Head of Human Resources

Foreground LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground LLC in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Head of Human Resources to lead the end-to-end HR agenda across talent acquisition, organisational design, performance management and employee engagement.

The role works closely with the executive team to build leadership pipelines, standardise policies, ensure labour compliance, and align culture across business units while guiding compensation, learning initiatives and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Senior HR leadership experience within fast-growing or multi-entity organisations.
• Strong knowledge of UAE labour law and HR governance.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end HR agenda across talent acquisition, design, performance, and engagement.
• Partner with executives to build leadership pipelines and succession plans.
• Standardise policies, ensure labour compliance, and drive culture alignment across units.
• Oversee compensation structures, learning initiatives, and workforce planning.
• Provide strategic advisory while staying operationally grounded.

Skills

HR leadership

Strategic HR

Executive presence

Labour compliance

Job description

Our Client

Our client is a fast-growing UAE-based organisation operating across multiple business lines with a workforce spanning white- and blue-collar segments. The business is professionalising its people function to support scale and sustainability.

The Role

The Head of Human Resources will lead the end-to-end HR agenda covering talent acquisition organisational design performance management and employee engagement. This role will work closely with executive leadership to build leadership pipelines and succession frameworks. A key focus will be policy standardisation labour compliance and culture alignment across business units. The role will also oversee compensation structures learning initiatives and workforce planning. This position will play a strategic advisory role while remaining operationally grounded.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have senior HR leadership experience within fast-growing or multi-entity organisations. Strong knowledge of UAE labour law and HR governance is essential. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels. Experience building HR structures from semi-formal environments into mature organisations is highly desirable. Strong interpersonal skills and executive presence are critical.