are leading the digital transformation nationally and regionally.

The Hi-Potential Leadership Program (HIPO) plays a significant role in rigorously identifying and selecting talent with high-potential into leadership. By accelerating the leadership development and career growth of this talent, it ensures that STC has a robust leadership pipeline to meet future organizational objectives. The HIPO program is carefully integrated with placing the best talent in critical roles and placement on succession plans. To date, over 80% of HIPOs, both male and female, have been promoted at least one level higher, including promotions to the GM level. Three years ago there were no females in the HIPO program but we have accelerated the female participation rate an affirmative rate as the female workforce population grows. We will continue this trend. Finally, we have exceeded our retention goals ensuring out top talent continue their leadership journey with STC numbers of women’s benefitted as a result of HiPo (23)

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The program has been scaled internally with a dedicated HIPO management team but the comprehensive development experience with the integration with other talent and organizational initiatives has not been replicated that we are aware of. This is one of our competitive advantages

By nurturing leadership talent the project contributes to digital transformation in Saudi Arabia.