HR Director, MiniMed, Day 2 East cluster

Medtronic; Dubai; On-site; AED 440,690 - 550,863; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Short-term incentive program

Job summary

Medtronic seeks an experienced HR Director for its MiniMeds Day 2 East cluster in Dubai. This pivotal role involves enhancing employee experiences and leading HR strategic initiatives in a dynamic environment.

You will have significant responsibilities in talent acquisition, culture building, and organizational effectiveness. With over 10 years in progressive HR roles and a strong focus on inclusion and data analytics, you'll shape HR practices across the region.

Join us to make a meaningful impact in our diabetes business teams.

Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive HR experience with leadership roles in multinational environments.
• 5 years managing remote teams and working in matrixed structures.
• Proven ability to analyze data for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business leaders for effective HR processes.
• Support organizational change and effectiveness initiatives.
• Champion inclusion, diversity, and equity efforts.

Skills

Talent management

Employee relations

Change management

HR Data Analytics

Coaching and influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

HRIS software (Workday)

Job description

A Day in the Life

Take on a pivotal role as an HR Director for MiniMeds Day 2 East cluster and make your mark across our diabetes business teams. As a key HR Business Partner, you will play a crucial part in enhancing employee experiences while accelerating business. This dynamic, results‑oriented position involves collaborating with business leaders and the holistic HR function to lead transformative programs in talent acquisition, cultural evolution, inclusion, performance and talent management, employee relations, total rewards, and organizational effectiveness.

Reporting to a Vice President HR and the VPGM for the region, you’ll deliver strategic HR partnership and practical support to our commercial structure across a wide region of countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

You will be based in Dubai, UAE. This position will be an individual contributor at the beginning, tasked to form an HRBP team preparing the organization for the future transition into MiniMed Inc.

Responsibilities

• Organization, Talent and Culture Planning: Collaborate with Business Leaders across the region to provide high‑impact HR processes including workforce planning, compensation reviews, performance management partnership, and proactive strategies for employee retention and engagement, succession planning, and succession support of strategic objectives. Work with leaders to foster a positive and inclusive organizational culture.
• Change Management / Organization Effectiveness: Support organizational change initiatives and provide guidance on change management processes.
• Talent and Leadership Development: Partner with Global Talent Development on strategies to develop and enhance business and technical capabilities for the employee population, including knowledge enhancement, career, and leadership development.
• Talent Acquisition: Support leaders and the Talent Acquisition COE to identify and staff critical roles, building organization capabilities and bench strength.
• Employee Relations & Communications: Partner with the Employee Relations COE and leaders to anticipate, identify, and facilitate resolution of employee relations issues.
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity: Champion ID&E efforts to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce. Partner with HR and leadership to develop and implement ID&E initiatives.
• HR Data Analytics: Detect organizational trends and alert HR partners to enable appropriate action. Use HR data to measure progress, provide insights for data‑driven decision‑making, and provide regular updates to stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of progressive HR experience; Master’s degree is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing remote teams.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a multinational, matrixed environment.
• Independent driver consistently delivering results that support business performance.
• Proven positive track record of working with business leaders.
• Ability to analyze complex data and drive fact‑based decision making.
• Strong coaching, consulting, and influencing skills.
• Understanding of Labor and Industrial relations with a proven track record of working in co‑determination and WC environment.

Nice to Have - Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or related business degree.
• Successful track record of implementing HR programs in a fast‑paced global business.
• Experience in Medical Device, Technology, Healthcare, or Consumer Product industry a plus; experience with Commercial and R&D teams a plus.
• Strong understanding of talent management, development, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness best practices.
• Collaborative – reaches across boundaries internally and externally to develop an extensive network of partnerships; experience in a global matrix management structure and working with a virtual workforce; ability to manage a complex set of stakeholders.
• Flexible – demonstrated career flexibility and adaptation.
• Proficiency in HRIS software (Workday).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. A commitment to our employees' lives is at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions and give them a share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) and an annual long‑term incentive plan.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000 passionate people. We are engineers at heart, putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves, and solves. We have diverse perspectives, talent, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.