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HR Director for MENA, leading the people agenda across the UAE and KSA. This is a critical leadership role within a high-growth, evolving environment, requiring a commercially minded HR leader who thrives in ambiguity and can build structure at pace.
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Hr Director For Mena
, leading the people agenda across the UAE and KSA.
This is a critical leadership role within a high-growth, evolving environment, requiring a commercially minded HR leader who thrives in ambiguity and can build structure at pace.
You will lead a regional HR team of 9, owning the full HR lifecycle across both strategic and operational delivery, while partnering closely with global stakeholders to align regional priorities with wider business objectives.
This is a true
360 HR leadership position
with end-to-end ownership of the people function across MENA.
You will operate as a strategic partner to the business, while also ensuring strong operational execution across all HR disciplines.
The environment is fast-paced and constantly evolving.
Success in this role requires someone who is comfortable navigating change, solving problems in real time, and building scalable frameworks in an unstructured setting.
Strategic Hr Leadership
- Define and execute the MENA people strategy aligned with global business goals
- Partner with regional and global leadership to drive organisational effectiveness and growth
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on all people-related matters
Organisational Design & Growth
- Lead organisational design, workforce planning, and scaling strategies across UAE & KSA
- Build structures, processes, and governance in a rapidly changing environment
- Support market expansion and new business initiatives across the region
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead, develop, and mentor a team of 9 HR professionals across the region
- Build capability within the HR function to support continued growth
- Drive a high-performance, solutions-oriented culture within the team
Hr Operations & Delivery
- Oversee the full HR lifecycle including talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, compensation & benefits, and L&D
- Ensure compliance with local labour laws and regulations in UAE and KSA
- Partner with global COEs to implement best-in-class HR practices locally
Transformation & Change
- Drive HR transformation initiatives in line with business growth
- Manage change effectively within a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment
- Identify gaps, troubleshoot issues, and implement practical, scalable solutions
Culture & Employee Experience
- Champion company culture and employee engagement across the region
- Ensure consistency with global values while adapting to local market needs
- Drive initiatives that enhance retention, engagement, and performance
Candidate Profile
- Proven experience operating at
- HR Director level
- within a high-growth, international business
- Strong exposure to both
- strategic HR and hands-on operational delivery
- Experience managing HR across
- UAE and KSA
- (MENA exposure preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to
- build structure in unstructured, fast-paced environments
- Comfortable working in a
- "start-up within a scale-up"
- type setting
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior level
- Commercially minded, pragmatic, and solutions-driven
- Experience working with global teams and matrix organisations
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