CHRO – Luxury Retail: Global People Leader

Michael Page; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Michael Page in Dubai is partnering with a leading international luxury retail group to appoint a Chief Human Resources Officer who will shape the people agenda during a rapid growth phase. Reporting to the CEO, the CHRO will steer culture, leadership development, succession planning and a best-in-class HR function across multiple markets, balancing HQ presence with a hybrid, multi-site setup.

The role emphasizes talent management, performance excellence and employee engagement, with a hands-on

Qualifications

• Proven senior HR leadership in retail, luxury, hospitality or customer-facing industries.
• Experience leading people and culture transformation in a growing international business.
• Strong track record in talent management, succession planning, leadership development and organisational design.
• Commercially minded with ability to influence executive stakeholders.
• Visible, engaging leadership style with decisive action.
• Experience building high-performance, feedback-driven cultures.

Responsibilities

• Partner with CEO and senior leadership on people and organisational strategy.
• Evolve HR from operational support to strategic business partner.
• Drive culture transformation, accountability, collaboration and performance.
• Design talent management, succession planning and performance frameworks.
• Establish leadership development and learning capabilities.
• Build a feedback-driven culture with structured reviews.
• Enhance employee engagement, retention and employer value proposition.
• Develop compensation, incentive and recognition programs aligned with objectives.
• Improve support for frontline and customer-facing teams.
• Coach leaders on people management and organisational change.
• Lead and develop HR team across multiple international locations.
• Support workforce planning for growth and expansion.

Skills

Senior HR leadership

Talent management

Leadership development

Organisational design

Executive stakeholder influence

Culture transformation

Change management

People management

Hybrid leadership

Job description

Michael Page in Dubai is partnering with a leading international luxury retail group to appoint a Chief Human Resources Officer who will shape the people agenda during a rapid growth phase. Reporting to the CEO, the CHRO will steer culture, leadership development, succession planning and a best-in-class HR function across multiple markets, balancing HQ presence with a hybrid, multi-site setup.

The role emphasizes talent management, performance excellence and employee engagement, with a hands-on