Senior HRBP (Automotive)
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Role Overview
The Senior HRBP supports business leaders and employees across talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, policy guidance, HRIS data, and offboarding.
The role owns the Group’s learning and development strategy and performance management framework across all Group companies.
This is an execution-focused individual contributor role requiring seasoned HR generalist and recruitment experience.
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Job Purpose
The Senior HRBP supports business leaders and employees across talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, policy guidance, HRIS data, and offboarding.
The role owns the Group’s learning and development strategy and performance management framework across all Group companies.
This is an execution-focused individual contributor role requiring seasoned HR generalist and recruitment experience.
Learning and Development
- Design and own the annual L&D strategy and training calendar aligned with capability gaps across Group companies.
- Lead needs analysis, programme design or curation, and vendor or facilitator management.
- Track training effectiveness and calculate L&D ROI for reporting to the HRD.
Performance Management
- Own the Group performance cycle, including goal setting, SMART goals, balanced scorecards, and calibration.
- Guide managers and employees on goal setting and scorecard cascading and facilitate cross-business-unit calibration.
- Partner with Corporate HR and Reward to align performance outcomes with compensation decisions.
Recruitment and HR Operations
- Own end-to-end recruitment for specialized, technical, and senior-level vacancies.
- Maintain ATS and HRIS pipelines, manage recruitment partners, and report on time-to-fill.
- Coordinate onboarding, lifecycle transactions, and offboarding within assigned client groups.
- Maintain accurate employee records in the HRIS for reporting and audit purposes.
Business Partnering and Compliance
- Act as the first HR contact for assigned business leaders and employees and support workforce planning and headcount tracking.
- Feed recurring people issues, engagement themes, and attrition patterns to the HRD.
- Support routine employee relations queries and apply UAE labour law and HR policy consistently.
- Maintain HR data and reporting and support engagement initiatives and employee feedback.
Required Qualifications
- At least five years of progressive HR experience, including hands-on recruitment and broader HR generalist experience in the automotive industry.
- Experience designing and managing L&D strategies, programmes, needs analysis, delivery, and ROI measurement.
- Experience designing and administering performance frameworks involving SMART goals, balanced scorecards, and calibration.
- Experience sourcing specialized, technical, and senior-level talent through direct sourcing and market mapping.
- Working knowledge of UAE labour law and proficiency with HRIS, ATS, and Microsoft Office, including Excel.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- HR, L&D, or OKR/performance facilitation certifications are preferred.
- Experience across multiple business units within a diversified group is preferred.
- Arabic language skills are advantageous for the regional talent market.
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