HR Manager, People Partnering UAE, South Africa & KSA

About This Role

Job Description Job Title: HR Manager, People Partnering UAE, South Africa & KSA Req ID: 49128 Job Location (Short): Dubai, ARE Employment Type: Full Time Segment: Danfoss Climate Solutions Segment Job Category: Human Resources Work Location Type: On-site The Impact You'll Make

You will shape how people experience work at Danfoss across the UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. By partnering closely with leaders, you help build strong organizations where people can perform, grow, and feel included.

In this role, you influence culture, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness in fast‑growing and diverse markets. Your work directly supports business performance while ensuring people practices are fair, compliant, and future‑ready.

You join Danfoss at a moment of transformation, where your perspective and judgment help translate global people strategies into meaningful local impact.

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! 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.

Information at a Glance

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 39.000 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.

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.