HR Manager, People Partnering UAE, South Africa & KSA

The Impact You'Ll Make

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with business leaders to translate business priorities into people actions that strengthen performance, engagement, and leadership capability.
• Drive core people processes such as performance management, employee relations, and workforce planning to support a healthy and productive organization.
• Enable talent growth and retention through succession planning, learning priorities, and close collaboration with Talent Acquisition and global HR teams.
• Ensure compliance and consistency by applying local labor laws and Danfoss policies across the UAE, KSA, and South Africa.
• Contribute to organizational change and expansion, including supporting legal entity setup and evolving people practices in the region.

What We'Re Looking For

• Solid experience in an HR business partner or people partner role, supporting multiple countries or stakeholders in a matrix organization.
• Strong knowledge of employment practices and labor legislation across the Middle East and South Africa.
• Proven ability to advise and coach leaders with confidence, clarity, and sound judgment.
• Experience handling employee relations topics with professionalism, discretion, and fairness.
• Fluency in English, with clear communication skills across cultures and seniority levels.

What You'Ll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.
• Ready to Make a Difference?
• If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you!
• Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
• Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.
• Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment.
• We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.
• Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933.
• Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.