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HR Director — FinTech | DIFC, Dubai Salary: up to AED 80,000/month + Equity/Options A high-growth FinTech in DIFC (think Revolut-style pace and ambition) is hiring an HR Director to build and lead the people function through rapid scaling.
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HR Director — FinTech | DIFC, Dubai
Salary: up to AED 80,000/month + Equity/Options
A high-growth FinTech in DIFC (think Revolut-style pace and ambition) is hiring an HR Director to build and lead the people function through rapid scaling.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who can operate strategically with the leadership team, while also staying close to execution across hiring, performance, culture, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full People strategy: org design, workforce planning, and scaling roadmap aligned to business targets
- Build a high-performance culture: performance management, calibration, talent reviews, leadership development, and succession planning
- Lead senior hiring strategy with Talent Acquisition (and personally support critical leadership hires)
- Design and implement compensation, benefits, and equity frameworks aligned to market and growth stage
- Ensure DIFC/UAE compliance across policies, contracts, employee relations, and governance
- Lead employee experience: engagement, communications, retention, and manager capability building
- Partner with leadership on change management during growth, restructuring, or new market expansion
- Build HR operations foundations: HRIS, reporting, people analytics, and scalable processes
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO/Founders and leadership team on people risk and decision-making
Location & Package
- DIFC, Dubai
- Salary: up to AED 80,000/month + equity/options (depending on experience)
- Senior leadership scope with strong growth runway
Skills
- Desired profile
- Proven HR leadership experience in high-growth tech/FinTech or similarly fast-scaling environments
- Strong knowledge of DIFC employment framework and UAE labour context (or demonstrable experience operating in DIFC)
- Track record building HR functions: policies, performance systems, comp/benefits, and manager capability
- Commercial mindset: understands how people strategy drives execution, productivity, and retention
- Confident handling complex employee relations and senior stakeholder management
- Data-led approach to HR: metrics, dashboards, and evidence-based decisions
- Comfortable operating hands-on while building a team and function around you
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