HR Director

Role overview

Leadership and workforce planning

• Develop HR strategy aligned with business objectives and lead the HR department.
• Advise senior management; develop HR policies, procedures, systems, organizational structures, and KPIs.
• Support organizational growth, restructuring, and change management.
• Oversee recruitment and manpower planning across managerial, professional, technical, and operational roles.
• Coordinate workforce needs with department heads and develop succession and talent acquisition strategies.

Employee relations and performance

• Handle complex grievances, disciplinary matters, investigations, and workplace conflicts.
• Develop employee engagement, retention, and organizational culture initiatives.
• Implement performance systems, KPIs, evaluation processes, improvement plans, career development, and succession initiatives.

Rewards, compliance, and development

• Develop salary structures, compensation policies, benefits, salary benchmarks, incentives, and reward programs; oversee payroll accuracy and costs.
• Ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law and government requirements; oversee contracts, records, leave, terminations, visas, permits, Emirates ID, and medical insurance processes.
• Identify training needs, plan development programs, and evaluate training effectiveness and ROI.

HR operations and organizational development

• Oversee HR service delivery, HRIS and digital HR systems, confidential records, reports, dashboards, and workforce analytics.
• Standardize HR processes across departments and locations.
• Lead organizational development and workforce transformation; support expansion and organizational change.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Master's degree, MBA, or professional HR qualification such as CIPD or SHRM is preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, preferably including significant UAE/GCC experience.
• Proven senior HR leadership or director-level experience and experience managing HR teams and multiple HR functions.
• Strong knowledge of UAE Labour Law and HR practices; strong experience in recruitment, employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, and organizational development.

Skills and preferred background

• Required competencies include strategic HR leadership, people management, workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee relations, conflict resolution, performance management, compensation, organizational development, HR policies, analytics, and HRIS.
• Strong communication, negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving, confidentiality, professionalism, and business acumen are required.
• Experience in large-scale or multi-site operations, construction, facilities management, logistics, transportation, or other high-volume workforce environments is preferred.

Pay

• Pay is AED 15,000 to AED 20,000 per month.

Work location

• Work location is in person.