People Experience Business Partner - Design, Development & Commercial
Role Overview
Partners across Arada’s Design, Development, and Commercial functions in Middle East markets.
Sets and executes people strategy with executive and operational leaders, supporting expansion into new markets.
Connects design vision with technical and commercial realities across real estate development from concept to handover.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Partners across Arada’s Design, Development, and Commercial functions in Middle East markets.
Sets and executes people strategy with executive and operational leaders, supporting expansion into new markets.
Connects design vision with technical and commercial realities across real estate development from concept to handover.
Business partnering and performance
- Advise leaders on people strategy, workforce planning, organization design, change, and complex employee relations matters.
- Align people plans with growth, operational, customer experience, and commercial objectives.
- Implement KPI-aligned performance frameworks and coach leaders on goal setting, reviews, and underperformance.
- Analyze performance data and recommend interventions.
Talent, organization, and engagement
- Lead talent identification, succession planning, high-potential development, and leadership capability building.
- Drive organizational development, transformation, workforce planning, and team effectiveness.
- Facilitate engagement strategies and pulse surveys, and partner with leaders on action plans.
- Support a consistent employee lifecycle experience.
Operations, governance, and insights
- Partner with PX centers of expertise and the Growth & Integrations Team on strategic initiatives.
- Implement PX policies and technology, process automation, and legal and policy compliance.
- Provide workforce analytics and insights to inform strategic decisions.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Fluent Arabic is essential.
- Experienced HR business partner with proven experience managing Design, Development, and Commercial functions across the Middle East.
- Proven process improvement, automation, and stakeholder management experience.
- CIPD or another HR certification is a plus; relevant industry and function experience is an advantage.
- Experience in markets such as the UAE, KSA, and Syria is described as ideal.
Capabilities
- Translate business strategy into measurable people outcomes and apply commercial reasoning to workforce economics and productivity.
- Influence senior leaders, navigate complex stakeholders, and manage competing priorities.
- Bring expertise in performance management, succession planning, change, transformation, and growth.
- Interpret workforce data and use HRIS, M365, and digital tools to support decisions and automation.
- Exercise sound judgment in employee relations, risk management, compliance, and complex cases.
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