HR Policy Manager

Etihad Airways; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi is seeking an HR Policy Manager to own design, governance and compliance of HR policy across our global operation. You'll balance employment law, HR strategy and business change, drafting policies and templates, and driving change management.

The role suits either an employment lawyer moving into advisory or a policy-focused HR professional with strong drafting and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, HR or related discipline.
• 5-8+ years in employment law, HR policy, or related fields.
• Experience in a large multinational with complex matrix reporting.
• Strong drafting for policies, contracts and employee docs.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven policy evaluation.
• Proactive problem-solver with minimal instruction.
• Experience with AI tools for drafting and editing.

Responsibilities

• Design, draft, and maintain HR policies, templates, and handbook content across countries.
• Stay updated on market-specific employment law requirements and ensure compliance.
• Govern policy library with end-to-end version control and rollout.
• Partner with Payroll, HRBPs, Legal on change management and briefings.
• Monitor policy effectiveness and analyze HR data with stakeholder feedback.
• Recommend improvements to boost engagement and operational efficiency.

Skills

Drafting & writing

Analytical thinking

Policy governance

AI drafting tools

HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors)

Multinational experience

Aviation industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in law

Bachelor’s degree in HR

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

Job Description

Synopsis of the role:

Etihad Airways is looking for an HR Policy Manager to own the design, governance, and compliance of HR policy across our global operation. You'll work at the intersection of employment law, HR strategy, and business change, building frameworks that hold up across multiple jurisdictions, drafting the policies and contract templates that support them, and driving the change management needed to make new ways of working stick. We're genuinely open to two kinds of background for this role: an employment lawyer looking to move into a hands-on advisory position, or a HR professional with strong policy, drafting, and analytical experience. What matters more than the path you took is how you think.

Accountabilities

• Design, draft, and maintain HR policies, contract templates, and employee handbook content across multiple countries, working closely with Legal on amendments.
• Stay abreast of employment law requirements market by market and ensuring policy stays compliant as regulations shift.
• Govern our policy and template library end-to-end version control, consistency, and rollout across all countries we operate in.
• Partner with Payroll, HR Business Partners, Legal and the business on change management for the implementation of changes and the delivery of HR briefings.
• Ongoing policy evaluation, monitoring and reporting, including tracking policy effectiveness, analysing HR data, gathering employee and stakeholder feedbacd
• Recommending improvements to enhance engagement and operational efficiency based on available data, emerging workplace trends and best practice in the market.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in law, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• 5-8+ years' experience in employment law, HR policy, or benefits and working conditions from either a legal or senior HR background.
• At least 3 years' experience within a large, multinational organization with complex matrix reporting.
• Strong drafting and writing skills policies, contracts, and employee-facing documentation.
• Highly analytical: comfortable quantifying the cost and business impact of policy or process change.
• A proactive, low-instruction-needed, 'fix-it' mindset you spot problems and drive solutions without being asked.
• Comfortably using AI tools to support drafting, without losing your own critical thinking and judgment.
• Experience with HRIS platforms (SAP SuccessFactors or similar) is a plus.
• Aviation industry experience, is an advantage, but we're open to all industry backgrounds.

Additional Information

Etihad Airways is more than the UAE's national airline - we're shaping the future of global aviation. From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our "Journey 2030" ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence. Join us and become part of a vision where the world is your workplace and extraordinary experiences take flight.

To learn more visit www.etihad.com